Variety
Does director John Hughes really believe, as he writes here, that 'when you grow up, your heart dies.' It may. But not unless the brain has already started to rot with films like this.
Full review
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes' classic ‘80s teen drama. A Saturday morning detention period turns into a heartfelt bonding session between five high school stereotypes. Stars Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald.
A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse are confined to their school library, serving an eight hour, fifty four minute disciplinary sentence under the strict eye of assistant principal Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason).
1985Rating: M, Coarse language and themes97 minsUSA
ComedyDramaClassic
- Director:
- John Hughes ('Sixteen Candles', 'Weird Science', 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles')
- Writer:
- John Hughes
- Cast:
- Emilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldAnthony Michael HallPaul GleasonJohn KapelosAlly SheedyPerry Crawford
The Breakfast Club / Reviews
The New York Times
The five young stars would have mixed well even without the fraudulent encounter-group candor towards which The Breakfast Club forces them.
Full reviewRoger Ebert
The Breakfast Club doesn't need earthshaking revelations; it's about kids who grow willing to talk to one another, and it has a surprisingly good ear for the way they speak.
Full review
BBC
Shot in sequence during 1984, The Breakfast Club became a benchmark for all that followed in the genre.
Full review
Share