The
Breakfast Club Review
Detention is supposed to be a punishment that every
student tries their best not to receive. On one Saturday morning, as the 8 hour
detention started for these 5 lucky individuals, they wanted nothing more than
to get out of that school and not have to spend one more minute with each
other. But throughout the day something unexpected happen, these 5 students
began to see that they could connect to one another and created a bond.
The movie starts off with the 5 students one by one
coming into the school in a terrible mood. You look at them and you can tell
what role they are in high school. You have the princess, the criminal, the
brain, the athlete and the basket case. The adults include the bitter, arrogant
principle who especially can’t stand bender and then the janitor who is the
“eyes and ears of this institution”. The director John Hughes did an amazing
job at creating a character that any teenager and even some adults can relate
to. As the day progresses the criminal is actually the one who begins to breaks
down the walls everyone has put up. He does this be beginning to pick/hit on
the prom queen. This leads to an altercation when the athlete steps into help
which results in finding out some truth behind why bender acts how he does and
him storming off. After this there are some more arguments that follow but
eventually they begin to interact in a nonviolent manner and even covering up
for bender when he is caught escaping back into the library. They begin to bond
through many events including running through the halls together, smoking in
the library which leads to the big one with them sitting in a circle sharing their
secrets and why they are there. Just when you think they are all coming
together and letting their guards down, bender comes in with one of his
condescending remarks towards the princess but it actually ends up with him
giving her a look of respect. Towards the end they talk about if once this day
is over will they be friends. This circle brings them together in a way they
never knew could happen. The movie ends with the princess helping the basket
case come into herself causing the athlete to see her in a new light and ending
up together. The brain ends up writing one essay from the five of them to the
principle telling him off in a nice way. The princess surprises the criminal by
making the first move which results in them also being together. They all leave
that day very differently than how they arrived. They all realize they can be friends or even
more, that they have more in common than they thought and that this Saturday
detention was just what they needed.
The movie does an amazing of showing just how people
who appear to be complete opposites may have more in common then they think and
can be friends. John Hughes is known for doing many teen films in the 80's that teach teens a lesson. Other movies such as Sixteen candles or St.Elmo's fire which includes some of the same characters in this film also bring teenagers together in an unexpected way. This movie especially is an iconic film that almost everyone can relate to
and learn something from. It talks about real problems teenagers still to this
day go through. It appeals to everyone because we all remember what it was like to be a teen and what we had to go through at one point. John Hughes has made a film that is still one of the most
recognizable films today. I rate this with 5 stars because no matter your age, style, or attitude on life, you have someone to relate to.
Trajectories
The possible trajectories of this review is I might have had a little too much summary of film. I just didn't know where to stop. I love writing about what happens in this film and it was hard for me to cut out what was important as to opposed to what is not important. A possible positive trajectory of my review is I think I did a pretty decent job at stating why this film is such an amazing one and how much it can really teach us something. I don't really think anything will come from my reviews being up. I was a little nervous putting up my costumer review because anyone can see that and people look at IMDB website a lot but I don't mind the criticism too much I'm more just having fun with the costumer review.
Influences
The only influences I really had while writing this review was looking up other people's reviews on this movie to see how they organized it. I looked up reviews on IMDB which were more informal and also on filmcritic.com and from Robert Ebert. I didn't look at what they said to go off of I looked at how they organized it.
Costumer Review
Once you get to that page you just scroll almost all the way to the bottom and look for the review portion. My user name is golfngirl63 and it said my review should be up in 2-3 business days. My Summary says"This movie can teach us all something and makes us all want to go back to our high school days for just a little bit".
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