The Breakfast Club |  | Director: John Hughes
Actors: Mary Christian, Perry Crawford, Ron Dean, Tim Gamble, Fran Gargano
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  344 reviews
Sales Rank: 83927
Format: Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 025192028410
EAN: 0025192028410
ASIN: B001VPJZ6S
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
Release Date: February 27, 2009
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John Hughes's popular 1985 teen drama finds a diverse group of high school students--a jock (Emilio Estevez), a metalhead (Judd Nelson), a weirdo (Ally Sheedy), a princess (Molly Ringwald), and a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall)--sharing a Saturday in detention at their high school for one minor infraction or another. Over the course of a day, they talk through the social barriers that ordinarily keep them apart, and new alliances are born, though not without a lot of pain first. Hughes (Sixteen Candles), who wrote and directed, is heavy on dialogue but he also thoughtfully refreshes the look of the film every few minutes with different settings and original viewpoints on action. The movie deals with such fundamentals as the human tendency toward bias and hurting the weak, and because the characters are caught somewhere between childhood and adulthood, it's easy to get emotionally involved in hope for their redemption. Preteen and teenage kids love this film, incidentally. --Tom Keogh
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 Why is this movie so popular? March 9, 2010
Orion Rooney
I had to watch this movie in Psych class last semester. The entire time all I wanted to do was punch each of the kids in the face and tell them to stop acting like such whiny little brats. Bender, the "outcast-druggie" stereotype was possibly the most obnoxious character I've ever seen in a movie. He basically spent the entire time aggravating the other characters (and me at the same time) who were equally annoying in their reactions to him (they ALWAYS took the bait, ALWAYS responded like he wanted them to. Seriously, don't you learn in preschool to plug your ears and say "I'm not listening, I'm not listening"?).
Then at the end they magically become friends, and 2 pairs of them start dating, which also got on my nerves, because it was SO unrealistic.
 A Little Cheesy, But Gets You Thinking March 6, 2010
Zachary Koenig (Fergus Falls, MN)
To be completely honest, I usually hate movies like this. It's like Don McLean's song "American Pie", where basically he just mashes up a whole bunch of different themes and lets people interpret them to death. It kind of takes the fun out of the experience. Fortunately, director John Hughes (Mr. 80s himself!) doesn't allow his weighty material to get in the way of the film's true message.
Basically, the plot of this film centers on a group of five high-schoolers dragging into the school on a Saturday to serve their detention "sentence". They come from all walks of life: The Rebel (Judd Nelson), The Jock (Emilio Estevez), The Princess (Molly Ringwald), The Troubled (Ally Sheedy) and The Nerd (Anthony Michael Hall). While being lorded over by Principal Richard Vernon (played brilliantly by Paul Gleason; he almost steals the show!), the self-dubbed "Breakfast Club" start to get to know each other a little bit.
From there, the rest of the film is essentially two things: a series of hilarious sight/action gags to foil Mr. Vernon, and (more importantly) a treatise on the cliquish life of high school students. Led by the colorful commentary of Nelson's hard-edged character, each stereotype is carefully picked apart and laid bare for the world to see. Is "Ringwald" truly a good girl, or just fooling herself? Is "Hall" a dedicated student, or just playing the role to keep the few friendships he has? Plus, the instigator ("Nelson") turns out to be perhaps the most interesting character-study of them all!
What keeps the movie from seeming too high-handy and sappy, though, is the wonderful directing of Hughes. Unlike, say, James Cameron's "Avatar", where the issues are preached to you in black-and-white terms with no room for disagreement, Hughes leaves it up to the viewer to decide who "The Breakfast Club" members really are. You can view them as Mr. Vernon does, or have the opportunity to delve in deeper if you so choose.
Thus, I have no problems recommending this film to any and all fans of movies that will really make you think. The ending may be too cheesy (but probably needed to satisfy the teen audience), but along the way it packs quite an intellectual and emotional punch, with a hefty dose of comedy thrown in as well.
 CD Movie February 28, 2010
V. Shanstrom (USA)
I was not told it would be wide screen and I did not like that
Forced annoyance February 23, 2010
BJ (USA)
The 'High School Reunion Collection' edition of the DVD contains a major issue: a series of forced commercials upon running the disc, before you reach the DVD menu. I could not skip past the commercials. My copy of the DVD was faulty and would slow down, then lock-up during the commercials, making watching the film impossible.
 Great product, great service February 14, 2010
Carolyn Wolfe (Winchester VA)
The service was great and I love the movie. It came early ad was a present for my family member and it just turned out great!
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