The Breakfast Club by Latrese

Breakfast Club. Dir. John Hughes

Feat. Judd Nelson (John Bender), Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Emilio Estevez (Andrew Clark), Anthony Hall (Brian Johnson), and Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds)

Universal Pictures, 1985.

It's Saturday, early morning and no one knows how their day will go. Five different personalities all in one room for detention. Each one with a different story to tell. The morning starts off with the principal yelling at these kids explaining how they will spend the day. His strict attitude doesn't sit well with these students They still do what they want. Their stories are all different to why they even got into detention. As they were starting to get to know one another, they realized how into themselves they were. They didn't know one another, but as the day continued they opened their eyes to see what other people are alike. 

Claire was the princess; she was prissy and really only cared about herself. She skipped school for shopping. Brian was the brain; he had to live up to his father's standards and because he was failing wood shop he wanted to kill himself. He decided to put a flare gun in his locker. Andrew was the jock; he did what everyone told him to do, especially his father. He wants to look cool so he got into detention by doing a prank. Allison was the basket case; she stayed to herself and did weird things that turned people off. She didn't care what people thought, and her goth looked scared people away. She had nothing better to do so she decided to be in detention. Finally, John Bender the baddest of them all. He was a mouthy boy who did his own thing without judgement. He was in there because he pulled the fire alarm.

With all these different people in one room, it could get crazy. What each person didn't expect was to actually enjoy their time in detention. They argued, laughed, shared hidden talents, and this particular day was able to give each person a chance to explain why they act the way they do. For example, John acted out because he never got attention at home. He would argue or physically fight with his dad. Also Andrew was able to realize that in all actuality he was being a follower. Being a jock you have to be ''cool'', but he never wanted to do that prank. He explained that he felt the pain of the boy he gave the prank to. Despite their differences they came together and made that Saturday good. Even getting high was fun for them.

This movie was actually really good and funny. John Bender was the main one creating the arguments and trouble, but he was also the reason for getting everyone to open up. He did it very harshly, but it worked. I enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to people who need a laugh. I've always heard about this movie, but I sometimes think older movies are boring. What caught my eye was the name of the movie. I thought that it had nothing to do with how the plot was, but it makes you think. They didn't eat breakfast, and it the beginning they weren't a club. So I do wonder about the title. In the end relationships started and that was the main thing. Five people walking into a situation not knowing where they would end up.