Andrew McCarthy talks new documentary, 'BRATS'

[@stevenveganightowl12]

Just turned 61, lived through the 80s and loved every minute of it, the "Brat Pack" were part of our cinema and pop culture.

[@eds73100]

Absolutely!

[@yankeeladee02]

For us Gen-X’ers, we love the Brat Pack and we never thought they were brats!! They were always rad, cool, fun, fashionable, hotties, beautiful, smart, sweet, shy, bold… We grew-up together. They were US! They are US! ☮️💟

[@taintedlife2618]

And no layer generations had anything comparable or as great.

[@r0s3s4nd_violetz]

He's still gorgeous 😍

[@susanwalters7937]

Absolutely!!😁😍🤩😘😘💖💖💖

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Lol..WTF are u smoking?

[@susanwalters7937]

@@BAKER22-l4u some REALLY good shit!! ;) Sure, he looks a little time-worn these days, but don't we ALL?🤣 He dealt with alcoholism for years, and THAT can really age your looks! (speaking as an adult daughter of an alcoholic Mother) I still watch any of his movies with a smile; he's a damn fine actor!

[@shawnuel]

How was Anthony Michael Hall completely glossed over in the doc? Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles?

[@sassygirl4728]

That was odd & Robert Downey Jr.

[@denisearmbruster7478]

Interview was nicely done! Loved Andrew's sincerity and warmth!❤❤ Good Vibes for sure!❤❤🎉🎉

[@jeansteel1516]

Can't wait to see this. So loved all the John Hughes movies and the music

[@lindachamp5884]

Kudos to the late John Hughes. He tapped into how we felt about our youth and he captured romance, fun, dreams, possibilities.

[@rkaos1987]

Great interview! Andrew is just the nicest guy and yes, great times!

[@amydoran9987]

I’m definitely going to watch this is documentary. That was an amazing time for movies.

[@dancewithme1975]

As a Gen X'er, he was my first celebrity crush! I am so excited to see this documentary!

[@karenmbbaxter]

And Christian Slater too........Mr Happy Harry Hard-on.

[@emillion4470]

He's kept the hair, the figure and sense of humor -what more can you ask of your childhood idols?

[@JamminOnThe1]

I'm looking forward to seeing this documentary. It's crazy that all these actors are in their late 50's/early 60's. Back in "Breakfast Club" they were worried they'd turn in to their parents. Now they're worried they're going to turn into their grandparents. I guess a lot can happen in 40 years!

[@donpinkston5263]

He looks remarkably the same as he did in the 80s!

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF? It's time to get your eyes checked

[@scott7521]

@@BAKER22-l4u What's with the hate? Did he f*ck your mom or something?

[@kaileyllewellyn]

I was born in 97 but I absolutely love the Brat Pack and anything to do with that time. The first of the brat pack movies that I had ever watched was The Breakfast Club when I was in high school. I wish I could have been alive during the 80's to experience the pop culture and what the world was like back then. I'm so excited to watch this documentary!

[@caseyjones7000]

Andrew McCarthy I love Mannequin.

[@sabrinaprice739]

Yes! One of my favorite movies too and my sisters and we love the two songs in the movie!

[@awakeenlighten2298]

Same here!

[@jojopuppyfish]

They were all good and interesting actors. BTW Class with Andrew and Rob Lowe was very underrated.

[@DCGuy1997]

St. Elmo's Fire is still one of my favorite 80's movies.

[@beverlywatkins8271]

Same!

[@scott7521]

I love a lot of Brat Pack movies but that movie is garbage.

[@DCGuy1997]

@@scott7521 Excellent movie and will be remembered as a classic by those who know movies. Should have won an Oscar!

[@gloriasmith7728]

Had a crush on Andrew!

[@LoudenSwain-cu8rg]

I still do

[@denverpeet2002]

He was the most handsome of all the brats!!!!!

[@kendallevans4079]

No, but certainly the least talented

[@NESherv]

@@kendallevans4079 Damn, double-punch! Why the hate?

[@kendallevans4079]

@@NESherv LOL, yeah I guess that a little rough. Just never thought to highly of the guy, seemed like he had about 3-4 basic acting emotions.

[@nehsangbong7259]

Rob Lowe IMO

[@myrlinebastien3574]

No Rob Lowe was always the most handsome one lol

[@jujubees711]

Grew up watching the Brat Pack. I've been waiting for this documentary for 30 years

[@karenmbbaxter]

Also youtube Mannequin movie where he is he main character and Kim Cattrell is the maneguin who comes to life......Love that movie.......I could watch this guy sitting in front of his T.V. on a Saturday morning in his dirty pajamas and I would still find him attractive........And I would still be happy to watch him doing absolutely nothing.

[@LanaMyslyvetsPlanners]

Awe!!! Andrew was always one of my biggest movie crushes! Totally watching!

[@cindyann9571]

He is still so handsome ❤❤

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Lol..WTF? Get your eyes checked

[@theartandscienceofwealth]

Just saw the documentary. Outstanding. Highly recommend. Very thought provoking. I appreciate Andrew opening up about how he felt about the brat pack label. These two words thrown out there by someone who never even met him had tremendous impact on his life. His interview with the journalist was riveting. And rather disturbing the man would not admit what havoc his words played on this group of people's lives. What Demi Moore said in the end was right - that guy's comments were more about him than they were about this group of actors.

[@Classcelementmultimedia]

i wonder what other memorable and nostalgic movies we missed out on due to the negative impact that article made on their lives that, those within the circle either turned down or were not offered, it's sad.

[@mrsviking1808]

Where can I watch it

[@angelareynolds1111]

I loved this documentary!!! I love the BRAT pack!! They are the best and shaped future films and sit com’s today! Talented

[@julieuk5855]

Andrew Mccarthy is the film Class was a class act.

[@jedijones]

Are you saying he was a class act when he acted in Class?

[@taintedlife2618]

What a beautiful man

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Lol..WTF is WRONG with you? Men are HANDSOME, NOT beautiful..DON'T be IGNORANT

[@lifeisillusion]

I love love love Andrew McCarthy!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@carolynturk-hu7je]

Loved Andrew McCarthy in Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital"! As well as all of the movies he did when he was young.....St. Elmo's Fire, etc ...❤❤

[@lindsayann3513]

I totally forgot about Kingdom Hospital until this comment!!! I used to LOVE that show

[@MaxLoopTV]

Robert Downey Jr., should have been part of the Brats, Weird Science, Less than Zero, Chances Are

[@jedijones]

Robert Downey Jr. is often considered a member.

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

Great fashion style

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

Great fashion style

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

Great fashion style

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

Great fashion style

[@brittney5903]

He is so gorgeous. 😍😍😍 Named my second son’s middle name after him. 💙

[@lesliemichellepipes9216]

You guys are awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@DistrustHumanz]

Where was Mare Winningham?! They completely left her out of the documentary! Even when Kevin McCarthy was listing out the members, he said 'who are we leaving out?'. Not one single mention of Mare Winningham throughout the entire documentary.

[@SY-ok2dq]

She was only in the one film with them, and wasn't a star at the time either. She never hung out with them - shr was already a mother, so partying with coke-snorting Demi and her then-fiance Emilio and his friends Rob and Judd was not on her agenda. She was actually pregnant during the filming of Elmo's and that's her pregnancy weight there. She actually maintained pretty good career for an actress who gave birth like 5 times! It definitely interrupts actresses careers to be pregnant and then to take time off to be a full-time mother to a newborn baby.

[@SY-ok2dq]

Demi wasn't in fact a very prominent member of the pack back then because she wasn't as well known. She did make a film with Emilio (don't remember the name and nobody else can either), and a much better known film with Rob Lowe, that came along later in the 80s (About Last Night). But back then, in the press and so on, it was much more about Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy as the females, and McCarthy, Lowe, Anthony Michael Hall, and Judd Nelson.

[@MattyCrayon]

Loved Andrew’s comment about being Avatars for people’s youth. They and the films they made, were definitely that for me. The 80’s ruled 🙋‍♂️😁

[@erinswade]

80s Brat Pack fan, here! I’ve always been a huge fan of Andrew McCarthy!

[@vuho2075]

I was a penniless immigrant high school kid back in the 1980's, so miss out on the party. But man, I really like Andrew back in 1987's Less Than Zero

[@charleneortiz919]

I just saw Andrew in a Pixel movie. Still handsome and an awesome actor!

[@ninajohnson8389]

His books are well worth reading.

[@karenmbbaxter]

All these years on and I still find this guy adorable.......He is like Hugh Grant but he never turned into a mean and nasty person.

[@TarotRosetta]

This is what I was thinking: so Hugh Grant-y. Also seems prep-schooly. Had to look him up and, yup, dad was a stockbroker.

[@denniszenanywhere]

I was wondering who Andrew reminds me of -- and yes, you nailed it -- the two have a sort of shy, bumbling, sweet intellectual preppy persona.

[@danlove12k]

He aged well. He was in some good iconic films in the 80s 😅

[@ngocdiemnguyen3914]

Love to see this documentary and see all the '80s young stars all "grown up", very talented group of young actors back then 🥰. I met Andrew McCarthy at one of his book tours a few years back. Nicest man 🥰, not a brat at all 😊.

[@thebadboynerd]

The Brat Pack will live on forever, even after they are long gone!

[@danielsmith79]

Time has been good to Andrew. Why don’t women emulate men like him aging gracefully without plastic surgery.?

[@DashCamDog]

female hormones make us age faster. not an even playing field. women might have more work done because society puts more pressure on them to look young and thin while we praise “dad bods.”

[@LauraLynch-p4h]

Because no one in our society starts talking about men aging once they hit 40. Women r judged if they look too old, have had work, are too thin, too fat, too muscular, gray hair, colored hair, boobs too big, boobs too small. It's never ending.

[@jedijones]

@@LauraLynch-p4h Guys can definitely be judged for being too fat or too thin. Also too short. They also have the bald problem far more than women do. And men are judged more negatively for wearing glasses than women are.

[@benbergin538]

He looks great for his age

[@mwre334]

I always thought the Brat Pack was all the lead actors/actresses in John Hughes movies.🤔

[@jasonbrown7312]

I personally like that actors from a lot of our childhoods are putting out some documentation about how it was back when they got noticed. Michael J. Fox and Andrew McCarthy ❤❤

[@johnphantom]

Breakfast club and Less Than Zero are two of my favorite movies from the 1980s. The movie Andrew probably dislikes the most is my favorite of his, Weekend at Bernie's II. It was filmed on St. Thomas where I grew up ages 11 to 20 from 1981 to 1990, the film is a snapshot of the island as I remember it taken in 1992.

[@williamthomas1]

The best Teen Movie was made in the 80's and he wasn't in it. But he was in St. Elmo's Fire, one of the most horrible movies that perfectly exemplified certain people of the time.

[@oldhollywoodfan8009]

I remember not liking St. Elmo’s Fire. Don’t remember much about it but I remember being bothered about what was happening with Demi Moore’s character in the movie. I was such a huge fan of her and just remember being upset when I saw her in the movie. I remember liking the theme song though.

[@angellacanfora]

My high school celebrity crush (dating myself!).

[@gaitreeprasaud9290]

Yes! I can’t wait to see it. I saw all their movies.

[@Dan2xGalicia-cb2tf]

Andrew aged so gracefully. He don't have much wrinkles. He radiates whenever he smile and laugh.

[@jedijones]

Andrew's become the President of the Brat Pack.

[@cathy1520]

Andrew is better looking now than when he was younger

[@lindachamp5884]

Thought Rob Lowe and Aly Sheedy were so cool and very receptive to speaking about their thoughts on how they remember their times together.

[@terri3696]

Can’t wait!😊

[@美香子佐藤-r8b]

Andrew is the best !❤❤❤

[@MyraVCruz]

I cannot wait! Love those movies n era!

[@PATTINIETO2769]

I love him. He was my favorite in the 80's.

[@movienut]

Is this documentary out yet? if so where can it be watched?

[@davidclayton3831]

Perfect timing to make this documentary!💥 such a unique time...the 1980's

[@jeremypr]

bummer that Ringwalk and Judd Nelson didn't participate in the film.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

"Ringwalk"? .😅

[@nehsangbong7259]

I wish I grew up in the 80s

[@bombaybeach208]

I did..I yearn for it every day.

[@betsybabf748]

It was awesome to be a teenager in the 80s.

[@amyreynolds3619]

​@@betsybabf748 , you got that right. 😊❤🎉

[@mariasparano9860]

80s were the greatest. So glad I was a part of it

[@amayajones68]

Me, too.

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

This guy is a legend of the 80's.

[@jenniferaashiem6165]

Yes, we know the members of the Brat Pack. I personally always thought of the name as a funny appropriation of Rat Pack, and I never had a single negative thought about it. Every single member was in at least one of my all time favorite movies that I usually watch when I want to remember the amazing 80’s.

[@lindachamp5884]

Thank you, thank you Andrew for this doc! Loved it, so nostalgic!

[@2500BC]

Here is a thought: they were so young that they were similar to child actors. Perhaps the brat pack label mattered much less than the fact that they were type cast, lost cuteness in some cases, and has the same percentage of career longevity of any young actor. Did the label really mean anything or would their careers be similar if that term never came up?

[@sparky711choc]

Really want to see this but it's only Hulu i think which I can't get here in Canada.

[@mrnoodles4579]

I find it very strange he hasn’t talked to them in 30 years. It’s not like they were 6 college kids working at the school cafeteria and lost touch once school ended. This is so bizarre I’m sorry

[@BunnyWatson-k1w]

It would have been great if Andrew could have interviewed John Hughes for the doc. He died many years ago but directed many of the brat pack films.

[@ubertuber66]

Saw it. It was a celebrity intervention / therapy session, helping Andrew move on. All of the "Brat Pack" had moved on, it was sweet watching them trying to help him. It wasn't because a journalist gave them a name, the rest all had talent and drive that he just didn't have (which you get the sense he still doesn't get?). Sweet to watch though.

[@angellynne4328]

Love him ! Such a nice and handsome man!!

[@blanca2301]

It was great!! Rob Lowe is so positive!!! Love him!!! Love the Brat Pack! And I say I'm a brat... I have standards and expect others to do as well, damn it!! ❤

[@michealbarnes1447]

WOW I just realized how much Rebecca Jarvis resembles the woman on the Starbucks cup!!😂😂

[@mousetravelswithrick]

These guys were such a big part of my youth. I had such a crush back then on Demi. Oh, I certainly remember wish I had Rob's hair. LOL

[@fk3958]

It was iconic and affectionate back then for us kids!

[@johnsibug1946]

I grew up with Andre McCarthy and the Brats in the Philippines!

[@TheHunterMorganP]

So excited for this!!

[@stacey3763]

James dean, dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe and their group was the 1st brat pack

[@bridge2336]

and for us Gen Xers that know for sure who The Brat Pack is, the official list… Demi Moore Rob Lowe Molly Ringwald Anthony Michael Hall Andrew McCarthy Judd Nelson Emilio Estevez Ally Sheedy John Cryer (brat package adjacent) James Spader (brat pack adjacent) Michael J Fox (brat pack adjacent) Robert Downey Jr. (brat pack adjacent) Lea Thompson (brat package adjacent) C. Thomas Howell (brat pack adjacent. People have also tried to put Tom Cruise in this category. That would be a negative. I’m sure there are more “unofficial members” I can’t think of” but this list is there because all of these people at the time traveled in the same circles because of the movies that they were in, auditioned for, maybe hung out at a party together, etc. You’re welcome😉

[@phalynwilliams4119]

We all love the Brat Pack. You are all a happy part of our youth. Our children even love your movies and music too! 🎶 😂🎉🎥 💗 💕 ❤

[@phalynwilliams4119]

I remember reading 📖 the magazine article that called them the Brat Pack. I remember around that time one of the actresses , Ally Sheedy I think, asked or at least to paraphrase “What did we do to deserve to be called ‘brats’”? So, it is understandable that they would not view the phrase warmly. Who wants to be called a brat? No one. However, we love 💗 them and they were never “brats” to us but they are the “Brats Pack.”

[@christopherbatio5600]

Can't wait to see this on Hulu.

[@christini2828]

Awesome😊

[@nocturne2111]

I still love andrew McCarthy ❤

[@tas22222]

oh oh he got Mr Emilio well well ! Looking forward to this and once again Andrew killing it, loved his docu with his son if you havent seen it its very well done :) travel etc.

[@gravitytwo4088]

Why doesn't anyone remember that the term "Brat Pack" was a take on the term "Rat Pack" (Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, etc.)??? Maybe if that was talked about more, these guys wouldn't have taken it so personally!!!!!!!!

[@aprilwilkins6424]

Everyone knows that term was modified from the rat pack. The offense was the substance of the scathing article, not the term itself.

[@Alicia_1970]

He's still so cute 🥰

[@Martha.rose2000]

How come James Spader wasn't a member of the "Brat Pack"? He was in a lot of those films too! :)

[@sherryhunter66]

Ohhhhh my heart ❤ ***Andrew McCarthy ***

[@KellyAlbright-tg9kz]

Loved the Brat Pack and sad that they took it so hard. But when you're young in your twenties who knew back then how to navigate something like that? Nice to see that most of them are not plastic-y and look like healthy representations of what it means to age.

[@sjvader2003]

Great trailer, great music (especially Lou Reed) okay documentary. I found it a bit too slow and repetitive. That said, Timothy Hutton was great and Rob Lowe probably had the best outlook on the whole experience.

[@janetevis1735]

What about Mare Winningham? Was she part of the Brat Pack, I don't think she was!

[@jvaish]

She in the documentary

[@nfs294]

THE BRAT PACK IS THE ACTORS FROM THE MOVIE ST ELMO'S FIRE PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE ELSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bratsixx1881]

I really enjoyed this documentary ☺️ I loved everything about it!❤Nothing wrong with being a BRAT😂

[@firststatetate]

Good stuff.

[@joseramos4320]

Love the 80s

[@cherylbrown9456]

This is going to be Great!

[@ericscarface]

Is Anthony Michael Hall in the documentary??

[@Mars-ef6nx]

We all were the coolest funnest generation never to be repeated.

[@sb6370]

I think some of them simply had a problem with the word “brat,” which is kinda bratty…had they been dubbed: the breakfast club, how different would their careers have been? They hit in their twenties with the expectation it would continue on. Ask Shatner about embracing being typecast as Kirk.

[@Julia___1]

Oh my still so cute love him❤😊

[@purplepaws9273]

He looks really good ❤ so cute still ❤

[@rosajimenez4638]

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