THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) Revisited: Comedy Movie Review (John Hughes)

None of John Hughes’s films are quite as iconic as The Breakfast Club. Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall play the teenage archetypes we know so well - the athlete, the rebel, the rich girl, the outcast and the dweeb. But, what makes the movie have such a lasting legacy is how Hughes managed to humanize and deconstruct these teen tropes and make them timeless. In this episode of John Hughes Revisited, we look back at the movie’s legacy and explore what’s made it stand the test of time.
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[@Captain-Cosmo]

I worked at a theatre when this film came out. The crew watched our own midnight screening (as usual) the Thursday night before Friday's opening. When the film was over, we all agreed we had seen something more than a typical high school comedy. Most of us were in high school at the time. It was our generation. I believed then that it would be seen as representative of my generation in the years to come. Thanks for the revisit.

[@rachaelb.]

I guess I should look up the date this movie came out, cuz if you are turning this into a history book, OMG. Movies are being taken too serious!! This is fictitious!! But the representation of my movies from high school is pretty accurate and made me laugh really hard while drinking red wine. I'm 50, and I was a young and HEALTHY girl teenager when these movies came out.

[@rdbeyer]

I graduated high school in 1985 and my HS experience sucked. My older sister and I went to see The Breakfast Club that summer. After it ended we didn't really say anything, we just left the theater and walked to the car. We got in, kinda looked at each other and both of us started bawling. All the things that seem problematic today were pretty accurate. The 80s high school scene was a mess.

[@lalouxfrancois]

guys... i am 52 years old and i was a teenager in 1985. I can assure you that this film had a big impact on me, as well as a lot of folks i know. Rip John Hughes you enlighted my life at that time, and i am so greatful to you. Cheers

[@peterbelanger4094]

I'm 51, graduated H.S. in '88... This movie is the iconic movie of our generation.

[@johnphantom]

I am the same age, but I did not see the Breakfast Club till it came on one of the movie channels so many years later when I was an adult. It impressed me, but did not have the impact it would have if I was 16.

[@javiermori1710]

Im 51 and totally agree. I know its cliche but the 80s was great time to be a kid/teen. The movies and music in that era was awesome.

[@CrookedRosePOD]

I'm 31 my uncle is your age he took us to all the 80s classics thank GOD. Everyone tells me I'm bender which I was lool then we rented them on VHS and snuck thru his room to play video games on all

[@itsjustmekinsey]

same #88grad

[@JenniferMcMahonhawaii78]

it’s amazing this movie was rated-R, but my parents let me see it at 7 in 1985. Very different time.

[@Lance37a]

No violence but a lot of swearing in it especially for 1985.

[@501stClone67]

@@Lance37a well there was that one scene when he was hiding under the table

[@ChrisMaxfieldActs]

@@501stClone67 Is that violence? I mean, I suppose it is, technically. It's assault of some kind.

[@rachaelb.]

I think your parents were ahead of their time! These days many filming companies allow more to pass, so feel lucky.

[@roxannemoser]

Many of us 80s parents were not sheltered as kids, even though our parents tried. We heard crap at school. My logic was, I'd rather my children hear from me. Ask me the questions or most of the time, I told them what NOT to fall for at school. Opposite effects. My daughter censors her children. My son has my parenting style. This will be interesting in about 3 years when my grandchildren almost all go through puberty at once.

[@DevilDogMuNky]

The message I always think of from this movie is, "when I grow up, I'll never turn into my parents."

[@roxannemoser]

And I DIDN'T. My parents were a huge MESS.

[@jeffkoons001]

@@roxannemoser SAME. Though there are parts that pop up every now and again, like a jack in the box. But mainly I steered myself away from the catastrophe of my upbringing

[@DynaMike101]

John Hughes was the persona of the 80's into the early 90's. Love his works.

[@juliethompson5301]

My childhood ❤ my 31 year old daughter can quote all the lines to this and Ferris Bueller

[@jamesmorant1406]

Arguably the best teen movie of all time the cast the story just perfect 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@royshaheer]

Loved every second of this classic

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

Well, it cracks my top 20 Teen Oriented Movies anyway... 01. Back To The Future 02. A Bronx Tale 03. American Graffiti 04. Dazed & Confused 05. Fast Times At Ridgemont High 08. Risky Business 07. Stand & Deliver 08. That Night 09. Some Kind Of Wonderful 10. Dead Poet's Society 11. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 12. Say Anything... 13. Friday Night Lights 14. Orange County 15. Juno 16. Lady Bird 17. White Squall 18. The Breakfast Club 19. The Wanderers 20. Mischief TELEVISION: 01. Friday Night Lights 02. The Wonder Years 03. Freaks & Geeks 04. My So-Called Life 05. Everybody Hates Chris

[@jamesmorant1406]

Great list

[@JackJohnson-er7vl]

@@royshaheer weee

[@JackJohnson-er7vl]

@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat weeeeeeeepepe we eeeeeeeeee

[@lloydonlead]

RIP John Hughes. You made me laugh and relate to so many things in your films. I was a teenager when these films came out.

[@-NateTheGreat]

I got along with everyone in Highschool and was friends with about every character type in this movie. It was interesting to see how people from all walks of life dealt with being a young adult. Times have changed but teens still walk this same path.

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

Lol no they don't. Children are taught to be divided based on race and "privilege ". The school system is absolutely disgusting nowadays.

[@midnighthour733]

@@-redacted_by_youtube I would love to attend high school today just to see what the big differences are....besides we could smoke and go off-campus and no metal detectors ...aah the 70s

[@stirgy4312]

I got along with everybody too. It's actually scary. Jocks, art-f@gs, techies/gamers, metalheads, all the oddballs... But I've always been adaptive. Not so much the religious kids though.

[@-NateTheGreat]

@@stirgy4312 I was in High school in the 90s I was empathic to others and could adapt to their personality so I was friends with metal heads, goths, nerds, band geeks, stoners, preps.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Smoking was still moderately accepted back then, so frequently having a good supply of cigarettes, a lot of other kids (from every clique) would bum smokes off me. I was 'popular' but not in a way that I sought out, I would avoid the constant picking away at my supply. people knew me, but they didn't, I was kind of a ghost in school. Always had to divert around outside to have a smoke between classes (I'm was and still am a very heavy smoker, a hopeless one) I was popular, but I wasn't. There were also a lot of non smoking kids who harassed me, or shunned me for being a smoker. It's still like that as an adult. Non smokers are jerks. That's why I'll never be one. Take note, harass a smoker, they will be less likely to quit, you will only piss them off.

[@timberwolf27]

Pre internet and being from Scotland, when these movies you'd never heard of came on really late at night when the station had shut down was just such an amazing experience, telling these cool 80s tales and awakening you to such a huge teen culture as the states had you only sort of heard about...same thing happened with Ferris Bueller, The Lost Boys so many of these films ... weird

[@rachaelb.]

Well then! Welcome Scotland! I'm very glad you and yours got finally witness such movie marvles! :D Scot. also has had some pretty good shows on Netflix!

[@brandon17760]

Wait what?! Ringwald thinks she danced badly?! I watched this movie today and wish I could do that damn dance she did lol it looks fun as hell

[@JohnMedved]

The movie of my high school years. I graduated in 1985 and this movie meant so much to my friends and I.

[@rachaelb.]

My now fiance and my cousin graduated in '85. That is such a coo year!! I graduated in '90. I think it's good that we can all look back at our corny past and laugh at it or take really good things out about it. Humankind is ALWAYS trying to improve on itself, so it's ok to laugh. :)

[@arreola891]

How funny that Molly Ringwald threw a tantrum because she was originally asked to play the basket case but she wanted to be the princess. Well... she definitely fit the part!😅 Allot of people say negative comments about Allison's transformation but I actually like it. I mean, the only thing a dark depressed person is going to attract is another dark depressed person. Nothing wrong with some light makeup and lighter colored clothes geesh. 🙄

[@djcease1996]

The film wouldn't have worked if Molly had played any other part. She was too hot to not be the princess.

[@Mowglibaloo2]

Agreed

[@Bottle_O_Glue]

I don't believe Ringwald threw a tantrum, I'm pretty sure she just wanted to play someone who wasn't like her (source: idk, I forgot where I heard this; you can probably find it pretty easily though) and Allison's makeover is overdone, I think a plain white shirt instead of blush and pastels would have been better

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

@@Bottle_O_Glue Even Goths are no overkill with their makeups

[@Bottle_O_Glue]

@@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 ? I'm referring to her makeover near the end of the film and how it was a little too exaggerated. Is that what you're referring to? Your wording is a little confusing

[@jamestnov41945]

It is a brilliant movie. I was I high school during the early 60's and I refused to attend detention. Which of course got me more. Speaking your mind to teachers was a no no. I have no regrets.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Yeah, I remember senior year, they gave me 3 days "in school suspension", I decided it would be "out of school" contrary to their expectations, so when I returned 3 days later, they gave me 5 days. But by then I had managed to get some fun smoke, and sat in the all day study hall/detention room (that's what "in school suspension" was in my school) comfortably numb. Ahhhh.... to be a teen again.....

[@rachaelb.]

Sounds like there were a lot of young heros back in the 60s - 80s! So, thank you for your service! xD I'm 50, btw. I watched the movies that were described in this. At least from the 80s on.

[@artpena72]

One of my all time favorite movies. It was my generation and it touched on so many subjects. I felt like i was there. It was a great time!

[@adagiobreeze8493]

I graduated high school 20 years ago and I still relate to this movie

[@rachaelb.]

I graduated in 1990 and I still remember some of the movies portrayed from the 80s! Such as Pretty in Pink, Sweet 16, Breakfast Club., etc. :D

[@ICONICPARIS]

When Life was GOOD!! I'd give anything to go back to this time!! I so miss the 80's

[@garyalleccia2793]

Hughes was the master of the 80s. I was in my 20s, but still a teen at heart. Timeless classics.

[@midnighthour733]

John Hughes made some FUN movies that touched on serious subjects without having to LECTURE us like everything made today. I was 24 so it really wasn't anything like the high school I went to (we didn't have detention...that was middle school) except for the stereotypes so I could relate. Molly Ringwald became the IT gal (cover of Time mag even) and was forever typecast but I always thought Ally was the better actress. Instead of complaining about how different things were 'back then' (like every generation finds out) learn and grow and talk about it.

[@elibxborn]

It’s a skill that directors don’t have nowadays. Now everything is forced down your throat.

[@rachaelb.]

Then why don't movies cut out that obscene char. like Molly R. and only have Allys?

[@roxannemoser]

We had after school detention. I went in, signed in and out, and left. 🙄 it was lame.

[@waverlyking6045]

I miss the good old days when people were called "neo maxi-zoom dweebies".

[@rachaelb.]

what does that mean?

[@djjj2539]

The only thing I don’t like about this wonderful film is how they made Allison “pretty” at the end. I loved the way she looked before and I feel like the message isn’t good.

[@mattblom3990]

I live in Vancouver and "Don't Forget About Me" is now the goal song of my local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks. It's awesome! The players sing along with it.

[@dougmasters4579]

John Kapelos said that Molly Ringwald & Ally Sheedy were both divas on set. I guess that explains them pissing & moaning about a film that put their acting careers firmly on the map haha.

[@brianoconnell6459]

You know, Judd Nelson always looked like a young Harrison Ford to me, Hollywood dropped so many balls in not having him play the role in early Indiana Jones roles. I looked up his pictures as he is today, and he still looks like a young Ford.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

On the upside, you've now been successfully diagnosed with Prosopagnosia.

[@godaistudios]

@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat Oof. I don't get the resemblance either, but that was a serious burn.

[@rachaelb.]

@@godaistudios 😆

[@abreyes2715]

I was born in 1986, but these 80's movies still played a huge role growing up and I'm glad to have been exposed to them as a kid.

[@lucidexistance1]

I totally remember Judd Nelson jumping and clicking his heels with him frozen in the are while the song starts... Weird. My own little Mandela effect. I'm sure I'm not remembering correctly but it feels like I can recall what I'm remembering in several moments in my life. Even a cut away gag from family guy. Scary our brains do that. Good chance I'm even just mixing up wizard of oz or something. Still feels odd

[@deacongowan117]

Never jumped, I hate that effect.

[@georgehenderson7783]

You mean from 0:08 on this video? This is just before "Don't You Forget About Me" starts...

[@kevystead]

I love the recurring theme of Anthony Michael Hall's Characters "Girlfriend, Whom lives in Canada" In a few of the John Hughes Films ;)

[@thecunninlynguist]

A childhood classic

[@toddferguson7326]

I love this movie I was 16 when it came out and is my favorite John Hughes movie up all his movies

[@Omar-wq9dz]

1 thing I always wondered about the movie was the time of detention. Maybe it's a Chicago thing, since I don't live there, but I've never heard of anyone getting detention on the weekend and staying there for school day hours

[@EclecticDD]

Wasn't this done to further add to the punishment?

[@deacongowan117]

I had Saturday detention but it was only 4 hours from 0700-1100 in the morning. You couldn’t bring anything, homework included.

[@reptarDISCO]

@@deacongowan117 yes they had this at my school and I got a fair amount of them. I wasn't a bad kid I was just late a lot and often skipped class after lunch lol

[@Pocketkid2]

I never understood why people don't like the makeover scene. It totally adds to the entertainment value.

[@KrisBryant99]

Because the scene teaches people to not be themselves and if you dig harder, the entire movie is like that which is why Bender is the most outspoken in the movie.

[@Pocketkid2]

@@KrisBryant99 I don't think that's what it teaches at all. I think the scene is representative of Allison coming out of her shell because she was previously anti-social and in a sense un-dignified. There's nothing wrong with teaching someone to be better than they are.

[@virgil3241]

Ahh Ally Sheedy. I had such a crush on her back then

[@bhongtastic]

Interesting to look back on this film through a 2021 lens. I remember liking the movie as a 13 year old. Still like it now, but noticing the degree to which things have changed in the past 35 years is a bit jarring.

[@rachaelb.]

Right?? Kids are still the same, but their restrictions are much worst today. Parents can't (publically) spank their kids, so.

[@jayeyesacks1604]

John Kapelos lived in an apartment above a high school friend's family in Chicago in the mid 80s. Occasionally, John would chat with us when he found us sitting in the hallway, and he wasn't altogether different from his character Carl in the Breakfast Club. He even gifted me bongos once he learned we were trying to form a band, as I was an aspiring drummer with no drum kit at the time. The sweet surreality of youth......

[@lovejoy1311]

People getting old and agreeing with Vernon have probably forgotten the whole discussion with the janitor. Did kids change? Or did we change? Because I guarantee the kids in the breakfast club haven’t changed, the context and lens with which we view them has. What kids face now is an absolute nightmare compared to what I faced when I was the same age as those kids in the breakfast club (I was thirteen in 1985). Teens in the Post 911, social media, insurrectionist, Covid era? At least the kids in the Breakfast Club were in a staffed high school and were largely dropped off by their parents.

[@aprilsky8474]

My absolute fave 80's movie ever.

[@toddferguson7326]

I love and still love this movie I was the brainy kid . this movie is my Rocky horror picture show I can still say it pretty much verbatim

[@javiermori1710]

I had awesome time in high school and i could relate to the characters in this movie. Every high school had these types. So well written.

[@myrnalaboy2840]

R.I.P Paul Gleason

[@markprice5651]

Snuck into this movie when I was 13...still one of my all-time favorites.

[@thenerdytherapist2996]

Since there was so much cut footage, I wonder if there is a scene of Bender apologizing to Claire. He clearly starts off hating her for being popular and coming from a wealthy/positive family. To me, it seems like a quick scene of Bender admitting that he went too far and was jealous of Claire (before he realized how tough it can be to try to be "perfect" for others all the time). Him taking the heat for their "hallway adventure" was probably a step in the right direction (him sacrificing himself for people he had originally didn't care for)...either way, love this movie.

[@allycat7486]

Yes! I've said this before & have seen similar comments as well lol. As you said, there was supposedly so much cut footage (not even included in the blu ray), that I wonder if there was some brief apology or small gesture expressing regret. I mean, this is Bender so I don't see him getting down on his knees begging for forgiveness or completely opening up his soul to Claire at this point, but maybe he just comes up next to her & says "Claire, I'm an a-hole" or something. Like I said, a small gesture but would show he felt bad about the way he'd been behaving? Maybe. Because yes, his taking the blame for all of them leaving the library & the way he jumps in when earlier in the movie Andrew mocks Claire over her situation with her parents ("You're just feeling sorry for yourself" & Bender cuts in with "Sporto? Do YOU get along with your parents?") shows that there's a tiny bit of virtue in him, even if he doesn't like to show it.

[@thenerdytherapist2996]

@allycat7486 - great points! Also, when Claire goes into the closet, we don't see what they say to each other. I like to think that whatever apology he says comes in that moment and that's when they embrace.

[@allycat7486]

@@thenerdytherapist2996 The extended scene of that is on the blu-ray but there is no apology, just some dialogue & Bender looking as if he doesn't even know what to do with her once they're alone which is kind of cute lol. But there's a cut scene (not included on the blu-ray) where they're all sitting on the banister in the library & he's smoking & it looks like there's a conversation going on (the pics of that have been used in promos & the back of the DVD cases); seems to be before Claire grabs Allison to give her the makeover (because if you recall, by then Bender is not with the group so I guess he had returned to the closet). Anyway, I wonder if he might've said something then that motivated her to later go find him in the closet? Ugh, apology or not, what I'd give to get my hands on all that unused footage lol (sorry for the long reply).

[@thenerdytherapist2996]

@allycat7486 -.no apology needed! It's great to talk to someone who appreciates this movie! This is one of my favorite movies of ALL time and I find that I just appreciate it more and more as I get older.

[@cindigonzalez7350]

I was in Highschool when I was given a writing test. I was supposed to write about the topic, which I had no understanding and so I wrote basically scene by scene The Breakfast Club. And I was pretty sure I was gonna fail. Not just fail the test, but the grade. And luckily enough I passed the test. And I didn’t even finish it. I like to tell people this because I always wondered who the person was who passed me and if they were a fan of the breakfast club.

[@pascalbegin8783]

The first time I saw the Breakfast Club was actually a play in my highschool in Québec Canada in french around 1989. Cool. The video just reminded me this memory I had "forgotten" The thing I remember most was the sugar in the sandwich. Thanks for the Video

[@slayertime666]

Fun fact, when I was in the military they showed this film when we were deployed, the weather was so bad we had to stay in barracks & watch this

[@matthewfarmer2520]

This was interesting to see, thanks for sharing this. I have it on DVD got it for a dollar. It's the Highschool Reunion collection. The Breakfast Club.

[@belowthedot8903]

Don't forget Degrassi: The Next Generation did an episode paying homage, it was called "Take On Me"

[@FlashStudios1934]

I’m kinda glad we never got massive a list stars like nick cage or Jim Carrey or Rick morranis in the movie, as I feel it would have distracted from the down to earth realistic feel of the film

[@AndrewIles]

An absolute unmistakable classic! But I totally agree with Molly Ringwald - I never liked that Claire and Bender ended up together, I don't think it needed it. Besides that, magnificent film.

[@thenerdytherapist2996]

I wonder if the deleted scenes flesh out their romance more. Bender is clearly jealous of her life and (wrongly) takes it out on her. It would have been nice (prior to the kiss) for them to have a scene where he apologies and they connect on having parents that don't have their best interest in heart. I guess we could "assume" the scene happens.....either way.....I totally love this movie.

[@AndrewIles]

@@thenerdytherapist2996 I love that idea! I would've liked to have seen that - would round it all out nicely.

[@vincijuju]

I had some sympathy for Bender, so I was glad he and Claire clicked at the end. Chances are their relationship began and ended right then and there, but it was consequential, at least for him.

[@RayNLA]

Great analysis!!!

[@uncommonsense5876]

One of the best movies ever. Timeless and universal is the hallmark of a classic piece. Also, movie was perfectly cast. Which is the key for cultural stickability. Everyone can identify with someone in the cast & their believability.

[@thalastkg]

I Love his Movies. True 80's Classics

[@arianprofit]

So good that Hughes didn’t fire Nelson. His improv moves and lines were too important and some iconic.

[@kimandrews55]

@JoBlo Videos you might not know this but recently JoBlo, Cate Blanchett named that as one of her favourite movies, Rare Exports, JoBlo.

[@artpereira]

would be interesting to see those deleted scenes as I always thought there was a chunk missing from the movie. It's gooood ... but it could have been great.

[@becraftcorey]

First watched this in my junior year of high school loved it

[@BigGator5]

Controversial Option: Good, but overrated. The older I get, the more I identify with the principal more and more. He's over the top and out of line, but he is right.

[@trinaq]

Agreed, Vernon goes over the line by threatening to beat up Bender, and his actions would NEVER be tolerated today, but he did have a point.

[@pepeluis4655]

I don't think people say it's that good it's just that it's iconic

[@JoBloOriginals]

The deleted scenes flesh Vernon out a lot more.

[@lovejoy1311]

The problem is when you put somebody like Vernon in a place where that is the only tactic anyone ever uses. No one addresses Brian’s suicidal ideations, the bullying and harassment the jock does, or the clear child abuse that Bender was experiencing, etc. You can’t only come down on the individual kids hard, without giving them hope and options. I don’t only discipline my children, I support and protect them.

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

You briefly sounded like the Current Captain America on the out of line but right thing

[@Merylstreep1949]

Please do a video on the supposed 3 hr version of this and Ferris

[@stirgy4312]

I think I was a sophomore in high school when I saw this. It was very powerful but I didn't get the full meaning until later after many rewatches

[@JustGina724]

I think this film is as close to perfect as one can get.

[@dejaalston8672]

The Breakfast Club (1985) is one of the most greatest american teen coming-of-age comedy drama movies of all time due to it's witty and clever dialogue and humor, comedic moments, emotional resonance, relatability, and performance's by the cast. It also gives a insightful and articulate representation of stereotypes, archetypes, social status, peer pressure, and parental expectations. The Breakfast Club (1985) is a true blue ultimate masterpiece in cinema. John Hughes directed a classic that will be in our hearts forever. It never gets old.😍😎💯👍

[@VidWatcher01]

Both Lizzy McGuire & Degrassi The Next Generation had episodes that are love letters to TBC. I once read that there was suppose to a sequel where a whole new group of teens get Saturday detention but the meet, know each other & interact before

[@nettiegurl]

I subbed several HS Sociology classes who had to watch this as an 'exploration' of generational relatives'. And let me tell you .... the generation gap was quite inclusive. Not only did today's youth RELATE to the stereotypes of this film, but the characters doubly. Most pertinently John Bender "the outcast" Brian Johnson "the nerd" and Claire "the princess" in the societal struggles they endured with having to mainstay their clique personae, while maintaining who they really were ... as Claire put it 'You don't realize the pressure your friends put on you, to be and think just like them'

[@AnthonyMorales71]

My favorite movie of all time. Ok, along with Weird Science.

[@arianprofit]

I do agree with Hughes on the glass scene. Yes nobody does that when they’re high. 😊

[@ericortega1745]

My theory is. Vernon won the lottery and has millions stacked in the bank for retirement. However he likes the principal and works there for a low wage, he studies the youth and mentors them.

[@kimandrews55]

@JoBlo Videos you might not know this JoBlo, but recently Cate Blanchett named that as one of her favourite movies, Rare Exports, JoBlo.

[@Ron-sp7lw]

This was the best time in my 15 year on the planet (born 1970)

[@wowview2]

I swear from now on, I am interpreting "it's the 80's" or "it's the times then" to be the illogicalness and reflectiveness of people and life in general.

[@damenicionscott]

The breakfast club is such a good film

[@blastradius7193]

The dance scene was the shit!!!

[@mattslupek7988]

Greatest teen/coming-of-age movie EVER!

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Fun facts for those who don’t know much about the movie’s background. Ronald Reagan was the first choice to play Vernon, but a meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev conflicted with the shooting schedule and he could not accept the role. In Reagan’s autobiography, An American Life, he calls this “The biggest regret of my life.” Harvey Keitel was the next pick, but after reading the script he told John Hughes that he’d only play the role if he could dress in the same clothes he wore in “Taxi Driver.” So Paul Gleason, son of Jackie Gleason, won the role. During shooting he improvised the movie’s most famous line, “Yo Sal, how come there ain’t no brothers up on the wall?” The role Anthony Michael Hall played was originally written for a chimpanzee. Eric Stolz was originally cast as Bender, then halfway through filming John Hughes realized he wasn’t menacing enough and fired him. But you can still see glimpses of Stolz in the movie. That is his head between Molly Ringwald’s knees. And Hughes wanted Justine Bateman as the Claire character, but Gary David Goldberg would not give her the time off needed to film the movie. Filming was delayed for six months because of a typhoon. Emilio Estevez suffered a heart attack right before shooting began, also delaying the shooting schedule. The five students were originally supposed to serve their detention in the school cafeteria, locked into the walk-in refrigerator, but then producers were worried that children would try to copy the movie and lock themselves into their refrigerators at home, then suffocate. The exterior scenes were shot at a suburban high school right out of Chicago, but the library scenes were filmed at the Princeton University library, which is mostly underground and that’s why you see no windows in the movie’s library. Harvard University refused permission to film the dance scene there, so it was done at Oxford in England. Judd Nelson went undercover as a high school student at a local high school because seven years after graduating from a high school in Maine he had no memory of what high school was like, and found he liked it so much that he stayed at that high school after filming and four years later graduated as their Valedictorian. No one at that school ever realized he was an actor and not a student, even though he had been in three movies before “The Breakfast Club.”

[@sherlocksharp7736]

When you think of the classic films released in 1985, like Breakfast Club and Back To The Future, it's amazing that the Oscars went with Out Of Africa for best film. I don't think Breakfast Club was even acknowledged.

[@deadbodychic75]

My favorite teen movie

[@bluedonkey9963]

The one I've been waiting for

[@SkorpioMusic]

One of my favorite movies of all time. A bit disappointing that Molly Ringwald didn't even understand her own character or Judd Nelson's. He was an abused child, lashing out at the world and jealous of her seemingly perfect life. That's why he treated her that way. Once they got to know each other better, she realizes he's hurting inside and they share a connection. Claire even gives him one of her diamond earrings (which he mocked earlier) so he could have a piece of her rich upbringing and a piece of her as well. They know this is the end of their relationship since she will not be seen with him in the halls of school. As far as Ally's "makeover" goes, it was more of a bonding moment between her and Claire who don't really interact much in the movie except during the "confession" circle. Sheedy's character dresses that way because she feels lonely and outcast. The makeover is less about turning her into a "princess" like Claire and more of her coming out of her darkness and loneliness (her parents ignore her). Esteves' character already liked her. She didn't "need the makeover" for him to like her. It's obvious throughout the day. He did like the change, but only because it surprised him. It was more pure, cleaner. She wanted to repel people before, this was a different side of her.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Judd Nelson's character was Johnny Bender. He was the one I identified with, him and Anthony Michael Hall's character (the nerdy kid that you forgot). I was a mix of those two. I was the stoner in the science club. Frequently in detention and "in school suspension" (sit in the office all day) as it was in my school, no Saturday stuff, but I'd be in that if we had it. I didn't go to class all the time, and they had a problem with my smoking on campus. I flowed between 'cliques', smoking weed with the princess on weekends, the jock would join in off-season, the Sheedy type character was an example of many of my friends out back in the smoking area, (I always had cigarettes, so everyone wanted to bum one off me)....which was a LOT easier for teens to do in the 80's. It was a cigarette free-for-all ! Motley Crue did a tribute to it. The big 'crack-down' on cigarettes didn't really start til the 90's. The whole bit about Johnny Bender getting a carton of smokes for Christmas wouldn't be allowed in scripts today.

[@SkorpioMusic]

@@peterbelanger4094 I also floated between cliques and smoked in-between classes. I think I was a mix of bender and Johnson. A bit of a freak, a bit of a geek but accepted by most groups lol.

[@moonlily1]

Sigh. "They act that way because they're hurting inside" is applicable to nearly ALL abusers and it doesn't make them no abusers, and being offered empathy and understanding doesn't stop them from being abusive. They will act that way when they feel insecure, threatened, or not in control because they don't know other ways of dealing with those feelings, and in especially not in this case, because IT GOT HIM WHAT HE WANTED. It isn't Ringwald who didn't understand her character, it's you who doesn't understand abuse.

[@SkorpioMusic]

@@moonlily1 He didn't get what he wanted. Some kissing in the closet from a girl who will never acknowledge his existence after that day. His life is still shit and it probably always will be. Meanwhile Claire will go on with her amazing privileged life while he likely continues a downward spiral into drugs and even more abuse to himself and others. Btw, I'm glad you're an expert on what I know about abuse. It's called character development and story. But these actors are so clueless and vapid they can't see beyond their own shallow views. She was certainly happy to take those fat John Hughes paychecks though.

[@moonlily1]

@@SkorpioMusic It got him her attention, affection and approval. And a diamond. But focus on the abuse part: he's abusive because he's been abused, but he's STILL AN ABUSER. Narratives about how "he's just misunderstood" blah blah blah enable and protect abusers. Ringwald is right that it's deeply disturbing that Claire would develop feeling for John when he's spent all day sexually harassing and insulting her, and actually, literally fucking sexually assaulted her when he put his head between her legs. These actions do NOT get you the girl. Real life abusers don't even go right in with the abuse from the moment they meet you, it is gradual. Bender's home environment does NOT minimize or excuse his horrible, abusive behavior towards Claire who did nothing to him which is based on nothing but the fact that he wants to fuck her and thinks he can't. This is disgusting, unsympathetic behavior.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

To me..When Ally Sheed’s character has her makeover the message was not to label people.We are much more complex..And with Bender.It seemed Molly’s character could see the light in him despite him acting like an ass..Again people are neither all one thing or another so don’t label them

[@FatboyReg]

The breakfast club is the young wild free group 🔥🐐

[@oskar_oskarewicz]

19:37 maybe Hughes didn't want to go with their ideas not because that were the 80s? Maybe he has stuck to his ideas because very often that's just true? I remember such thing sfrom my high school. Good girls falling for bad boys doing questionable things. Boys falling for the ugly ducklings after transitions. If we like it or not from adults' perspective, these things are just realistic

[@basslobster]

This gem deserves 11 out of 10. It's that good.

[@MrBdiddypop]

I think that in the 80s there was this notion that guys had to be a bad boy to attract women. That meant being rude and dismissive and all that. Bender is definitely misogynistic. Or maybe the movie is saying that’s all an act and he’s actually a very sensitive guy who would be a good boyfriend. Is he a poster boy for toxic masculinity or is he enlightened?

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

The funny thing is that most stereotypes have a grain of truth at their core. Woman are attracted to the "bad boy" who is funny and good looking. Also, the "nice guy" always gets friend zoned and is always the last one picked.

[@MrBdiddypop]

​@@perceivedvelocity9914 There is some truth to that. Perhaps there is a healthy medium many young teen boys can aspire to. I'd say John Cusack in "Say Anything". He wasn't a bad boy. He was a very nice guy but also wasn't a wimp. He had confidence in who he was and what he wanted. But that wasn't a John Hughes movie.

[@GloopTrekker]

Maybe it doesn't send the best message for Claire and Bender to wind up together, but I remember girls in high school going for the a-holes left and right. The nice guys seemed to get passed over. See the end of The Last American Virgin for another example. It sucks, but it would happen all the time.

[@rubenaerts7284]

Yes, the movie is saying it's an act to hide his vulnerability inside, and also that he's a rebel. If you look at thing form a me too perspective every movie is misogynistic, except the political correct formula movies of these days. People really need to get real again.

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

@@GloopTrekker Well is it wrong that in an ironic way a bdsm borderline chick would out of the blue pick a nice guy?? Because that also seems to happen in obscure media that deconstructs bad boys for a living and remorselessly. Nothing personal against Bender just pointing out any hypocrisy many dickriders of the Breakfast Club showcase

[@user-ur3yw8lb2p]

Great teen movie of all time!! Love it love it love it

[@kittycat6195]

Nice job. I enjoyed tjis

[@Bottle_O_Glue]

while I don't like it, Allison's makeover is more symbolic than anything. It represents her peeling back the layers of defense she had built up and letting the person beneath those layers shine. the problem is that it's too over-the-top and undermines the film's message a little bit

[@therealCrazyJake]

While watching the movie back in High School, I was honestly hoping that, if anybody, Bender would end up getting with Allison, and if Claire got with anyone, that it be Brian. The pairings that actually happened by the end of the movie have always felt a bit off to me, especially after learning Judd Nelson was around 25 by the end of production… (like, yikes, my guy)

[@stainless1175able]

I guess it's a good thing Hughes didn't give future wokists, Sheedy and Ringwald, their way. It would've been much less of a movie.

[@reginafallangie2867]

Execs complained there were no naked boobies, party scene, or under age drinking in a teen flick…mmmkay (guess that’s why they thru in the gratuitous undies scene 🙄)

[@katemaloney4296]

Honestly, I've seen the movie a couple of times, but it never resonated with me. I hated school--I particularly despised high school--and the whole "teenage angst thing" was not my cup of tea. I had a few friends, then moved away, and then declined to make any at my new school because they were all fakes, phonies, and frauds. However, I love your take and interpretations of movies, so I watched.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Wait Nicolas Cage as the criminal? I can definitely see him doing that character. But he was too expensive to add to The breakfast club. That's a bit odd cuz the only movie he was in before that was valley girl I think. And then after The breakfast club would have gone on to moonstruck. Which would have made him a sought after actor. Unless I got the timeline for the movies wrong. But after valley girl I didn't think he did anything noteworthy until moonstruck. I might have the time line wrong

[@TheOriginalCaptainTrips]

dance scene is classic. No part of this movie is cringe to me save Brian's crocodile tears.

[@alanmurray5963]

A very special movie 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TallTapper]

i agree

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Every time someone says 'in today's money' I'm aware our money is worthless. The dollar you dad made is worth 30c today.

[@jothishprabu8]

Why are looking at it that way? 30c was more valuable back then than it is today.

[@cegb551]

I miss the 80’s

[@arianprofit]

I always did wonder too why Claire would like a guy after he scolded and insulted the crap out her and her family. Lol

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

I like the movie. Still, I'm skeptical that Estevez actually broke the glass. TBC has a nice reference in Pitch Perfect was well. I'm disturbed, but not surprised, at Ringwold's and Sheedy's judging of a film from almost 40 years ago by today's ever-changing standards.And Mr. Hacunda, "MeToo" hasn't been a thing for a few years, ever since the behavior of guys from the Left have been brought to light . It was at it's best when guys from the Right were, um, exposed (Weinstein being an exception).

[@Lance37a]

Metoo has always been around. Andrew 'Dice Clay got his ass canceled in the early 90's.

[@LiirThropp2687]

Fantastic movie.

[@Krshna28]

I think John Hughes deliberately puts problematic parts in all his movies. Even Home Alone has Kevin getting bullied by his entire family. And some of them don't even care for him when they know he is alone. It's putting in the grey areas for characters. They do bad things, but they are not completely evil. And it's for the audience to decide how they feel about the character/s.

[@GJohnson1981]

Let the record show that no breakfast was consumed in this entire movie....

[@Truthseeker1515]

More "The Goonies", than "The breakfast Club" in 1985 as I was only 12, I had never seen this flick but I really enjoyed it on DvD lately...In France, we are not as obsessed with High School as in the US....

[@jtrenoweth]

Brilliant film