The Breakfast Club (1985) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Movie Reaction & Review

[@CaptainRetroStation]

Lots of modern audiences seem to gripe on how Judd Nelson looked "too old" to be in high school. I've never questioned that because it fits his character. I always thought of him as someone who probably was held back a year or two.

[@Tr0nzoid]

I always figured adult actors into their 20s looked right for the high school roles in movies that were aimed at younger teenagers. When in that age range and watching the movie, the other high school kids are older and look older.

[@scottstephens5443]

I agree. There were a couple guys in my HS (graduated in '92), and they had been held back and were growing almost full facial hair and stood taller than most teachers. They looked far older than Judd did in this. Everyone matures at different rates, and so Judd didn't bother me at all.

[@staciemiller7465]

Same!

[@chrisferguson1911]

...or 10.😂😂😂

[@Trashcan-Man]

@@scottstephens5443 Same. There were guys in my HS that looked older than him.

[@jrobwoo688]

“The f*****g ‘Breakfast Club’, where all these stupid kids actually show up for detention.” - Jay from Dogma

[@LordVolkov]

I think it's funny that they think no one is dealing in Shermer, but Judd has at least a half in that baggie and probably didn't grow it himself...

[@BOSSMAN-xz3hw]

Hahaha I forgot about that line

[@LA_HA]

​@@LordVolkov Off campus dealer?

[@glyyytch]

It always saddens me when people just instantly hate Bender when they see this for the first time. All in all I was a lot like a mixture between Bender and Allison. I was invisible to most people most of the time (when I wasn't invisible I was treated with disdain), didn't do extra-curriculars or sports, only had a handful of friends (most of which were delinquents or outcasts), and I was very rebellious and aggressive. I didn't get into trouble like Bender did but I had a lot of bad shit to deal with in my life that leaked out quite a bit because I didn't have a healthy or productive way to vent my anger. My favorite character is Bender, a distant second is Allison. The first time I saw the movie when it came out, I instantly understood Bender. He isn't a bad kid, he's just lost, angry, scared, and lashing out at a world he thinks hates him. People who hate the character seem to constantly over look the fact that he takes the fall for the rest when they sneak out of the library. He doesn't give a shit about Andrew or Claire at that time, if anything he resents both for their "easy, perfect" lives as he sees it. He doesn't even really care about Brian or Allison but he doesn't resent them. Yet he still takes the fall for all them (despite them not listening to him and ending up at the dead end) and doesn't rat them out. He knows he can be honest about the marijuana in Brian's underwear because Vernon won't believe him, so he's the perfect fall guy because nobody cares about him in a meaningful way.

[@seaneendelong8065]

Exactly. I LOVE Bender because he is so darkly real. And boy, did I know kids like him, including seeming much older. And I somehow flew below the radar in school while mostly being social with the outcasts. I was astounded decades later to be told that some people I thought of as my closest friends saw me as a confident, experienced, and girl with a plan- they had NO IDEA about who I was. I must have kept my mouth shut much more than I thought I had.... And this woman reviewer is straight pissing me off on her rigid and hostile attitude. 😒⛔

[@CinobiteReacts]

Right, Bender was probably the biggest victim 😢

[@ThreadBomb]

Being abused is not an excuse for abusing others. Bender is an a-hole, plain and simple.

[@leosarmiento4823]

This was a film made during and for GenX. If you were an 80's teen, then it likely continues to ring true ever after nearly 40 years since its release. Otherwise, I can understandable why others, outside of this generation, would have problems connecting with the film. As a GenX member, the film came out during my high school freshman year. The pop culture and social impact it had, upon it's release, was significant. That impact continues to influence the present.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

I was born the year this movie came out and didn't see this movie till the early 90s. My oldest sister is GenX and due to her we have very similar common interests for the classics like this. I can relate somewhat with these things

[@PenelopeFrank]

Well said

[@GranFelicia]

I came to the comments to find this. I graduated in 1985, this movie STILL gives me the most nostalgic feelings. I went to school with and was one of those stereotypes represented and it really was that way. Maybe not as dramatic, but the feelings, the pain, the issues - yeah we all had them. One of my favorite movies forever

[@PenelopeFrank]

@@GranFelicia teenage angst & all. And so all over the place with emotions, like portrayed here. Cliques and all. Definitely a reflection of our times.

[@GranFelicia]

@@PenelopeFrank YES!!!! so very very much

[@markreed392]

I always felt sorry for Brian. He didn't get a girl and he had to write an essay.

[@d3l3tes00n]

He got pleasure out of writing it, though.

[@ApesAmongUs]

With that group, not getting a girl is the win condition.

[@Daveyboy100880]

He got the girl in long run, though. Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald dated for a quite a while!

[@Aaron-fs1vz]

He got blazed for the first time

[@elzar760]

More realistic than most of these movies where the nerdy kid gets the hot girl in the end.

[@Warlocke000]

The makeover, from Claire's point of view, isn't so much about making Allison look better, it's just about trying to be friendly in the way that Claire knows best. Andrew was already interested in Allison and tried to get her to open up to him about her problems, so it's not like he only noticed her after the makeover, which makes it much more forgivable, in my opinion. There is some element, though, of Allison deliberately trying to make herself look unapproachable, and the makeover does take the edge off of that; so the movie does play the makeover trope straight in that respect. It's funny that Moranis got turned down for The Breakfast Club because of his outlandish ideas for the janitor character, since a big part of why he GOT the role of Louis Tully in Ghostbusters was because John Candy wanted to play Louis as a guy with a German accent, several German dogs, and so on.

[@krizan1]

Judd was 26. Emilio & Ally were 23. Anthony & Molly were actually teenagers, both 17. 😊

[@TurbidTG1]

Judd was actually 24, Anthony and Molly were 16.

[@kellymaher3355]

The whole movie is the most fake selective hypocritical load of shit

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

Brian?

[@Official.Prez.Graves]

@@sophiamarchildon3998 17. Anthony Is Brian’s actor

[@leonelsjanofwipper3418]

The reason why this is a special movie is something you sort of touched upon: all high school/coming of age movies in the 80s were comedies or romantic comedies (with the parties and the bare breasts as you mentioned) This was the first one to be more serious about what occupied teenagers in high school. It has some of the tropes but especially the scene after smoking the weed, when they come clean, is pretty profound. It was then at least.

[@Trashcan-Man]

I was an outcast in high school, no good memories to speak of, no prom or dances or girlfriends (and very few friends). But that's why I love high school dramas. I think it lets me re-live the years that I never got to live, if that makes any sense.

[@Whateva67]

You’re living your life precariously through others 😎

[@SaltyDog1967]

This came out in February, 1985. I was a senior in high school ready to graduate in May. This movie was exactly like my school. I went to a big midwest high school also so it was very relevant. I even wrote a paper about this movie a year later in freshman English in college. I am 56 years old and have a man cave in my house with movie posters on the wall and this is one of them.

[@ozonepat]

100% agree. It was almost disturbing how similar it was to the culture at my 1400 student high school.

[@deirdrestatham5730]

My husband and I went to high school in the early 90s and this was still super relevant and rang true to our experiences. It's his favourite movie that doesn't have slashers. Neither of us had home lives as messed up but we still experienced the cliques and not being understood as teenagers... blah blah blah...

[@spacedinosaur8733]

One of the most influential movies growing up...well along with Dune (1984) & Battle Beyond the Stars.

[@boki1693]

Isn't it funny how this time in someone's life often sticks with them? I am 63 and The movie "Dazed and Confused" fits my H.S. days perfectly. But I always had a hard time accepting that in the 7-10 years difference in my H.S. life and this one, so much had changed. This was nothing like my experience and I thought that growing up on Long Island about a 20 minute car ride from Brooklyn had as much to do with the difference as the age gap? For me and my friends, this movie was sort of like looking in on a fish bowl to a life we never realized. We found it interesting and entertaining but had a hard time relating to much of it.

[@lorettabes4553]

That's awesome

[@trevorsmith9162]

It certainly puts how times are changed into perspective doesn't it! Allison - The Basket Case - had nothing better to do. Claire - The Princess - skipped class to go shopping - detention. Bender - The Criminal - pulled a fire alarm - false alarm - felony/misdemeanor - court date. Andy - The Athlete - committed aggravated battery on a smaller weaker student - felony - court date. Brian - The Brain - brought a destructive device to school - very serious felony - county jail.

[@lordwalker71]

Brian’s mom and little sister are played by his real life mom and sister.

[@tylerlucas3752]

I always find it funny that later in the year- Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, and Ally Sheedy will have all graduated from college in St. Elmo’s Fire. They went from high school kids to college graduates in less than a year 😂.

[@joegreene7619]

Two of my three favorite films of the 80s. Just brilliant films that captured a snapshot of life at a particular time perfectly.

[@USCFlash]

@@joegreene7619 Breakfast Club was great...St. Elmo's sucked.

[@joegreene7619]

@@USCFlash St. Elmo's was brilliant. It was a near perfect representation of young adulthood in DC at that time.

[@iKvetch558]

Well...they are all "Brats" yes? so clearly their colleges just wanted to get rid of them as quickly as they could? LOL

[@toddjackson3136]

At least they looked the part in St. Elmos lol

[@jenniferyorgan4215]

I always felt Allison was hiding herself under the hair and baggy clothes, almost making herself invisible, the makeover made her visible and allowed her to shine. The understood the Claire and Bender thing, he was real, brutally honest, not like the fake people she's used to.

[@PenelopeFrank]

As a kid of the 80s, this definitely reflected our reality. Especially the characters, we all knew people like each of them.

[@francisalbert1799]

the character I most closely identify with is Carl, a janitor who was once king of the school, the former Man of the Year, now reduced to cleaning up after students who barely pay him the scarcest of attention. And yet he seems content enough with his current position. He’s seen life. He knows what it’s like out there. He just wants to do his job and get the hell home. Maybe have a nice meal with his wife, watch a little TV before hitting the bed at a reasonable hour. And then do it all over again the next day. Carl is the man I’ve become: a bit grizzled, perpetually fatigued, yet fully aware that life’s childhood fantasies don’t always - in fact, very rarely - match the realities of what was once daydreamed as a teen.

[@leroylowe5921]

and cutting the grass

[@supremedream1764]

Brian and Allison are my favorite characters because he’s the voice of reason and she’s an example that being yourself is cool.

[@grandpagohan1]

Her swiping Bender's knife is my favorite scene. It's not subtle, yet no one notices or brings it up later.

[@youtubelar1415]

@@grandpagohan1 ,I never notived it before today. But to be fair,Emily did notice:"This is mine now.".

[@RushfanDave]

I graduated HS in 1992 in a class of 300 in New Jersey. I was a 2 sport varsity athlete who took all AP courses and listened to Rush. A blend to be sure. I got along with everyone, but never formed close friendships. Having gotten along with everyone, I was also privy to how the cliques viewed each other. Cliques were very real. They all made assumptions about how everyone else lived. This movie was spot on. Great reaction. Brian is the best.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks to Emily, Matthew and Pippin! 🏫 Interesting to hear Emily's perspective, given her disposition.

[@marktubbs8033]

Awesome movie, I have seen it about 30 times. Graduated 40 years ago, not a huge school, but the cliques existed. It was very relevant for the time.

[@TheInfo45]

I came from a very large high School the third largest in the country. I guarantee you clicks for a major part of our teen dynamic. This is from a time in life where I can totally relate to Brian and Allison. Those were my type of friends. As I am considerably older now I also work with a lot of young people teenagers included and I find I have a different perspective on life when I talked with them. It's always good to look at things through younger eyes and through older eyes to get a clearer picture of the world we ALL live in.

[@williamjones6031]

1. The woman and little girl dropping of Brian are Anthony Michael Hall's real mother and sister. 2. The late Paul Gleason😇 played Beeks in "Trading Places". Also, the idiot assistant police chief in "Die Hard". 3. "Ya got fifty bucks?" was supposed to be twenty. The look on Paul's face was genuine. 4. That's not Molly's crotch, she insisted on a double. 5. I still use the term "doobage".😎 6. Even John Hughes😇 said the shattering window was a huge reach. 7. That's not dandruff, it's parmesan cheese. 8. I love Ally Sheedy. Personally, I liked her better GOTH.😍😋 9. If you catch it Andrew's dad is scoping out Allison as he's picking up Andrew. 10. John Hughes is picking up Brian. 11. Hughes used this school in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Uncle Buck".

[@0okamino]

I don’t think I ever took the shattering window as being literal, but more like what Andy felt like he could do with the liberation he was feeling.

[@TheFioda]

#8 TRUE!!!

[@williamjones6031]

@@0okamino His words, not mine.

[@0okamino]

@@williamjones6031 Yeah, and it _is_ a reach. Makes for some nice symbolism, though.

[@dupersuper1938]

1. Hopefully a nicer mom...

[@karturobinewski9069]

The Sheedy makeover was definitely a glowdown for me. So much more genuine to the character looking like she listens to The Smiths and The Cure.

[@Polterguts]

I do like the way she rips off Andy's patch and how her body language indicates that she is not really at ease with her "new look". I always took it that she's not going to really change who she is (but maybe cleaned up a little bit while still not abandoning her natural instincts if that makes sense?).

[@nicebluejay]

the dandruff could go though lol

[@bookwoman53]

I agree. She was fine as she was. Claire could have offered her a new shade of lipstick to try if she wanted to.

[@Polterguts]

@@bookwoman53 The point of the scene was that she was finally showing her face to the world and not hiding behind it. It would have been clearer perhaps if Claire let Allison keep her own clothes but just pushed her hair out of her eyes/tweaked her makeup or whatever. John Hughes' message was definitely not about her conforming to conventional standards of beauty to "fit in" or "get the guy". It's about her being self confident with who she is and with the face God gave her. Look at Molly in his next film Pretty in Pink or Keith and Wats from Some Kind of Wonderful -it reiterates this same message. Hughes's intentions were far more sincere than most modern movies that turn the nerdy teen girl into the "hot sexy" chick.

[@bookwoman53]

@@PoltergutsI like the other John Hughes movies very much. He really knew how to make believable teenage characters.

[@vincegamer]

I was 14 when this came out but probably watched it a couple years later with video release. I never met a guy in my age group who preferred Ally after the makeover. She looked so much better before. You arent alone Emily

[@joegreene7619]

It's the one true miss in this movie. If they were to cut that out it would be nearly perfect.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@joegreene7619 Molly Ringwald being attracted to her bully is not a miss?

[@joegreene7619]

@@ThreadBomb No, it's an accurate representation of something I saw dozens of times in high school between the prom queen type and the bad boy type. I don't care about how the movie compares to modern sensibilities, but to the time it's portraying.

[@LunaMourn-o4b]

I first saw this movie when I was ten, and it made a huge impression on me. I identified with a combination of Allison and Bender. I was reserved unless provoked, but I saw myself more in Bender. The description of his life resonated with me - I also went through some traumatic events with my family. The connection with Bender became even stronger when he kept getting detention, and everyone was telling him to stop but he continued. I used to do that too. I was always trying to get detention because detention was better than going home.

[@Cadinho93]

The Breakfast Club is the perfect coming-of-age teen comedy drama film that never gets old because we all had problems on our lives, but try to figure out a way to deal with them. Also, an important thing to remember about John Hughes' films is to compare them to other teen films of the '80s. There were lots of them and they were all stupid comedies about sex and partying. John Hughes' films treated teen like actual real complex human beings, which that was new, amazing and always great soundtracks.

[@joegreene7619]

John Hughes simply was the 80s.

[@rcrawford42]

Exactly.

[@hdtripp6218]

Hughes made his name writing at National Lampoon....lot of creative people came from the same office

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

You mean that about Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Not about sex, not about "drinking, loud music, house, or gathering" partying. Just a few friends going on an adventure and carpe diem'ing.

[@flexableferret]

I somewhat agree because Sixteen Candles always felt very sexual to me even as an 8 year old. I felt like I was watching something I wasn’t supposed to at the time. Especially those locker scenes with the “Boing” noise. There was partying and drinking. But I love that movie still to this day. Molly’s character growth still shines through and the movie is just hilarious and awkward.

[@seangriffin2053]

The film gets you to realize even though the kids have different lives, they all really have the same kind of issues, especially at home.

[@j_go.]

Hits differently when you're wearing pajamas and eating cereal in the living room... in the '80s.

[@Teletran35]

This is one of my all time favorite movies

[@krisfrederick5001]

Saturday school SUCKED. I was John Bender and the punk rocker. But I was nice and my teachers loved me, and had the beautiful cheerleader girlfriend somehow. What's amazing is how much these stereotypes still exist. Thank God this Generation and ours, are learning to accept each other as we are more and more.

[@skleefeld]

I'm with Emily on this movie. I saw it as a Gen X teen back in the '80s and I never cared for it. Seeing even parts of it now are reminders of how horrible the high school experience was. The ending in particular always rang totally hollow for me; the following Monday would've actually gone down just like Claire initially described where they all just ignore each other. They all would've gone back to having miserable relationships with their parents and absolutely nothing would've been any different. The message I took from the movie was: "high school is absolutely miserable and the only way to escape the awfulness of how everybody treats everyone else is to completely remove yourself from that environment."

[@scottmacalino656]

The other thing about seeing this movie as an adult AND in this time in history. In the 80's we did not have the access that everyone did now. Today, any group that makes you feel included is a click away on the internet. This movie let everyone know that there were kids like you everywhere. We all related to a little bit of each character and that was the point of the movie.

[@RobynHoodeofSherwood]

This is why I love your channel. You don't fake loving everything you see. I prefer people being honest.

[@paulockenden4278]

A film for a generation , a moment in time representing their inner selves that is a mirror for those who grew up in the 80s. It probably doesnt mean anything to young people today whatsoever but the topics are still very much ever present throughout every generation since.

[@thane9]

And the topics it doesn't mention say a lot about us at that age too. We were so blind to so much that has been brought to the front (for good and bad) today.

[@bryanneal939]

I graduated HS in 2010, i went to 5 highschools in the 4 years of parents moving alot. They all had the cliques just more blended compared to how 1985 is portayed. I was in band, football, and some others. I feel the movie can still be compared to today with how kids are precieved, trying to keep parents happy, and the peer pressure.

[@llorona7847]

This kids in this movie represent a snapshot in time when kids were seen but not heard. GenX is so aptly named. They’re the lost generation and I think this movie gave them their first taste of actually having a voice. Now I’m painting this in broad strokes of course. There are, of course a lot of people that had Emily’s experience of going to a small high school and didn’t deal with cliques. However, tons out there went to big schools where there’s no way you can know everyone, this cliques are the norm.

[@SteelAce13]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I was a metal head in high school but also arts and sciences nerd. This movie broke alot of the barriers down between the cliques at my school and caused people to make friends with people from other cliques.

[@cshubs]

When this came out, I was 16 and had just moved to a new, upper middle class school. I couldn't believe how well it seemed to match my life. SPOILER: But now, 4 decades later, I agree with the concept of not liking teens or being a teen.

[@wampa25]

The most random spoof of this film is Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. It's poster is a recreation of the Breakfast Club's poster.

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

I have both posters on my wall next to one another.

[@A.Light33]

I never saw Clair(Molly) and John (Judd) as a serious budding couple. I think most people miss the conversation they had in the closet. She wants to get back at her dad and saw kissing John as a good way to do that. Although there is also an intrigue there, more like opposites attracts, but I don't think they'll ever speak again. That's why she gave him her earring. Just my take.

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

There were 100% other 17-18 year old kids in my high school that looked like Bender did in this movie. I could totally buy him as a senior in high school because I knew people like him.

[@k.delpino1124]

The late, great John Hughes. You can never say enough about his work. This man had a finger in the pulse of a culture. The Breakfast Club reflected on things that didn't see till i was a teenager in the 1990s. Every individual and/or clique had their own thing. But the issues were paramount and we were seeing those very issues lived out on film. I saw this in my mid-teens and it is quintessential to high school life. Don't know how you get into the 1980s classics and count this one out.

[@scottallen6160]

Whether wearing these teen shoes or not, the status of iconic movie promises insights into a large group of people that are adults now and make or oppose policy in the world. It certainly helps to understand someone to discuss what they or we want.

[@dark.cheshire.1065]

Never fails to make me laugh at Emily's blatant disgust to any hint of romance in any movie she watches. The eye rolls, derision, and/or vomit sounds are classic.😂

[@MustardSeedish]

I'm a Gen X'er and you hit the nail on the head as to why I never really loved this film; it hit too close to home for me. We are stereotypically jaded for a reason.

[@QueenFornis]

I was three years out of high school when this movie came out, so I have a fond nostalgia for it, even though a lot of it hasn't aged well. I mean Judd Nelson basically SA's Molly Ringwald's character in the library, along with a few other outdated tropes. That being said, it somewhat accurately depicts what high school life was in the early 80's, regarding the cliques and the angst of teens at the time. I had a feeling that Emily wasn't going to appreciate this one very much, and understandably so. Still a great reaction! Much love, guys! Keep 'em coming!

[@joegreene7619]

BTW, if you've ever seen photos/videos of HS kids in the 80s, we all looked like we were 35.

[@reservoirdude92]

One of the handful of films I wish to God had a sequel. Actually, there are a few films in the John Hughes catalogue that I wish had sequels because I love his characters so much and just wanna see what they're up to. Also, the soundtracks in his films (for this and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, especially) slap SO HARD.

[@dupersuper1938]

Nah, no sequel needed: perfect as is.

[@franticrage73]

Favorite line: “I am the eyes and ears of this institution, my friends. By the way, that clock is 20 minutes fast.” Put them in their place. One of the few movies I can recite a lot of lines, because I watched it repeatedly in college, when I first got to see it.

[@msmrsro]

Fun fact: the actor playing the janitor also plays the groom in “16 Candles”, also starring “Brian” and “Claire”.

[@drewc981]

I share the exact same name as Emilio Estevez character in this movie and every time I watch this movie when the principal shouts it I jump. I'm not kidding, it's like some educational or disciplinary ptsd or some shit lol

[@TimothySmiths]

I graduated from a 1,000 graduation class, High School was very clique like, that isn't to say there wasn't a little blending at times, but for most part it was exactly like this. I was more nerdy, not academically just in general, but i could say I had friends from sports, or the "rich" crowd and etc..we just didnt hang out in each other groups..I think some of the thoughts behind the cast came about many years later after they were adults and lived life for a while and are looking back on it like you see it now.

[@branstark123]

being a kid who went to high school during the 80s, this movie is iconing. it was so amazing how they captured the different groups in school and what kids were going thru and feeling at that time. still one of my favorites of all time.

[@jjkcharlie]

You mess with the bulls, young man, you'll get the horns.

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

I remember eitherJohn Hughes or the writer mentioning Bender died few years later of an overdose when asked about the characters later story!!

[@totallybored5526]

John Hughes and the writer of this film are the same person

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

@@totallybored5526 I forgot about that!he made the movies of my youth, turning 50 next year!dang!!! times flies!

[@3DJapan]

There's a KZbin video that shows a ton of deleted scenes.

[@mudshark0761]

Did I just notice Emily mentioning Gunships "when we grow up, the heart dies!" 🤘🤘

[@dirtbagkeith6556]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

[@d3l3tes00n]

I was never in a clique, but they were definitely there when I was in high school in 2004-2008. The jocks, stoners, nerds, etc... They still exist as an adult in jobs/life as well.

[@Vipre-]

I got to see this in the theater a few years ago due to it doing a sort of "throw back thursday" thing.

[@AllanTidgwell]

Our theater does that twice a week. The older films are superior to the vast majority of films from the last decade

[@Vipre-]

@@AllanTidgwell A friend's boyfriend and I took her to see Jaws for the first time, 3rd or 4th row center, she's not a fan of jump scares. The sunken boat scene got her good.

[@BlueChronoBlade]

My heart didn't die when I grew up. I haven't become my parents & I'm really glad I'm still my own person.

[@robhax]

Are you a Futurama fan..? How many times have you heard the name "Bender"..? Yep, he was named after Judd Nelson's character.

[@TripleAM19]

This is a Gen X type of movie so anyone who grew up watching this can totally relate. School was very cliquey and this movie was just showing the general groups that existed back then. This will always be a movie of nostalgia for me since I was 11 when this came out.

[@paulpeterson4216]

I was more Brian than any of the others. I graduated in '76, so before this came out; but it is very relatable. Also, I went to HS very near there in a school that was very similar in size and style. Yes I know that Shermer, IL is not a real place, but there is a Shermer Road, and the HS (now gone) where this was filmed was less than 15 miles from GBS where I went. I am also somewhat uncomfortable with HS memories, but this movie makes things better for me. I've watched it many times. My wife is 20 years younger and she loves this movie too.

[@jmc5876]

The vitriol she watches this with is wild. Clearly she is not "passed it all". All movies require hypothetical thinking and empathy to understand. Her not liking this movie has something to do with her personality and what happened to her when she was young and shaping it. This movie's probably more relatable to her than anybody I've ever seen watch it.

[@tj_2701]

Please tell me that they caught the Galaxy Quest reference used in the suggested tittle she picked. 😋

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Man, I'm sorry for you, I had a great time in high school! Too much fun! I was in high school when this came out!! Classic!

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

My wife and I love this movie and when everyone was sharing their stories none of it was scripted neither was going over and forming the circle

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

I cwn understand where you're coming from Emily and i respect your views and feedback on this movie. Part of your influences on your reaction and decision is due to you seeing the movie now instead of when you was younger. So you're seeing it from the adult point of view. So those small details and tropes really seen overextended a bit. Which i know because when i see this movie as an adult i see them too but due to ne seeing it when i was young i understand the perspective of it. Like with Judd Wilson's age at the time of the film. You can only see him as an adult and not some bratty teen. Like Merritt Butrick at the age of 23 played the role of the teenager Johnny Slash in the 1982 TV series Square Pegs that loves New Wave/Devo music. I was born the same year thos movie come out but my oldest sister (a GenX) loved this movie and other movies from the time. Due to her lots is what got me intrest and love for the pop culture and movies from the 70s and 80s. I didnt see this movie till the early 90s but i could easily relate to a bit of the characters the more i grew up and became a teenager myself.

[@houseofaction]

kids are not stupid, back in those days kids looked much older.

[@pardwayne]

I thought the makeover scene was that Clair was doing what she was best at - making some girl look flashy - and Allison was breaking down her barriers and letting someone get close to her. I guess that's taboo now, I don't know.

[@cullencase3114]

We knew as truth, even back when this movie came out: Allison (Ally Sheedy) looked better before her makeover than after.

[@sisterdebmac]

Your opinion is fair. Your perspective is yours. I was 22 when it came out. And the thing is, before this movie, ALL teen flicks were exploitative trash. Party movies. This was the first movie that teens felt took them seriously. I mean, big budget movie anyway. There were some smaller indies that were heartfelt, smart and original, like Over The Edge and My Bodyguard. But it was like Hughes invented a new genre in the bigger, more mainstream studio world. Check out Pretty In Pink, Some Kind Of Wonderful. Even Sixteen Candles and Weird Science have their charms.

[@JohnDoe-fb1zv]

6A school here can confirm cliques did exist at least at my school.

[@XRos28]

A very deep movie disguising as a light one. Super great one, too. Great reaction, as usual.

[@o_krush67]

My (now) 21 year old son watched this while in high school snd became one of his favorite films. He identified with what it said about how everyone, no matter what you think, are carrying their baggage and some just compartmentalize better. And the ones who seem most together are the ones most likely to come apart. He is a straight up music nerd...doesn't like most films (though to his credit The Godfather is still the best film he has seen in his opinion). If it helps I was a combo of Brian and Andrew (I played Football and swam but was into metal and played D&D (Circa 1979)). I think the reason for the success is that most people could see what it was saying and understand but was fun at time while dropping that message.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Funny how when you called Pippin a "loaf" he was paying too much attention to it because he was busy making biscuits on his cat bed.

[@samswords9993]

My high school experience was on a mission center in the Amazon. There were five in my graduating class. Yes, it was the 80's. The first time I saw this movie I did not relate at all. I can see little bits now, but my adolescence was certainly very different. As a 53 year old adult and former teacher, I more feel sympathy for kids like this.

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

60 people in your graduation? Wow, huge by comparison, my graduating class had 12 kids. Trapper peak school was really small, there were 12 grades and 98 students in all.

[@nonyadambusness5158]

Finally! I watched this as a teen and felt that it was a horrible movie. I didn't think anyone else felt that way, too. So thank you very much!

[@braymax]

I think you would love one of my all-time favorites that never gets respect for the comedy genius it is, My Chauffer! I watched it many times in the 80s and my friends and I loved it so much we still quote it today. Any film with the line "All I need now is a one-legged nun walking a goat and I WIN!" is comedy gold. I agree Breakfast Club is just ok, I used to love 16 Candles until I saw it as an adult and was horrified, it does not hold up either. Love your channel, you two are so funny and I can't wait for your videos to drop. Thanks!!

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

Are you talking about the Bouncing Souls song "Kid"? I think of it every time I watch this lol. "Isn't it true when get old, our heart dies? I heard it in a movie once, it makes me want to cry. Life just sucks so bad,it makes you wanna die" I could be bastardizing the lyrics lol.

[@JustSUMMReactions]

I was referring to a Gunship song, but now I'm gonna give that Bouncing Souls song a listen!

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

@JustSUMMReactions now I gotta check that song out lol. Never hesrd of it, or maybe I have and haven't noticed the lyrics.

[@FiveZeroes.]

This is why you guys are my favorite reaction channel, Emily is honest, blunt, and opinions that align with my own. 😂

[@theiran]

6:35 I had a similar interaction with my high school assistant principal. At the end of my senior year, I still had 6 months of detention to serve and they were not going to let me graduate until I served it. Told them "I'm 18 now and you can't keep me here. I'm gone. Go f*ck yourself." I went and got my GED and enrolled in the local trade school. Never saw that guy again.

[@glenncabacungan9269]

I get why people are put off over Allison getting her makeup done. But remember, not too long before that she had played a dirty trick to get Claire to admit she was still a virgin, therefore, the two girls had to bond over something to get over that. So, you be the film writer and you come up with a better way for the girls to bond instead of makeup. (Cause I’ve never been able to)

[@ThreadBomb]

Maybe they could just not bond. That would be realistic.

[@glenncabacungan9269]

@@ThreadBomb But the five of them are supposedly this group of friends by the time the day is over. Unless you’re telling me that it’s more realistic that they’re not friends by the end of it.

[@melodysopinionfrannie4300]

A truely classic 80’s movie… for all it us old farts who saw it as teenagers we love it…I was Allison in high school..defiantly the outcast! The director of this did pretty in pink..16 candles…these were classics too!

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

If Emily didn't like this, she's REALLY gonna hate "Sixteen Candles." Probably "Weird Science" too.

[@melodysopinionfrannie4300]

@@ShortyLongstrokin oh yeah can you hear the song Weird Science every time you think of the movie? I had great pleasure introducing all the classic John Hughes movies to my son ….we still watch national lampoons Christmas Vacation every Christmas Day…he’s 33 and has 4 kids but we’ve never missed a Christmas Day.. they were great movies and they don’t make movies like that anymore…yeah I know I sound old! Hahaha

[@ThreadBomb]

@@ShortyLongstrokin I think Emily will be okay with Weird Science. It's just a dumb fantasy movie.

[@hdtripp6218]

In our teens my step brother and I could recite this entire movie Thank you

[@nintendianajones64]

Good nostalgia trip

[@Scolof99]

I love this movie and don't remember seeing it as a kid. I always watch whenever someone reacts to it.

[@bidwell13]

6:52 the reason Bender was egging him on was he rather spend time in detention than at his own home with his abusive father. 15:59 Anthony Michael Hall did the same weird character voice in Weird Science. They filmed them back to back.

[@takenyabolton3652]

I saw this movie as an adult and I thought it was hilarious, and I know I'm not alone in that. You don't have to be a teenager to enjoy a movie with teenagers - just like you don't have to be a child to enjoy a children's movie. This movie was full of character growth and everyone interprets it differently. Perspective is very important for this movie. The biggest turning point was when they all got high. That was when the group really came together. Bender also went from defensive and combative to submissive and vulnerable, Brian and Andrew stopped objecting to the Marijuana, Allison broke out of her shell, Claire started to be a little less passive, and Carl got Vernon to realize what a dick he's been. A few other important ones were when Bender told the story about his homelife, Claire accepted Allison as a friend, Allison when she got a makeover, Brian and Andrew opened up about why they were there, and Vernon showing just how burned out he is ('I hope they go easy on me')

[@Harv72b]

Took you guys long enough. I was afraid you really did forget about them. 😁

[@Shnonan]

Philosophical hats on. What makes an adult? Maturity? Who has it? Wisdom? Who has it? Responsibility? Emotional Stability? Intelligence?... Which aspects of children would be best left intact into "adulthood"? Curiosity? Sincerity?... Personally, I think of C. Sagan as a primary role model just simply as a true adult.

[@flexableferret]

I was born in 77 and I just couldn’t ever get into this movie. It was totally unrealistic or not relatable. And during a much more recent watch as a forty something year old I realized it was really about how smoking drugs can bring people together.😂

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

Anthony and Ally sort of did a high school reunion in the TV series The Dead Zone season 2 episode 11

[@coreyhendricks9490]

I remember seeing this movie on TNT back in the day, the good old times, cool reaction as always Emily & Matthew, you both have a good night

[@DumblyDorr]

"That one line from that one song" - so you know Gunship? Nice! :)

[@Drax514]

I would definitely feel the same way as Emily does watching this as an adult. I watched this as a 17 or 18 year old for the first time, so it hit perfectly, and hit like a brick. I'll always remember that first time I watched this movie, and how it made me feel. So yeah, watching it now is all about the nostalgia and remembering that time. I went to a High School in between the size of your tiny one, and the size of your husbands gigantic 5A school. My graduating class was about 120 people, and the school in total was no more than 600 kids. Even at that size though, there was absolutely cliques and stereotypes just like the movies. The Jocks, the Preps, the Nerds, the Skaters, the Stoners, the Metal heads, the Band Geeks, etc. All definitely solidly represented at my High School. Graduated 2008.

[@CoolStuffZone]

One of my all time favorite movies. To enjoy these types of films, you need to be able to suspend disbelief, have an imagination, and an intelligent developed sense of humor. You truly have to be in touch with the inner id of teenagers. Your gagging reaction to Ally Sheedy's makeover, and inability to see the good side of Judd Nelson's character, was shocking, overly judgmental, and just downright mean. I think I see some anti-depressants in your future :)

[@jlmc6095]

I’ve seen some dumb comments before, but this one may just top them all. So you have to truly be in touch with the “inner” id of tennagers? Well there’s no such thing as “inner” id, it’s just the id. And it doesn’t take a genius to understand that hormonal teenagers generally end to act out of base urges. You either need an average or above iq, or your mental age never developed beyond that of a teenager to understand it. I have good idea of which camp you fall in to. But then you say, you need to “suspend your disbelief”. So you need to be able to put yourself in the mindset that the movie isn’t an actual portray of teenagers. If that’s right, then you wouldn’t need to be truly in touch with the id of teenagers, would you? And gagging to the makeover scene was shocking. You mean the scene that is the most criticized out of the entire movie, by even the actors from the movie, specifically Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald. And there’s not an inability to see Nelson’s characters good side, just not excusing him being an /-\ hole to everybody, and sexually assaulting Claire, just because he did some good things. And having a bad home life isn’t an excuse either. And you need “an intelligent developed sense of humor” to enjoy the types of films. Really? John Hughes films about teenagers are the most basic, vapid, stereotypical, and one-dimensional portrayal of teenagers ever. And the fact that you think it takes an intelligent developed sense of anything to enjoy these films says a lot about your intelligence. And you want to call someone else overly judgmental, lol!

[@John_Locke_108]

Sounds like Emily's High School was similar to mine. Graduating class of 70 kids back in '95. I kinda feel like nobody cared about too much other than having fun and getting out of school. Most people hung out with the same people they had known since 1st grade so it didn't matter if somebody played sports while their best friend was a nerd.

[@bookwoman53]

I relate to Brian. I was under so much pressure to get good grades; it started to get worse in middle school. I got a lecture about maintaining a strong g.p.a. from now on so that I would be able to get into a top university.