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  1. The Breakfast Club movie review (1985)

    "The Breakfast Club" begins with an old dramatic standby. You isolate a group of people in a room, you have them talk, and eventually they exchange truths about themselves and come to new understandings. William Saroyan and Eugene O'Neill have been here before, but they used saloons and drunks. "The Breakfast Club" uses a high school library and five teenage kids.

  2. "The Breakfast Club" by John Hughes Film Analysis Essay (Movie Review)

    The following discussion post is dedicated to The Breakfast Club, a 1985 movie by John Hughes. The plot, setting, and theme of this coming-of-age drama reflect the cultural context of American suburbia in the 1980s and traditional stereotypes of high school students. The movie's primary setting is Shermer High School in Illinois, which is a ...

  3. "The Breakfast Club" Film Analysis

    The film "The Breakfast Club" tells the story of five students who have developed different stereotypes (Hughes, 1985). One of the developmental stages depicted by these characters is Sigmund Freud's "Adolescence to Adulthood Stage.". During this development stage, "the teenager experiences a re-emergence of sexual opinions and ...

  4. Review of the Film the Breakfast Club: [Essay Example], 703 words

    The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American movie composed, created, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy as youngsters from various high school groups who spend a Saturday in detention with their assistant principal. "The film debuted in Los Angeles on February 7 ...

  5. What About "The Breakfast Club"?

    The actress and author Molly Ringwald writes about revisiting the movies she made with the late director John Hughes, including "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink," in the age of #MeToo.

  6. The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club suggests the answer is this: a lot more than you might think. It's Saturday, March 24, 1984. A little before 7:00 a.m., five high school students arrive to serve a day of detention for crimes and misdemeanors committed at school (some more serious than others). There's pampered Claire Standish (whom the film dubs the ...

  7. The Breakfast Club (1985) (Classic Film Review)

    "The Breakfast Club" is a nostalgic exploration of teen angst, peer pressure, and finding commonality amid diversity in a high school detention setting. ... (Paul Gleason) and write the essay, so as to leave without trouble, but John is harassing the others, including Richard. ... 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Movie, and Home Theater electronics reviews ...

  8. The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes.It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.The film tells the story of five teenagers from different high school cliques who serve a Saturday detention overseen by their authoritarian vice principal.

  9. BBC

    and "You wouldn't know her, she lives in Canada," are still spouted today. "The Breakfast Club" is on BBC2 at 10.25pm on Saturday, 17 February 2001. End Credits. Director: John Hughes. Writer ...

  10. JOHN HUGHES'S 'BREAKFAST CLUB'

    But in ''The Breakfast Club,'' which he wrote and directed, John Hughes lets the kids challenge, taunt and confront each other as if this were ''Twelve Angry Men.''. Personalities are dissected ...

  11. The Breakfast Club

    Picture Credit. Arguably the most iconic movie of all time, The Breakfast Club features five distinct teenagers; The Criminal - John Bender, The Athlete - Andrew Clarke, The Princess - Claire Standish, The Basket Case - Allison Reynolds, and The Brain - Brian Johnson. All from different high school cliques, this ragtag group of kids ...

  12. 'The Breakfast Club': 1985 Review

    On February 15, 1985, The Breakfast Club hit theaters across America. In the three decades since its release, the 97-minute John Hughes comedy has become enduringly popular with critics and audiences.

  13. Analysis Of The Movie ' The Breakfast Club ' Essay

    The iconic coming-of-age movie The Breakfast Club, focuses on the development of five, seemingly very different high school students. In the movie we are presented with the five main characters all with stereotypes that they identify with. Claire is the princess or the beauty queen, John, often referred to by his last name "Bender," is the ...

  14. Movie Review

    The Breakfast Club (1985)Written & Directed by John Hughes No name is associated more with teen movies of the 1980s than John Hughes. The writer-director had quite an impressive record: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Outside of teen films, he penned and/or directed all the National…

  15. Review of The Breakfast Club Essay

    Review of The Breakfast Club Essay. The Breakfast Club is a teen-movie set in the 1980's directed by John Hughes. John Hughes has directed other teen films, these films include: (in chronological order) · Flubber (1997). All of these films are aimed at the same audience, teenagers.

  16. An Honest Review of 'The Breakfast Club'

    Boy, was I wrong. It turns out The Breakfast Club is a coming-of-age masterpiece, and all it took for me to finally watch it was the perfect five-star rating on Amazon Prime. For those who aren't familiar with the movie, it follows a group of five high school students (Claire, the popular girl; Andy, the jock, Alison, the outsider; Brian, the ...

  17. The Breakfast Club Ending Explained

    The Breakfast Club has a much more profound, ambiguous, and thought-provoking ending than the average teen comedy, with storylines left unresolved and questions left unanswered. Released in 1985 to critical acclaim and box office success, The Breakfast Club revolves around a group of high school misfits in Saturday detention under the watchful eye of their totalitarian vice principal.

  18. Essay On The Breakfast Club

    17 October 2017. Comp.1 5th Hour. Movie Review Essay. The Breakfast Club Five students from very different backgrounds meet on a Saturday for detention with their principal. The contrasting group includes the athlete, Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), basket case Allison ( Ally Sheedy ), brain Brian ( Anthony ...

  19. Philosophy and Film: The Breakfast Club

    Jul 1 Philosophy and Film: The Breakfast Club. Zachary Fruhling. The 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Clubis an essential rite of passage for anyone who has grown up since the film was released, from 1985 right up to the present day. I recently rewatched the film and was struck by how well the film holds up, despite some glaringly outdated ...

  20. The Breakfast Club Film Review

    The Breakfast Club is a 1985 film about five high school students from completely different backgrounds, who meet in a Saturday detention. John Hughes impacted a whole generation of teenagers through his unique filming style to highlight certain issues. Hughes uses themes like stereotypes, identity and relationships to show his target audience ...

  21. "The Breakfast Club" Movie Review Essay Example

    The movie introduces us to the students by their stereotypes. Brian is the nerd, Claire the pampered beauty, Andrew the jock, John the rebel, and Allison the reclusive outcast (Maslin). Together, they form the breakfast table. While in detention, the principal gives them the assignment to write a 1000 word essay on "who you think you are.".

  22. The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club - Film Review Essay Example 🎓 Get access to high-quality and unique 50 000 college essay examples and more than 100 000 flashcards and test answers from around the world! ... Despite its simplicity, the movie 'The Breakfast Club' succeeded in deeply exploring the minds of teenagers. By confining a group of them in a school ...

  23. Film Review: The Breakfast Club

    The Outsiders Movie Review Essay. My opinion on the movie I watched, "The Outsiders" is that it was okay. I found some parts boring. ... The Breakfast Club movie is about five high school students from Shemer High School with different backgrounds. It's the story of "a brain (Brian), an athlete (Andrew), a basket case (Allison), a ...

  24. Netflix movie of the day: The Breakfast Club never goes out of style

    The Breakfast Club is a prime example of one of the best Netflix movies that will forever be iconic. You only need to say the name and people will immediately think of 80s fashion, an excellent ...

  25. What is Project 2025? The Presidential Transition Project explained

    The detailed plan to dismantle and reconstruct the government laid out by conservative groups known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project has critics up in arms over its "apocalyptic" and ...