The Breakfast Club

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1985 PG-13 1h 38m
7.7 /10
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The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club
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Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

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Margot_GreenHumanity
8 Jun 2025

I absolutely love this film. When I saw that Ster-Kinekor was having a throwback screening, I immediately went to book my tickets to see it on the big...

Geronimo1967
20 Jan 2025

I'd struggle to recall any other of Judd Nelson's films, but in this he really does shine. He's the obvious recalcitrant amongst five teenage youths w...

Arcanum101
18 Jun 2023

An absolute classic, and no mistake. If you disagree, sorry, you're wrong. John Hughes was an utter genius.

Wuchak
19 Sep 2021

_**Forced, artificial dialogs with eye-rolling character arcs**_ Released in 1985 and written & directed by John Hughes, "The Breakfast Club" is a ...

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