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They only met once, but it changed their lives forever. morePlot:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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One of the essential 80's teen movies moreUS Showtimes:
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(Complete credited cast) | Emilio Estevez | ... | Andrew 'Andy' Clark |
 | Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Brian Ralph Johnson |
 | Judd Nelson | ... | John Bender |
 | Molly Ringwald | ... | Claire Standish |
 | Ally Sheedy | ... | Allison Reynolds |
 | Paul Gleason | ... | Principal Richard Vernon |
 | John Kapelos | ... | Carl the Janitor |
| Ron Dean | ... | Mr. Clark, Andrew's Father |
| Tim Gamble | ... | Mr. Standish, Claire's Father |
| Mercedes Hall | ... | Mrs. Johnson, Brian's Mother |
| Mary Christian | ... | Brian's Sister |
| Perry Crawford | ... | Mr. Reynolds, Allison's Father |
| Fran Gargano | ... | Mrs. Reynolds, Allison's Mother |
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97 minCountry:
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Iceland:L | Canada:AA (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-14 | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Norway:16MOVIEmeter: 
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John Hughes almost fired Judd Nelson because of his negative attitude towards Molly Ringwald off camera. Paul Gleason convinced Hughes that Nelson was a great actor and was merely trying to stay in character. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Bender is looking through Claire's stuff, he brushes his teeth with a makeup brush while looking in a pocket mirror. He puts down the brush on the table and looks in the mirror. He then sets the mirror on the table before tossing the brush onto the table a second time. moreQuotes:
Andrew Clark: So... what's your poison?[no answer]
Andrew Clark: ... Ok, forget I asked.
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Allison Reynolds: Vodka.
Andrew Clark: Oh yeah? How much vodka do you drink?
Allison Reynolds: Tons.
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Fire in the Twilight moreFAQ
Chapter Headings, an official version:Why are the characters in Saturday detention?
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John Hughes has been underrated. During the mid 1980's he had an unequalled talent for defining and celebrating the tastes of a generation of youth, in such a way that the Hughes movies (Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, and especially The Breakfast Club) did for the mid 1980's what Alice's Restaurant and Easy Rider did for the late 1960's, or what Singles did for the early 1990's. This goes in particular for The Breakfast Club.
This movie is filled with some of the most hilarious and memorable dialogue to come out of the 80's teen genre. Some of the catchy lines from this film are still in use today, often by kids who probably have no idea that they originated here. John Bender, the "criminal", in particular, really steals the show.
The Breakfast Club also gets mass coolness points for portraying, in apparent approval, teens smoking marijuana in the school library, and this right in the midst of the 1980's anti-drug hysteria. The way it portrays youth solidarity is also notable: The kids argue with and even seem to hate each other at times, but whenever the dean of students appears they suddenly bend over backwards to cover for each other.
All in all, although underrated when it first came out, this film is a classic and may be destined to be remembered as one of the quintessential films of the 80's. Long after the garbage from the same era like Top Gun has been forgotten, The Breakfast Club will be watched for years to come as a definitive 80's movie.