Breakfast Club [4]

This is another John Hughes [Ferris Bueller, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Home Alone] masterpiece. Tells the story of a group of kids who end up in detention. They’re all from different cliques and none fit the same stereotype. There’s the princess, jock, rebel, weirdo, and genius. They all want to sort of impress each other, so they lie and put up walls. It’s a beautiful movie because we watch them break down each others’ walls and become friends for a day. They break through the stereotypes and realize how deep they each are. They all have a different problem with their parents and repressed feelings. They start off being jerks to one another and not wanting to be near each other. We watch them judge, laugh at each other, break down, cry, and at each others’ throats. Somehow they rise above it all [with the help of some illegal substance :] and find comfort in one another. They break through the lies and are friends for a day.

They’re all in Saturday detention for a different reason. Some are silly reasons and some are more serious. Their assignment for the day is to write a paper discussing who “they think they are.” You really have to watch it to hear what they came up with, it’s downright lovely. It really shows how much their attitudes changed towards each other and how much more comfortable they are in their own skin.

The thing that bummed me out though was how truthful they were with one another that the princess straight out tells everyone else that this friendship won’t last, because they’re just all too different and she cares too much about her appearance. :/ Truth is harsh but they know it’s just a one day thing, I didn’t want the movie to end, I wanted to know what happened that upcoming Monday.