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I usually have a bowl of cornflakes with raisins but on my days off from work at least one of the two days I make myself 2/3 eggs, toast, about 8 or so slices of bacon, and a big glass of O.J.
Rock Star from -01 is a great coming-of-age movie. Based on the story of Tim Owens who was a singer in Judas Priest. Mark Wahlberg and many, many known musicians and above all great music!
This film defined my generation. I was a freshman in high school when this film came out.These characters, even as archetypes, were me, my friends, and classmates. The truths and revelations still ring true nearly 40 years later.
The movie doesn't define anything. It stereotypes different groups to the most extreme version. As a fellow gen Xer. It's just nostalgia and a teenage view of things that make people think this is realistic...
@dabreal82 No it's not an extreme version. You are in a clique and you wear the uniform of that clique. You also act, speak, and think like them. Otherwise you're ostracized, eventually filtering down to the leftovers aka the losers club.
@BlackavarWD maybe that's your experience. But not everyone's... Let's also not act like what Michael Anthony Hall or Emilio estevas' character did would have got you a day in Saturday detention...
@@dabreal82 it's not everyone's experience... OK. 😄 This movie must be popular for other reasons! Just because (you say) you didn't have this experience, doesn't mean most people didn't. So, you're excluded? There is NOTHING that applies to every single person. You aren't going to argue this experience out of pop culture, no matter how hard you try.
I was in high school when this came out and it spoke to me in ways no movie ever did. John Hughes was an absolute genius when it came to these types of films.
I know this movie doesn't always resonate with younger generations, but as a gen x'er, this movie is extremely beloved by my generation. It's an epic character study that was so incredibly real to the tone and feel of being a teenager in the 80s.
Yep, the different images represented the 5 teens, whether it was a reflection of their high school life, or hinting at what they did to get detention.
Funny thing you mentioned it. They made a movie called "The Class" in 2022. Story goes, A bunch of misfits forced to spend a Saturday Morning completing a Missed or Failed Exam...By the end of the movie they learn to respect themselves and each other. Sound Familiar. 🤣🤣
The tv show "Victorious" did a spoof of the movie for one episode, though. If you search on UA-cam for "The Breakfast Bunch" + Victorious, I think you can find a few clips of the episode.
I graduated from HS 9 years after this film. We were the late GENx-ers. I remember watching this and cheering. The emotions felt back then about this were real! I just hope there are more like this. Thanks for watching this. I think it's still unique today.
The 80s was such a special and exciting time. John Hughes always captured that in these films especially what teenagers go through. I was born in 82 but I related a lot to these characters and watched practically every 80s film by the time i was 12.
The late John Hughes cast Molly Ringwald in 3 films that really made her career: Sixteen Candles (1984), this film, and Pretty in Pink (1986). The same goes for Anthony Michael Hall, who also appeared in the same 3 films. Hughes also directed and wrote another classic, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck. He left behind a such great body of work, too many to list here, being such a prolific screenwriter. He was, for a generation of young people, someone who really understood them. Also, Emilio Estevez is the older brother of Charlie Sheen (known for coming of age films, Red Dawn (1984), Lucas (1986) and, Platoon (1986)). Both are sons of actor Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now (1979) and the television series, The West Wing (1999-2006)). Estevez, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Nelson also worked together on another iconic film of the ‘80s, St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), which also starred Andie MacDowell, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, and Demi Moore.
@ Oh wait, you’re right. I was thinking of Jon Cryer’s character, Duckie. Yes, Weird Science (1985) is another Hughes cult classic film. Also it features Bill Paxton and Robert Downey, Jr.
Well, speaking And technical terms pretty in pink was John Hughes‘s writing the one who directed it was Howard Deutch also directed to other films that John Hughes wrote “Some Kind of Wonderful” & “The Great Outdoors”
@@VerowakReacts I too was a senior in HS when this came out. I did enjoy it but it did kind of bother me (and others) that the movie tried to excuse all of the behaviors of the kids as completely not their fault. It's very 'teen movie' to absolve the teen of their bad behavior, but I know for a fact that most of the bullies or burnouts were that way because they liked it, not because daddy abused them. The princess was that way not due to pressure, but because she liked it. Sometimes teenagers are jerks because....they're just jerks, and often times their siblings arent that way at all.
@@VerowakReacts Well you're doing something right. I've been a fitness and nutrition nut since I was 16, and I just turned 44. Gonna keep at it as long as I can. It does pay off.
Greatest movie of the 80s! Even though he's a pretty loathsome character, I love that scene between Vernon and Carl. Vernon could've been a one dimensional teen movie villain, but that conversation humanized him, giving us a reason why he's so burnt out.
The girl who plays Allison Reynolds (girl with the black hair), Ally Sheedy, is in the 1986 film, "Short Circuit", with Steve Gutenberg. Really worth checking out. As for Emilio Estevez (brother to Charlie Sheen and son to Ramon Estevez/ Martin Sheen), "The Mighty Ducks Trilogy" is pretty cheesy but funny, as well as, "The Outsiders", "Repo Man", and "St. Elmo's Fire" is also worth checking out.
You nailed it with the comment that this is seen differently as a kid than as an adult. I was in high school and graduated in 1984 when this movie came out. At the time, I was telling my dad that this is how I feel sometimes and how I never think adults understand. Looking back it doesn't seem so earth shatteringly dramatic and seems much less important.
One of the most impressive parts and facts about this movie is, that the actors came up with the reasons for being there by themselves and the reactions to the stories are real.
A forty year old movie and just this summer the global hit pop song 'Apt.' directly referenced The Breakfast Club... and everyone recognized to reference. That's staying power.
15 when I saw it in the theater then, and I don’t remember much, it’s been a while, but what I remember is leaving feeling “someone gets it, and it’s ok to be me”. One many forget, this was also the period where corporal punishment was still used in school. If we got 3 detentions it was immediate whacks, 10 of them. The principal kept his paddle hanging above his office door along with a list of names of his “customers”.
Love, love, love your honest, vulnerable and open reactions! You always have fantastic reactions to movies and I can’t be your channel isn’t bigger yet. I’m sure it will be. I saw this as a kid in middle school, but you’re right, you only truly understand the gravity of the story once you’ve lived life.
Thank you so much for your comment and words!! This movie is amazing and I wish everyone would watch it and hopefully learn a thing or two from these kids
I love this movie and saw it for the first time in high school so it always hits pretty hard emotionally. No one has reacted to the Big Chill but when The Breakfast Club came out they called it the teenage Big Chill.
Your thoughts on the film were inspiring. Thank you for sharing them to us. And thanks for watching one of my most favorite movies of all time. Need to rewatch it soon.
I was in high school in the '80s graduated in '84. Coming out of a private school to a public school was dramatic in life-changing, I didn't know where I belonged. Then this movie came out in the theaters, I actually went to see it 13 times in 30 days because it meant so much to me. It helped me understand that being different, was okay. These groups actually existed in high school, you couldn't be seen with any other groups, outside of your own group😕that was just a no no. From time to time, you took that risk, because there was someone in the other group, you just might have a crush on😮 the privacy of it made it very, daring and yet well worth okay. Looking back it was awesome being part of my own Breakfast Club. By the way, this was just the way it was. Teachers were literally like this, not all of them ( I had a great counselor, who always stood by my side, God bless him RIP ) but a lot of them were.
Yes. Emilio Estevez was in Mission Impossible. He also played Billy The Kid In the two Young Guns films. It is one of the few films he was in with his brother Charlie Sheen. Son of Martin Sheen, he is probably best known for the "Brat Pack" films like this one, The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire. Ohh! western omelette, home fries and pork roll...... Just ask anyone from NJ about Pork Roll LOL
I've seen this movie a dozen times and this is the first time I noticed Andrew giving the Teacher the bird, smoothest flip off ever at 8:40. I be bringing the beer for breakfast.
My memory sucks, but I clearly remember watching this at the theater when it first came out. The theater's gone. Everything has changed. But the memory remains.
IMO this is John Hughes best film (and he made a lot of good films). The Breakfast Club is a masterpiece. Like you mentioned, so many layers in there. The "mezzanine" scene where they all open up to each other is just great acting. At the time, Molly Ringwald was the "queen of the world". Every teenage boy wanted her, and she was pretty much John Hughes "muse".
In your outro you mentioned that one can never know another's circumstances merely by looking at them. My favorite short poem (4 stanzas, 16 lines) touches this idea in a very pointed way. I recommend this read for you, Verowak, but to anyone who might read this comment as well. 16 lines..... 'Richard Cory' by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
i like Judd Nelson as John Bender, he did a movie 2 years later I'll recommend "From the Hip", with John Hurt in it (also in a great role) if you like courtroom films
I was 13 years old and seen this in the theaters. It was instrumental to see this as a kid growing up in the 80s. Happy new year's ATB from Yellowknife 🇨🇦
This movie came out my senior year of high school. My friends then and I all went to see this movie. It impacted us so much that we have remained friends ever since. Not a month goes by where we don't quote from this movie. We took the oath to each other to never let our hearts die. Of course, grandkids think it's weird that grandparents play DnD once a month. But we are doing the same things we enjoyed when we were young and always have each other's back. It's about having better hallway vision.
Omg I hope Phone Booth happens sometime in 2025. There are not enough (Hell hardly any) reactions to that movie on UA-cam and it’s such a great movie. Emilio Estevez is also in the Mighty Ducks franchise as coach Gordon Bombay. If you’ve never seen it it’s an amazing family movie.
One thing that I really liked about the movie was the unified front the kids had against the principal. I wish that had always been the case in high school.
It's been forever since I've seen this movie. Watching you react to it particularly your talk post movie impressed on me the importance of positive roll models in a kids life. Parent, teacher and or friends. Thank you.
Nice perspective. I saw this on my first date ever. Back in tenth grade. The memories that this movie always brings back are so overwhelming and soul warming. Thanks for giving it your own spin and reaction👍🏻. 85’ was such a great year to be 15.
Emilio Estevez is Charlie Sheen's brother and Martin Sheen's son. Estevez is their actual family Sir name. Not Sheen. Martin did a cool episode on that show "who do you think you are." Where they trace their family roots back through time. I graduated in 1978 from HS. We had detention but I Was on the baseball team and the teacher in charge of that was my coach. So it was kind of hard for me to ever have to do it. LOL.
Breakfast Club is the GREATEST High Schooler movie *EVER* made! It's truly TIMELESS in every way! Thank you for sharing your beautiful reaction with us! Go Verowak! :)
On your list, MY DINNER WITH ANDRE is the odd-one out. It's a writer's movie. In fact, my creative writing professor had the entire class watch the movie.
Went to high school 40 miles from Chicago, IL from 1981 to 1985. This is basically a documentary in the suburbs. I got along with all groups but yes, circles existed. And we had 3 teachers like Mr. Vernon. My mom and dad had 4 of the same teachers and I was punished for my dad's behavior..so I got back at them..publicly.
This is a classic! I spent a few Saturdays in detention. I’m amazed my girls are such good students. The class I was supposed to have after Drama… I don’t even know what it was. I never left my lighting booth. 🤷♂️
I really enjoy this one. I watch sixteen candles, weird science, then breakfast club. As you watch them, Anthony Michael Hall goes from freshman to senior. Fresh made pancakes.
When I was a kid I hated high school with a passion. Adults would tell me that once I was in the work force, I would realize how good school was. I've been working for 30 years now and the worst day of it was better than the best day of high school. It was truly horrible.
My favorite movie when I was far too young to have seen it. In the sixth grade, I wanted to be John Bender. He was so funny and so completely cool. I saw the full version on Showtime or something back in the day, but mostly I rewatched a VHS I recorded from a regular TV airing. I know for a fact it was in November of 1988 because every once in a while the movie would shrink a bit so they could show election results at the bottom and side of the screen. Bush Sr. Won, btw. 😅 I wrote something like “Do NOT record on this tape EVER!” and “Record over this and you DIE!” Wild times, the 80s.
One of my favorites. My 2nd grade teacher was mean and made me cry cause I was too shy to talk to her assistant teacher and penmanship was awful. Most teachers were great though.
Hi Verowak, I am so happy you watched this! this si one of my favorite movies of all time. I used to watch his so much, I could recite nearly every line. Moreover, though I grew up in this time and this movie hits home with the way people stereotype and buy into it, while in reality we are all just people with bits of each inside us. John Hughes was a grea writer and director and had his pulse on the angst of teens in the Eighties. Sixteen Candles is another good one. Thanks so much for reacting to this, Take Care my sweet friend!
You should know that song: Don’t You Forget About Me by Simple Minds is a staple of the mid 1980’s Verowak plus David Bowie’s legendary quote was used at the start of the movie! Judd Nelson as John Bender is the MVP with such great standout actors like Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Alley Sheedy, and Paul Gleeson. “You mess with the bull, you’ll get the horns!” It’s without a doubt John Hughes best film ever! TBC is one of those movies that i watch numerous times on an annual basis if only for a moment of zen but also for nostalgia sake. #BratPackFanForever 🎥🎬🥺😆👍🏻👏🏻
Molly Ringwald’s tour de force was “Pretty in Pink” - another coming of age film set in high school with an amazing cast. Not as “deep” as The Breakfast Club - but a good watch. You are a wonderful, thoughtful reactor.
Great video! Especially your TED talk about how different perspectives are between teenager and adult. In high school, I was a huge Yellowcard fan. I remember trying to download anything that was available on Limewire at the time, and I came across that cover. 😀
Are you me?! 🤣Engineering, Yellowcard, Limewire!! That's exactly how I found out about that cover also!!! I've only listened to a few Yellowcard songs, I should give their albums a listen
It’s really interesting the commentary because you see people at school all the time and you think you know what they’re all about but then their home lives could be completely different from what you think or would expect. The peer pressure that keeps you from defending or befriending them because your social click would ostracize you for hanging out with the “weird” kid. This film is incredibly smart. How the hierarchy of social groups defines our behavior and even how we interact with others. How we see ourselves versus how others see us, perception versus judgement, empathy versus sense of belonging, etc. Just so many good and important themes to unpack in this film.
I was so lucky this movie came out my Junior Yr of High School.. it means so much to me . I saw every John Hughes movie the night of its release . He was incredible for us teenagers in the 80’s. Don’t know what I would’ve done without growing up with his movies . They all mean so much to me during this magical time in my life . ⭐️💫✨🤍☑️
@@VerowakReacts can't wait to see it! Wargames and Dr. Strangelove (which you should also watch) are two of my favorite films from the Cold War (which seems like such a strange things to say as I type it)
I was out of high school a couple of years by the time this film was released, but it still resonated at the time. I think most people could find one of the five personalities to identify with, at least generally. (I would've been Andrew.) I don't however, think I or any of my friends in high school would've been mature enough to come to the conclusions about their own behavior; and certainly wouldn't have been able to express them in that kind of group setting.
@VerowakReacts I was a bit of an anomaly. I was a bit of all of them and was friends with all the different groups. I didn't care what group someone was in as long as they treated me with respect. If I had to pick 1 character though, probably the jock.
I graduated in 1974. We had detentions, but they only lasted about an hour. I got a detention for not turning in my library pass. I didn't know you were supposed to turn your library pass in at the library desk, nobody asked me for my pass, so the school assumed I was cutting class.
Judd Nelson (John Bender in this film) later voiced the Autobot named Hot Rod in the 1986 Transformers film, highly recommend if you haven't seen it :D
I heard that the director John Hughes couldn’t stand Judd Nelson on the set of this. So really isn’t that much different from Bender in real life it sounds like
Emilio Estevez is the son of actor Martin Sheen (from Apocalypse Now, The West Wing, and many others) and the brother of Charlie Sheen. Emilio decided to use his father's given name instead of his stage name which, as a Latino, I find very cool.
PART II 😁 Hmmm I think if they played the movie for Highschool students that they may acknowledge or recognize elements but they would walk away and continue playing their roll! All the worlds a stage! One or two may step up!? ☯️☮️
Originally, John Hughes had this idea to do a Breakfast Club reunion movie every 10 years (or as long as they could keep it going) but he and Judd Nelson absolutely hated each other while working on this film, so that plan went nowhere. My contribution to the breakfast will be Eggs Benedict.
I think this movie had an outsized influence. It was one of the first, honest depictions of teens having rich, inner lives. The drama that played out between these kids was perfectly understandable to adults. You ask about other coming-of-age movies and it's interesting, any of those from before this deal with much younger kids. The ones that come after this movie, that deal with teens, exist in great part because this movie was made first. It seems that way to me anyways. I'm trying to think about what came before it and I'm not coming up with much. Grease definitely had some adult themes but it was so campy that there was very little real drama: Rizzo had a tough scene but it was bracketed by songs. If there was anything else, it's not coming to mind. If Hollywood of the 90s paid residuals to John Hughes he'd be the most highly paid director in history.
Believe it or not, I was three of them wrapped into one. I played sports, Football and Swimming, I loved History and was in the Chess Club and went to parties and at 15 had the worst hangover in the world. My parents just laughed as I puked along side of the road. I was also in Drama Class and acted in plays. Well rounded vagabond. Lol. Great reaction as usual my Lady.
This film came out when I was 14 and with the popularity of VHS tapes I saw it several times over the course of the next 4 years with friends until graduation. We were a mix of all of these groups, and we were aware that we were fortunate enough that we were actively working against the stereotypes and the pressures between them. Even then though, we had the typical Generation X attitude exemplified by Carl's response to Mr. Vernon at the end of this exchange: Richard Vernon : You think about this: when you get old, these kids - when *I* get old - they're going to be running the country. Carl : Yeah. Richard Vernon : Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, these kids are going to take care of me. Carl : I wouldn't count on it.
The first.time I saw this movie was in high school. The subject: sociology. I agree this is a movie that should be a required watch for high school students. The high school is now a police headquarters for the Illinois State Police. One of the ISP officers worked for a short time at the college I work at and told.me about it. When drviing on the Tristate Tollway (I-294) you pass by this high school. You can see I-294 in the background in the final scenes outside. The camera is looking WNW.
You didn't show it here, but this movie has maybe my favorite line/scene in film. When they are all talking and the subject comes up about whether or not they will become their parents and Allie Sheedy as Allison says, "I care.". The most amazing line ever delivered. Good reaction.
I "watched" the under-the-table scene a thousand times as a kid. Just thought I'd share that. Good times. I ran into the actor who played the principal. We were the only ones in a hallway at a nice hotel in Hawaii. He was walking behind me while picking his nose. He's the only celebrity I've ever come across in real life. Long live John Hughes and what he gave with his iconic movies and music he gave us in the 80s and well beyond.
A few thoughts: 1. I seriously thought the opening was you advertising some cereal sponsor. 2. This movie's "Eat my shorts" would predate Bart saying it, and I hadn't thought about that before. 3. I agree that this movie is extremely well done. I'm glad I saw it much earlier in my life. 4. I like that the transformation of one character was a real transformation. You noticed how dramatically different she appeared. It's not like the movies in the 90's and 2000's where the female transformation involves taking off a pair of glasses and maybe one minor tweak. In this case, she hid her face, and the hair styling revealed a face. That led to her becoming comfortable being seen. There were plenty of other changes, too. I'm glad it wasn't a matter of glasses. I can't believe so many movies in the decades that followed couldn't recreate this kind of transformation. Granted, she has that dark eyes and hair combo that's easy to make look good, but many actresses in movies with transformations have attractive women. Where they usually fail is how to make an interesting and reasonable character that has a drastically different look.
It really is crazy what teachers can do for students. I had an English teacher my sophomore year of hs and he was the first one who actually took the time with me and helped me grow as a student. Sometimes it only takes one
@VerowakReacts Ya he really helped. One of the last things he told me was How great a person I was and I didn't need to hang out with people that could bring my down. We just fought over football teams lol
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Not much of a breakfast person usually but I do enjoy a cheeky bacon butty with brown sauce! (Sorry about the bread Vero!)
Sausage, bacon, hash browns, not much of an eggs guy. I really only eats eggs with my taquitos. Oh and French toast - I LOOOOVE French toast. 😋
I usually have a bowl of cornflakes with raisins but on my days off from work at least one of the two days I make myself 2/3 eggs, toast, about 8 or so slices of bacon, and a big glass of O.J.
Sixteen Candles!
Rock Star from -01 is a great coming-of-age movie. Based on the story of Tim Owens who was a singer in Judas Priest. Mark Wahlberg and many, many known musicians and above all great music!
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if you look closely at the beginning, you could see, that the Janitor was once a honor student of this school...
The single best coming of age movie of the last 50 years. John Hughes really was dialed in on what it was to be a teenager. Great reaction;
21:42 Every time I hear the word ruckus I immediately say "Could you describe the ruckus?" It's like a Pavlovian response.
As a Gen Xer this movie hits on so many different levels. this movie sums up Generation X perfectly.
It kinda depends on where you grew up...
This film defined my generation.
I was a freshman in high school when this film came out.These characters, even as archetypes, were me, my friends, and classmates. The truths and revelations still ring true nearly 40 years later.
The movie doesn't define anything. It stereotypes different groups to the most extreme version. As a fellow gen Xer. It's just nostalgia and a teenage view of things that make people think this is realistic...
@dabreal82
No it's not an extreme version. You are in a clique and you wear the uniform of that clique. You also act, speak, and think like them. Otherwise you're ostracized, eventually filtering down to the leftovers aka the losers club.
@BlackavarWD maybe that's your experience. But not everyone's... Let's also not act like what Michael Anthony Hall or Emilio estevas' character did would have got you a day in Saturday detention...
@@dabreal82 it's not everyone's experience... OK. 😄 This movie must be popular for other reasons! Just because (you say) you didn't have this experience, doesn't mean most people didn't. So, you're excluded? There is NOTHING that applies to every single person. You aren't going to argue this experience out of pop culture, no matter how hard you try.
I was in high school when this came out and it spoke to me in ways no movie ever did. John Hughes was an absolute genius when it came to these types of films.
And fast, he could write a movie script in a few days.
I know this movie doesn't always resonate with younger generations, but as a gen x'er, this movie is extremely beloved by my generation. It's an epic character study that was so incredibly real to the tone and feel of being a teenager in the 80s.
Brian brought a flare gun to school and it went off in his locker.
Flashback to the opening credits montage where we see a burned-out locker.
why have I never made that connection?😮
Yep, the different images represented the 5 teens, whether it was a reflection of their high school life, or hinting at what they did to get detention.
@@Bookworm-ye9qi everything in the intro is related to something in the movie.
I'm so glad they've never made a remake of this film.
Oh god, don't jinx it! 😅
Funny thing you mentioned it. They made a movie called "The Class" in 2022. Story goes, A bunch of misfits forced to spend a Saturday Morning completing a Missed or Failed Exam...By the end of the movie they learn to respect themselves and each other. Sound Familiar. 🤣🤣
@@aTofuJunkieyeah that doesn't sound like a blatant ripoff at all lol
The tv show "Victorious" did a spoof of the movie for one episode, though. If you search on UA-cam for "The Breakfast Bunch" + Victorious, I think you can find a few clips of the episode.
There’s only been parodies on tv shows like Degrassi, Victorious. Those are the only 2 that I know of.
I graduated from HS 9 years after this film. We were the late GENx-ers. I remember watching this and cheering. The emotions felt back then about this were real! I just hope there are more like this. Thanks for watching this. I think it's still unique today.
It's unique and so well done. So many kids these days can still relate to it
This movie is a Generation X icon.
As someone who was a kid in the 1980s, the phrase... My girlfriend lives in Canada, which was a running joke for several movies and television shows.
The 80s was such a special and exciting time. John Hughes always captured that in these films especially what teenagers go through. I was born in 82 but I related a lot to these characters and watched practically every 80s film by the time i was 12.
John Hughes really knows how to write characters. I'm looking forward to more 80s films, they've really amazing!
Very wise words. Don't judge others when you don't know what their issues are.
The late John Hughes cast Molly Ringwald in 3 films that really made her career: Sixteen Candles (1984), this film, and Pretty in Pink (1986). The same goes for Anthony Michael Hall, who also appeared in the same 3 films. Hughes also directed and wrote another classic, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck. He left behind a such great body of work, too many to list here, being such a prolific screenwriter. He was, for a generation of young people, someone who really understood them.
Also, Emilio Estevez is the older brother of Charlie Sheen (known for coming of age films, Red Dawn (1984), Lucas (1986) and, Platoon (1986)). Both are sons of actor Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now (1979) and the television series, The West Wing (1999-2006)). Estevez, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Nelson also worked together on another iconic film of the ‘80s, St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), which also starred Andie MacDowell, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham, and Demi Moore.
Actually Anthony Michael Hall wasn't in Pretty In Pink. He was in Weird Science.
@ Oh wait, you’re right. I was thinking of Jon Cryer’s character, Duckie. Yes, Weird Science (1985) is another Hughes cult classic film. Also it features Bill Paxton and Robert Downey, Jr.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Pretty in Pink!
You forgot Charlie Sheen in “Wallstreet”!!
Well, speaking And technical terms pretty in pink was John Hughes‘s writing the one who directed it was Howard Deutch also directed to other films that John Hughes wrote “Some Kind of Wonderful” & “The Great Outdoors”
I saw this movie in the theater - I was 17 and a senior in high school. The quintessential GenX 80s movie. Lovely reaction.
Thank you! Having grown up in the 90s, this does feel so 80s :D
@@VerowakReacts I too was a senior in HS when this came out. I did enjoy it but it did kind of bother me (and others) that the movie tried to excuse all of the behaviors of the kids as completely not their fault. It's very 'teen movie' to absolve the teen of their bad behavior, but I know for a fact that most of the bullies or burnouts were that way because they liked it, not because daddy abused them. The princess was that way not due to pressure, but because she liked it. Sometimes teenagers are jerks because....they're just jerks, and often times their siblings arent that way at all.
@@VerowakReactsWhat?? You clearly don't look old enough to have grown up in the '90s. You've taken good care of yourself.
@@windsorkid7069 Thanks, but I really haven't until this year 🤣
@@VerowakReacts Well you're doing something right. I've been a fitness and nutrition nut since I was 16, and I just turned 44. Gonna keep at it as long as I can. It does pay off.
I'm 53 years old, and saw this when I was in Junior High. It STILL gets me right where I live, every single time.
It starts off as a teen comedy until it turns so very serious.
It does, and it's so well done
Moon is one of my favorites. Sam Rockwell is great in his performances, no surprise there.
Greatest movie of the 80s! Even though he's a pretty loathsome character, I love that scene between Vernon and Carl. Vernon could've been a one dimensional teen movie villain, but that conversation humanized him, giving us a reason why he's so burnt out.
I loved this reaction and your TED Talk at the end!
That makes me happy to hear! 🥰
The girl who plays Allison Reynolds (girl with the black hair), Ally Sheedy, is in the 1986 film, "Short Circuit", with Steve Gutenberg. Really worth checking out. As for Emilio Estevez (brother to Charlie Sheen and son to Ramon Estevez/ Martin Sheen), "The Mighty Ducks Trilogy" is pretty cheesy but funny, as well as, "The Outsiders", "Repo Man", and "St. Elmo's Fire" is also worth checking out.
You nailed it with the comment that this is seen differently as a kid than as an adult. I was in high school and graduated in 1984 when this movie came out. At the time, I was telling my dad that this is how I feel sometimes and how I never think adults understand. Looking back it doesn't seem so earth shatteringly dramatic and seems much less important.
One of the most impressive parts and facts about this movie is, that the actors came up with the reasons for being there by themselves and the reactions to the stories are real.
Yes, that's what I read in my imdb trivia and I love it! It just goes to show how great they all are at improv
A forty year old movie and just this summer the global hit pop song 'Apt.' directly referenced The Breakfast Club... and everyone recognized to reference. That's staying power.
It’ll be 40 in 2025
15 when I saw it in the theater then, and I don’t remember much, it’s been a while, but what I remember is leaving feeling “someone gets it, and it’s ok to be me”.
One many forget, this was also the period where corporal punishment was still used in school. If we got 3 detentions it was immediate whacks, 10 of them. The principal kept his paddle hanging above his office door along with a list of names of his “customers”.
7:25 in not sure it was so much forming friendships at that moment, but banding together against a common "enemy"
Love, love, love your honest, vulnerable and open reactions! You always have fantastic reactions to movies and I can’t be your channel isn’t bigger yet. I’m sure it will be. I saw this as a kid in middle school, but you’re right, you only truly understand the gravity of the story once you’ve lived life.
Thank you so much for your comment and words!! This movie is amazing and I wish everyone would watch it and hopefully learn a thing or two from these kids
I love this movie and saw it for the first time in high school so it always hits pretty hard emotionally. No one has reacted to the Big Chill but when The Breakfast Club came out they called it the teenage Big Chill.
Your thoughts on the film were inspiring. Thank you for sharing them to us. And thanks for watching one of my most favorite movies of all time. Need to rewatch it soon.
Thank you so much, I love having TED talks like that, even if it helps just one person, then it's all worth it!
I was in high school in the '80s graduated in '84.
Coming out of a private school to a public school was dramatic in life-changing, I didn't know where I belonged.
Then this movie came out in the theaters, I actually went to see it 13 times in 30 days because it meant so much to me. It helped me understand that being different, was okay.
These groups actually existed in high school, you couldn't be seen with any other groups, outside of your own group😕that was just a no no.
From time to time, you took that risk, because there was someone in the other group, you just might have a crush on😮 the privacy of it made it very, daring and yet well worth okay.
Looking back it was awesome being part of my own Breakfast Club.
By the way, this was just the way it was. Teachers were literally like this, not all of them ( I had a great counselor, who always stood by my side, God bless him RIP ) but a lot of them were.
"Basket-case" girl cracks me up.
I graduated high school in 85. This movie is the embodiment of my Gen X generation.
Yes. Emilio Estevez was in Mission Impossible. He also played Billy The Kid In the two Young Guns films. It is one of the few films he was in with his brother Charlie Sheen. Son of Martin Sheen, he is probably best known for the "Brat Pack" films like this one, The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire.
Ohh! western omelette, home fries and pork roll...... Just ask anyone from NJ about Pork Roll LOL
I've seen this movie a dozen times and this is the first time I noticed Andrew giving the Teacher the bird, smoothest flip off ever at 8:40. I be bringing the beer for breakfast.
I just saw it for the 1st time because you pointed it out - thanks!
My memory sucks, but I clearly remember watching this at the theater when it first came out. The theater's gone. Everything has changed. But the memory remains.
Anthony Michael Hall (Brian the Brain) when he arrives in the car with his Mother and Sister. The actors are his real life Mother and Sister.
IMO this is John Hughes best film (and he made a lot of good films). The Breakfast Club is a masterpiece. Like you mentioned, so many layers in there. The "mezzanine" scene where they all open up to each other is just great acting. At the time, Molly Ringwald was the "queen of the world". Every teenage boy wanted her, and she was pretty much John Hughes "muse".
This is a VERY thought provoking movie. Your reaction to it is as usual, great!
It is! Thank you for the kind words 🥰
In your outro you mentioned that one can never know another's circumstances merely by looking at them. My favorite short poem (4 stanzas, 16 lines) touches this idea in a very pointed way. I recommend this read for you, Verowak, but to anyone who might read this comment as well. 16 lines..... 'Richard Cory' by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Or the song by Simon & Garfunkel 😁
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 That too, but the S&G version loses the finality of the poem with the extra refrain.
i like Judd Nelson as John Bender, he did a movie 2 years later I'll recommend "From the Hip", with John Hurt in it (also in a great role) if you like courtroom films
I was 13 years old and seen this in the theaters. It was instrumental to see this as a kid growing up in the 80s. Happy new year's
ATB from Yellowknife 🇨🇦
I think it would be great if this was shown in social studies.
I agree! I would love it if everyone could see this in high school
This movie came out my senior year of high school. My friends then and I all went to see this movie. It impacted us so much that we have remained friends ever since. Not a month goes by where we don't quote from this movie. We took the oath to each other to never let our hearts die. Of course, grandkids think it's weird that grandparents play DnD once a month. But we are doing the same things we enjoyed when we were young and always have each other's back. It's about having better hallway vision.
Omg I hope Phone Booth happens sometime in 2025. There are not enough (Hell hardly any) reactions to that movie on UA-cam and it’s such a great movie. Emilio Estevez is also in the Mighty Ducks franchise as coach Gordon Bombay. If you’ve never seen it it’s an amazing family movie.
One thing that I really liked about the movie was the unified front the kids had against the principal. I wish that had always been the case in high school.
This movie is actually great input about the whole "anti bullying" movement in society today.👍 excellent movie.
It's been forever since I've seen this movie. Watching you react to it particularly your talk post movie impressed on me the importance of positive roll models in a kids life. Parent, teacher and or friends. Thank you.
Positive role models are crucial in a kid's life, yes!
I never get sick of seeing this movie! Thanks for the reaction. Happy New Years! Keep smiling👍🙂🇨🇦
So many films of my era I never saw - "Dirty Dancing", "Breakfast Club", "Pretty in Pink", "16 Candles" etc..
Nice perspective. I saw this on my first date ever. Back in tenth grade. The memories that this movie always brings back are so overwhelming and soul warming. Thanks for giving it your own spin and reaction👍🏻. 85’ was such a great year to be 15.
Next up for life in the 80s as a teenager - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Emilio Estevez is Charlie Sheen's brother and Martin Sheen's son. Estevez is their actual family Sir name. Not Sheen. Martin did a cool episode on that show "who do you think you are." Where they trace their family roots back through time.
I graduated in 1978 from HS. We had detention but I Was on the baseball team and the teacher in charge of that was my coach. So it was kind of hard for me to ever have to do it. LOL.
Breakfast Club is the GREATEST High Schooler movie *EVER* made! It's truly TIMELESS in every way! Thank you for sharing your beautiful reaction with us! Go Verowak! :)
On your list, MY DINNER WITH ANDRE is the odd-one out. It's a writer's movie. In fact, my creative writing professor had the entire class watch the movie.
Thank you for showing the results from the Patreon Poll!!
I always show the results, it's neat to see!
Went to high school 40 miles from Chicago, IL from 1981 to 1985. This is basically a documentary in the suburbs. I got along with all groups but yes, circles existed.
And we had 3 teachers like Mr. Vernon. My mom and dad had 4 of the same teachers and I was punished for my dad's behavior..so I got back at them..publicly.
Ah yes, punishing someone for their family's behaviour... 😒
The detention teacher was the Deputy Chief of Police Dwayne Robinson in Die Hard.
Now it makes sense why he looks familiar!! Thank you
@@VerowakReactsyou're welcome. Google the Brat Pack from the 80's. Most of the "kids" were members.
@@toodlescae “the detention teacher?“ LOL 😂 he was the principal
Please please watch 16 candles and Pretty in Pink with Molly . Also John Hughes films . And Say Anything!
This is a classic!
I spent a few Saturdays in detention.
I’m amazed my girls are such good students. The class I was supposed to have after Drama… I don’t even know what it was. I never left my lighting booth. 🤷♂️
John Hughes. So greatly Missed. ❤
I really enjoy this one. I watch sixteen candles, weird science, then breakfast club. As you watch them, Anthony Michael Hall goes from freshman to senior. Fresh made pancakes.
When I was a kid I hated high school with a passion. Adults would tell me that once I was in the work force, I would realize how good school was. I've been working for 30 years now and the worst day of it was better than the best day of high school. It was truly horrible.
My favorite movie when I was far too young to have seen it. In the sixth grade, I wanted to be John Bender. He was so funny and so completely cool. I saw the full version on Showtime or something back in the day, but mostly I rewatched a VHS I recorded from a regular TV airing. I know for a fact it was in November of 1988 because every once in a while the movie would shrink a bit so they could show election results at the bottom and side of the screen. Bush Sr. Won, btw. 😅
I wrote something like “Do NOT record on this tape EVER!” and “Record over this and you DIE!”
Wild times, the 80s.
One of my favorites. My 2nd grade teacher was mean and made me cry cause I was too shy to talk to her assistant teacher and penmanship was awful. Most teachers were great though.
Lol. I've seen this movie many times and I just noticed Andrew Clark/Estevez giving Mr. Vernon/Paul Gleason the finger 8:40 😁
One of many films by John Hughes and all iconic
Rear Window, when your in the mood for a classic, Hitchcock, James Stewart, and Princess Grace Kelly. ❤
Hi Verowak,
I am so happy you watched this! this si one of my favorite movies of all time. I used to watch his so much, I could recite nearly every line. Moreover, though I grew up in this time and this movie hits home with the way people stereotype and buy into it, while in reality we are all just people with bits of each inside us. John Hughes was a grea writer and director and had his pulse on the angst of teens in the Eighties. Sixteen Candles is another good one. Thanks so much for reacting to this, Take Care my sweet friend!
My pleasure!! We definitely have a bit of all of these characters in us, and John Hughes did an amazing job at creating these characters
You should know that song: Don’t You Forget About Me by Simple Minds is a staple of the mid 1980’s Verowak plus David Bowie’s legendary quote was used at the start of the movie! Judd Nelson as John Bender is the MVP with such great standout actors like Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Alley Sheedy, and Paul Gleeson. “You mess with the bull, you’ll get the horns!” It’s without a doubt John Hughes best film ever! TBC is one of those movies that i watch numerous times on an annual basis if only for a moment of zen but also for nostalgia sake. #BratPackFanForever 🎥🎬🥺😆👍🏻👏🏻
Molly Ringwald’s tour de force was “Pretty in Pink” - another coming of age film set in high school with an amazing cast. Not as “deep” as The Breakfast Club - but a good watch. You are a wonderful, thoughtful reactor.
Shermer high school is a state police headquarters now. Its next to Prius Paradise, and apartment complex with easily 100 priuses parked in it.
Moon is great! I feel like a lot of people aren't familiar with it, so it would have a hard time winning in a pole. But watch it anyway!
Great video! Especially your TED talk about how different perspectives are between teenager and adult.
In high school, I was a huge Yellowcard fan. I remember trying to download anything that was available on Limewire at the time, and I came across that cover. 😀
Are you me?! 🤣Engineering, Yellowcard, Limewire!! That's exactly how I found out about that cover also!!! I've only listened to a few Yellowcard songs, I should give their albums a listen
It’s really interesting the commentary because you see people at school all the time and you think you know what they’re all about but then their home lives could be completely different from what you think or would expect. The peer pressure that keeps you from defending or befriending them because your social click would ostracize you for hanging out with the “weird” kid.
This film is incredibly smart. How the hierarchy of social groups defines our behavior and even how we interact with others. How we see ourselves versus how others see us, perception versus judgement, empathy versus sense of belonging, etc. Just so many good and important themes to unpack in this film.
It's a very smart film, and it really helps us to see that everyone has issues, even though we don't know about them.
Exactly! And I hope you’re having a great day, you’re so fun to watch movies with 😎🙏
You've seen the teacher before...Die Hard. He plays a jerk there too. It's his jam. :))
Maybe a John Hughes marathon? Buehler, Buehler, Buehler.
I was so lucky this movie came out my Junior Yr of High School.. it means so much to me . I saw every John Hughes movie the night of its release . He was incredible for us teenagers in the 80’s. Don’t know what I would’ve done without growing up with his movies . They all mean so much to me during this magical time in my life . ⭐️💫✨🤍☑️
I'm glad to hear that his movies had an impact on you!!! 🥰
Ally Sheedy is great in "Wargames"(1983), co-starring Matthew Broderick. Highest recommendation. 👍👍
It recently won a Patreon poll!! That was the first time I heard of that movie lol
@@VerowakReacts can't wait to see it! Wargames and Dr. Strangelove (which you should also watch) are two of my favorite films from the Cold War (which seems like such a strange things to say as I type it)
She was also in 'Short Circuit' and 'St Elmo's Fire'.
I was out of high school a couple of years by the time this film was released, but it still resonated at the time. I think most people could find one of the five personalities to identify with, at least generally. (I would've been Andrew.) I don't however, think I or any of my friends in high school would've been mature enough to come to the conclusions about their own behavior; and certainly wouldn't have been able to express them in that kind of group setting.
Great Reaction!!! Seeing this as a teenager was different. I was 15 when this came out.
Thank you! What character(s) were you like as a teenager?
@VerowakReacts I was a bit of an anomaly. I was a bit of all of them and was friends with all the different groups. I didn't care what group someone was in as long as they treated me with respect. If I had to pick 1 character though, probably the jock.
I graduated in 1974. We had detentions, but they only lasted about an hour. I got a detention for not turning in my library pass. I didn't know you were supposed to turn your library pass in at the library desk, nobody asked me for my pass, so the school assumed I was cutting class.
You gotta add HItchcock's "Rope" to the list. His best bottle film after "Rear Window."
Judd Nelson (John Bender in this film) later voiced the Autobot named Hot Rod in the 1986 Transformers film, highly recommend if you haven't seen it :D
I heard that the director John Hughes couldn’t stand Judd Nelson on the set of this. So really isn’t that much different from Bender in real life it sounds like
Emilio Estevez is the son of actor Martin Sheen (from Apocalypse Now, The West Wing, and many others) and the brother of Charlie Sheen. Emilio decided to use his father's given name instead of his stage name which, as a Latino, I find very cool.
PART II 😁 Hmmm I think if they played the movie for Highschool students that they may acknowledge or recognize elements but they would walk away and continue playing their roll! All the worlds a stage! One or two may step up!? ☯️☮️
Originally, John Hughes had this idea to do a Breakfast Club reunion movie every 10 years (or as long as they could keep it going) but he and Judd Nelson absolutely hated each other while working on this film, so that plan went nowhere.
My contribution to the breakfast will be Eggs Benedict.
I think this movie had an outsized influence. It was one of the first, honest depictions of teens having rich, inner lives. The drama that played out between these kids was perfectly understandable to adults. You ask about other coming-of-age movies and it's interesting, any of those from before this deal with much younger kids. The ones that come after this movie, that deal with teens, exist in great part because this movie was made first.
It seems that way to me anyways. I'm trying to think about what came before it and I'm not coming up with much. Grease definitely had some adult themes but it was so campy that there was very little real drama: Rizzo had a tough scene but it was bracketed by songs. If there was anything else, it's not coming to mind. If Hollywood of the 90s paid residuals to John Hughes he'd be the most highly paid director in history.
Moon is an absolutely phenomenal film I do hope you review.
Believe it or not, I was three of them wrapped into one. I played sports, Football and Swimming, I loved History and was in the Chess Club and went to parties and at 15 had the worst hangover in the world. My parents just laughed as I puked along side of the road. I was also in Drama Class and acted in plays. Well rounded vagabond. Lol. Great reaction as usual my Lady.
Many of us are multiple characters wrapped in one. We have characteristics from many of them 😁
This film came out when I was 14 and with the popularity of VHS tapes I saw it several times over the course of the next 4 years with friends until graduation. We were a mix of all of these groups, and we were aware that we were fortunate enough that we were actively working against the stereotypes and the pressures between them.
Even then though, we had the typical Generation X attitude exemplified by Carl's response to Mr. Vernon at the end of this exchange:
Richard Vernon : You think about this: when you get old, these kids - when *I* get old - they're going to be running the country.
Carl : Yeah.
Richard Vernon : Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, these kids are going to take care of me.
Carl : I wouldn't count on it.
The first.time I saw this movie was in high school. The subject: sociology.
I agree this is a movie that should be a required watch for high school students.
The high school is now a police headquarters for the Illinois State Police. One of the ISP officers worked for a short time at the college I work at and told.me about it. When drviing on the Tristate Tollway (I-294) you pass by this high school. You can see I-294 in the background in the final scenes outside. The camera is looking WNW.
Please react to 16 candles, that is another funny movie starring Brian and Claire from this movie, great reaction and thank you!!!
" Does barrry manilow know your raid his closet " that about sums it up. this movie is Classic.
I'm only 10 seconds in but I'm gonna go ahead and give a Like just for your commitment to that opening bit. More cheesy gags in 2025!
Yes more cheesy gags!! I can't do it for every movie, but I'll try my darndest
You didn't show it here, but this movie has maybe my favorite line/scene in film. When they are all talking and the subject comes up about whether or not they will become their parents and Allie Sheedy as Allison says, "I care.". The most amazing line ever delivered. Good reaction.
I "watched" the under-the-table scene a thousand times as a kid. Just thought I'd share that. Good times.
I ran into the actor who played the principal. We were the only ones in a hallway at a nice hotel in Hawaii. He was walking behind me while picking his nose. He's the only celebrity I've ever come across in real life.
Long live John Hughes and what he gave with his iconic movies and music he gave us in the 80s and well beyond.
I used to watch this movie just for that scene
I’ve never seen moon either and totally want to see it!
A few thoughts:
1. I seriously thought the opening was you advertising some cereal sponsor.
2. This movie's "Eat my shorts" would predate Bart saying it, and I hadn't thought about that before.
3. I agree that this movie is extremely well done. I'm glad I saw it much earlier in my life.
4. I like that the transformation of one character was a real transformation. You noticed how dramatically different she appeared.
It's not like the movies in the 90's and 2000's where the female transformation involves taking off a pair of glasses and maybe one minor tweak. In this case, she hid her face, and the hair styling revealed a face. That led to her becoming comfortable being seen. There were plenty of other changes, too. I'm glad it wasn't a matter of glasses. I can't believe so many movies in the decades that followed couldn't recreate this kind of transformation. Granted, she has that dark eyes and hair combo that's easy to make look good, but many actresses in movies with transformations have attractive women. Where they usually fail is how to make an interesting and reasonable character that has a drastically different look.
It really is crazy what teachers can do for students. I had an English teacher my sophomore year of hs and he was the first one who actually took the time with me and helped me grow as a student. Sometimes it only takes one
Everyone has a different way of teaching, and everyone learns a different way. Finding the teacher that just makes sense helps so much
@VerowakReacts Ya he really helped. One of the last things he told me was How great a person I was and I didn't need to hang out with people that could bring my down. We just fought over football teams lol