Each of the five kids is being abused in a different way by their parents, and at first they act out their abusive behavior patterns with each other, then had raw emotional moments together and found common ground. I love how despite their differences and animosity at the beginning, they never betray each other to the abusive adult in the position of power in the situation.
@@kathleenclark815 One is being physically abused, one is being neglected, two are being overly pushed by their parents to be successful, and one is being used by their parents as a pawn in their arguments. They're all getting abused it's just different levels of severity of abuse.
When Amber said I don't think they're respecting Brian's emotions, I literally spit my drink. To say the '80s was a different time doesn't really begin to cover it. Men didn't hug, emotions were not respected, sexual harassment was the norm and the teacher absolutely would threaten to beat the crap out of you. This movie nailed each stereotype. Even the fact that they got together in the end was completely normal to me. The kids of generation X truly were one of a kind.
Sometimes they would hit a kid or throw things at them, no consquences. Gen X had different rules, they were expected to be more grown up, harder, tougher, independent, and were WAY less protected and or coddled. Times were VERY different.
The accuracy of the time - the fact that there was a jock, a "prom queen" type popular girl, a "burnout" as we called them, a nerd, and a girl who didn't fit into any of those categories who just kept to herself - was captured beautifully in this movie. I relate the most to the girl who kept mostly to herself. I had friends but I kept my friends group a small one. I didn't like most of the people I went to school with. But yes, they all had their own crosses to bear, and the fact that they shared things with one another that they didn't know gave them a new appreciation for the different groups. I am kind of doubting that any of them dated each other after that day, but the end was one of the best moments of the movie for me.
Glad you finally did this one. Now you need to put "Stand by Me' on your list. It is another EPIC movie that really changed people's lives. It defines the meaning of "friendship".
The Brat Pack consisted of Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The original was "The Rat Pack" and it consisted of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. They were all the crooners back in the day.
The scene where the kids open up to each other about how they landed in detention was all improv, with the exception of Judd Nelson, who was told that his character (John Bender) had pulled the school's fire alarm as a prank. Everybody else made it all up. The other actors reactions were all thus legitimate (such as when Emilio Estevez started laughing when Anthony Michael Hall said that a flare gun went off in his locker).
The unbelievable part of it is that the whole school would have heard about the flare gun incident within minutes, and had the facts twisted out of shape just as fast.
I remember seeing his as a teenager. It was the first movie I watched about teenagers where I actually felt heard. It was so relatable. Every teen can relate to at least one character if not more than one. It was such a brilliant film and though dated, still holds up today.
I saw this movie when it first came out. 30+ years ago, I finally understand the title. In the beginning they talked about clubs they were in. Social and academic, and those define the cliques they hung out with. This was their own personal club, a mixture of different social and academic status students. They are The Breakfast Club.
@@jp3813 How do you define “who cares”? Stupid, pointless, confrontational questions = troll. If you need a definition for troll, feel free to go look in the mirror. And feel free to ask your next irrelevant question of the troll you see in that mirror. Should be an interesting conversation for you.
"THE definitive movie of the 1980s? I think there are quite a few that could qualify for that title, and certainly this one is high up on the list - you might even be right. But for me, it's always been "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." To me, that movie defined a whole generation. It's not really "about" anything; you would be hard-pressed to tell anyone what the plot is. And yet, for not being about anything specific, it is as large as everything 1980s. It's teenagers who work at the mall and relax at the mall and play video games at the mall and go see movies at the mall. (Very 1980s; kids don't much do that anymore.) The characters all seem like fairly bright, smart kids, coming from middle class to upper middle class families. But they all have few prospects and not much ambition. They are mostly letting life happen to them, rather than taking life by the horns. That's probably because their lives are so wrapped up in a high school that's not meeting any of their needs, save for a social life. They are all mostly concerned with the opposite sex, if anything, but it's not escapist; seeking a partner can have real, true consequences and hurt hearts. I do love "The Breakfast Club," but I think "Fast Times" is more representative of the whole backdrop of 1980s life.Oh, and also Sean Penn. Gotta mention Sean Penn. In the 1980s, we all knew at least one of him!
FUN FACTS: All of the characters are wearing layered clothing, so by the end of the film they have become emotionally "naked". The title comes from the teenaged son of one of John Hughes's friends. This is what their morning detention was called. Detention was the film's original title. There is no punchline to Bender's joke, when he's crawling around in the ceiling. The actor made up the entire joke. The two-story library set was constructed in the gymnasium of a closed down high school, which is where the other interiors are shot. The outside shots are a separate high school, in a different location. The people playing Brian's mother and sister are the actor's real-life family. Writer-Director, John Hughes can be seen picking up Brian at the end, presumably playing his father, Mr. Johnson. Written in two days, this was intended to be John Hughes's first feature. However, Universal Studios felt his teen sex comedy, Sixteen Candles was more marketable at the time, so the order was switched. The film is one of those rare cases of a motion picture shot in sequence, from start to finish. The original cut of the film ran for closer to 3 hours. For TV versions of the film, some deleted footage was added back in.
Re: the missing door screw scene, the first time the kids bond together is key. They discover they have a common enemy - the teacher. They dislike the teacher more than they dislike each other, therefore they have a bond. They’re different, but the same. A common theme throughout the movie. They all experience pressure in different ways.
You guys should react to more classic coming-of-age films from the '80s… "Heathers", "The Outsiders", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Better Off Dead", "Pretty in Pink", "Sixteen Candles", "Say Anything", "Weird Science", "Stand By Me", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Dead Poets Society" 🎥🍿
I don't consider "Heathers" to be as much a coming-of-age story as I do a very dark satire of social class in high school and the inadequacy of adults' ability to relate to teens.
This is the 80’s. Different world!! Social status and popularity,,,,,, was everything!!! This movie depicts which status we were!!! I totally get this. 1989 graduate. This was us!!
i adore this movie so much. some things are definitely dated, but i feel like the conversations they share and their struggles are very much still real for many teens. regarding allison's transformation, i always saw it as she felt like she had to hide before, and now she doesn't. i think clare went a little overboard making her look too much like her own makeup but i think the pushed back hair specifically is supposed to represent allison coming into her own and not feeling like she has to hide or lie or put on a front to protect herself and her emotions. i think the earring scene at the end also has significance in that he saw clare as just this concieted rich girl whose parents spoil her and give her things like diamonds and pearls. her giving him that earring i think is meant to symbolize that she's more than just that, and that he is more than just the person she saw him as being. i think if it was remade today (oh god...that's a scary thought) i'd like for bender to have more growth to his character. just to make that ending feel more deserved. but overall this has been one of my favorite movies for the last almost 20 years, and still is up there with my favorites today.
The clothes are dated (they were new to me at the time! 🤣), but high school is tough. People you think you have nothing in common with because your clique says so is always wrong, but you don't find out for years (or detention like this). We're all the same people with different cliques. I was the cheerleading captain who dated the captain of the football and wrestling team. We had nothing in common but we were the 'popular athletes'. We had a horrible ugly divorce - we should have never married. But we all grow up and I'm extremely happily married to an amazing man, but we would have never spoken to each other in high school. We're so different, which is great now. I truly believe these kids grew up and saw their similarities at the end of the day. But they went back to their cliques on Monday. I wonder where they would be today? Would some of these couples be together? Possibly! No matter what I can't count the number of times I've seen this movie - but I'm an 80's kid. We love John Hughes' movies. It was our lives on screen.
That's the thing about teenagers - they won't believe you when you say you know what they're going through. Styles and culture may change, but teenagers have struggled with the same issues since the invention of teenagers. But we didn't believe our parents any more than they believe us. "Same as it ever was... same as it ever was..."
I graduated high school when this came out. The single _"Don't You Forget About Me"_ came out months earlier (Feb '85). As such, it was available for use as a graduation song. Unfortunately, one of the pinheads on the student council said we couldn't use it. It seems they couldn't find the sheet music for it. Apparently some on the student council were also members of the choir, and they wanted to sing it rather than play it over the PA system.🙄 *EDIT:* Oh, I forgot to mention one of the worst aspects. . .Instead we were stuck with _"We Are the World."_ 😝 Yep, I'm still sour about it, some 37 years later. 😏
Same thing happened to my class. We wanted to do "Get by with a little help from my friends." But our principal said no, because it has the words "get high." So we got stuck with some Bryan Adam's song I never heard before or since. "The Best is Yet to Come."
Judd Nelson was brilliant as the delinquent Bender! It was perfect casting all the across the board. What you're forgetting about Claire and Bender is that her parents are divorced or divorcing and always trying to one up the other to get her affection and make her not want to be with either parent so what's the worst thing she could possibly do? Date a delinquent, LOL! John Hughes was FAMOUS for capturing the teenage angst movies. You MUST watch Sixteen Candles next!!! You'll see Molly Ringwald (Claire), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian) and the janitor again in that movie too. Others to add from John Hughes - National Lampoon's Vacation, Weird Science, Home Alone, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Undeniable classic movie. I've seen it dozens of times, and the film gets better the more times you watch it. Each character has a great arc, and the casting is spot on. Judd Nelson was PERFECT as Bender and Molly Ringwald as Claire the "princess" was brilliant. At the time, Molly Ringwald was queen of the world, every teen boy knew who she was and wanted to be with her 😀 And that image of Bender with the Simple Minds playing at the end is truly iconic 😀 Glad you got to enjoy a masterpiece of cinema.
Emilio Estevez (the jock), Judd Nelson (the punk) and Ally Sheedy (the weird girl) were also among the cast of "St. Elmo's Fire"--which was released about four months after The Breakfast Club. You've reacted to the title track (by John Parr).
I watched this movie with my daughters when they became teenagers so they'd understand people are putinto categories by others, the same categories long ago and now. I also wanted them to see, as you both said, everyone has issues. Sometimes we focus on others and how we believe their lives are easier than ours but we all have struggles.
This group of young actors were affectionately referred to as "The Brat Pack" and they starred in many of the 80's classics. I have a movie recommendation for you; Since you love John Denver so much, you should check him out in "Oh God". It's a great family movie that I think you'd really enjoy. 😇
Not just a great movie, but to me I feel it's a super important one. The stories, the personalities, the high school cliques... that stuff is in every school in the country. Every kid has been one of these characters, or seen them in their own school. John Hughes truly tapped into that adolescent life with this one. And the lesson at the end, where they learned that they all share the same qualities/traits inside them to varying degrees, is just brilliant.
Yes!! Once again great choice for one of the greatest movies from the 80's!!! After watching this you guys are pretty much obligated to react to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" next!!
My favorite movie scene was when Jeannie was spooked by Roonie in their kitchen.... Still laughing. #2 was when Buddy was hit by a Taxi in Elf. My daughters always make fun of me for starting to laugh before the scenes happen.
This was the way my school was in the 80's. Our library was pretty modern and clean as well. The Clicks that ran together was pretty much like in the movie. The way they dressed was spot on. This movie always transports me back to those days in high-school.
@@steph990 My high school library looked EXACTLY like this one. Kids dressed just like this, but there were way more archetypes. There were punkers, metal heads, skaters, mods and (in SoCal anyway) there were the surfers and surfer/stoners. Bender was sort of the generic bad boy/rocker type.
My kids are 27, 22, and 20 and this movie was required watching for them when they were in middle school. This movie defined a generation. I'm so glad that you both had the chance to glimpse what it was like for us. I went to a high school similar to this one in Indianapolis, Indiana (I was most like Allison). We had jocks, and hoods, and preps, nerds, and basket cases. When I saw this in the theater I cried... it was like someone walked into my life and made a movie... what was even more remarkable was learning that EVERYONE could identify. When my kids hit middle school I made them all watch this movie... and I was so happy that this helped them navigate the halls with maturity and snark.
John Hughes made some great 80's feel good movies, usually with really good soundtracks. The actor who plays Brian , Anthony Michael Hall, is great in 'Weird Science'.
One of my favorite movies from the 80s. As a teen when this came out we all identified with one of the characters or we had friend who did. A couple more teen angst movies y’all should watch is “Heathers”(1988) & “Pump Up The Volume”(1990),
One of my favorite movies.. it shows how people feel pressures.. how we all have struggles.. and none of us are monolithic. Yes it's Sat AM and that's why it's called the breakfast club. All of the kids had good careers as actors.
The decades change but how "School" goes stays the same. Popular, Stoners, Nerds, Loners, Athletes, it never changes. That's why every kid / person should relate to this movie. All three of my kids get it.
Director John Hughes had a great way of telling life tales through young eyes, Even in a comic setting he could touch on deep subjects. Sixteen Candles,Ferris Bueller’s Dav Off which should be the next reaction,Uncle Buck said The National Lampoon’s Vacation films and Home Alone movies,Mr Mom so many. Molly Ringwald who plays Claire was the teen Queen of 1980’s movies. Also appeared on the Katy Perry music video,Last Friday Night, The actors plus a few more were part of a group of young artists called the Brat Pack,which included Emilio Estevez’s younger brother Charlie Sheen. Martin Sheen who played President Bartlet in tv series The West Wing and President John F. Kennedy in the 1983 mini series.
@@dianetaylor841 They are full blooded brothers. Sheen is the "acting" name Martin took to sound more American. If I remember correctly Charlie's real name is Carlos Estevez.
I loved this movie so much in my early teens that I could recite it from memory. Growing up in small town Oklahoma I didn't realize how iconic this movie was until 10 years later, when watching it with another person my age and we could both recite the lines right along with the movie. John Hughes movies ruled the 80s.
It was great because you got to see the 5 basic groups of HS kids in the 80's represented and sort of forced to spend time together for a day. The popular princess, the jock, the stoner, the science nerd and the weird loner. Interesting concept.
Great reaction as always. John Hughes was a master at his craft. There are so many movies he had a hand in making that I would recommend; Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes Trains and Automobiles, the first 2 Home Alones just to name a few. As for why they covered for Bender, it comes down to a simple human belief, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The vice principal is the reason they are all there so they aren't going to help him if they can help it. Once he is gone they can go back to not liking each other but when he's there they are united against the common enemy. It's the same tactic used by a lot of bosses, to an extent, in the workplace or drill instructors/NCOs in the military.
In John Hughes films, the adults, especially school authority figures, were the common enemy of teens. Despite their differences, they were a united front when teachers or principals were involved. You see this in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as well as other movies.
The term "breakfast club" apparently came from Hughes's high school years in Chicago and referred to early detention, but he decided to retain it for his Saturday detention plot just because he liked the sound of it for the title.
Correct. If you were from the North Shore suburbs like I was, you understood it. If you weren't from that area, you might have had to figure it out yourself.
I graduated in1982 and I saw my principal throw a kid up against a locker. Nobody thought much of it then as he was very strict and wouldn't put up with much
In the TV series 'Psych' (which y'all should definitely watch - it is filled with Pop Culture references from the 80's and 90's) the main guy, Shawn (James Roday Rodriguez) was a big fan of 80's nostalgia and often made joke references about this movie. During the run of the show, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall made appearances. Only missing Emilio Estevez, which Roday constantly made jokes about. Emilio Estevez is Charlie Sheen's brother (Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Estevez). They're the sons of 'West Wing' 'President Hartley' - Martin Sheen (Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez).
John Hughes was the writer for an entire age of coming of age films. I love you guy's take on the characters. As my kids reached puberty I showed them all of his films. There's just something almost magically intuitive about Hughes's characters and the way they navigate their struggles. Along with Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire and Some kind of Wonderful The breakfast club is easily the best of Hughes's works. The only thing that comes close to this type of energy as it pertains to the adolescent struggle is "Empire Records". You both will easily fall in love with the characters, AND the music. I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. I really am. Not to worry Amber, the first few times I watched it I had forgotten so much about the movie. It is so nuanced it really does take 2-3 viewings before you can truly unpack it all.
For those who are unaware, just about all of John Hughes teen comedies were filmed in Highland Park. Yes, the same Highland Park that was in the news on the 4th of July.
The kid that played Brian was , Michael Anthony hall. He was in a lot of John Hughes movies. And the youngest person to ever be a regular writer for Saturday night live. Such a great actor. He looks so different as a grown man but still does cameo , and has remained an active actor , just as Judd Nelson as well. All of them have had pretty successful careered as a whole. Although none became “ movie stars”. They all have remained working actors.
Emilio was the coach for the Mighty Ducks... That's for Jay since he likes sports movies... Emilio also did the real brat pack movies the Outisideers, St Elmos Fire, with his brother Men at work... and Maximum Overdrive... and he has directed many things! This is Martin Sheen's oldest..... need another clue- Charlie Sheen's older, better-looking brother. Also, check out the movie Wisdom with him... Don't pooh Emilio's career!.
@@gaetagirl lol u right Emilio held his own for a while. And I think they were all pretty brilliant actors. I’m surprised they all didn’t become huge actors. And I forgot about men at work. I loved that movie !! That’s one they should watch. That was a funny funny movie.
The year I graduated from High School. I loved your reactions about how the principal spoke to the kids, how they spoke to each other, it was really like that back then. That movie sums up the 80's in 2 hours. The cliques, the actions, reactions, I can put names to each one of them from people I went to school with. It takes me back to, honestly, happier days. The 80's were the BEST time to be a teenager bar none. And yes, the principal at my school would have had no problem telling us he was going to "crack skulls". Oh and we were allowed to smoke in an outside "smoking lounge" between periods. No, I'm not kidding, things were entirely different than they are now and I loved EVERY.SINGLE.MINUTE. of it!
15:30 It is kinda crazy because in the past, when movies would play on regular over-the-air television (not streamed or on video or cable), they used to have a thing that said the film was "edited for content or formatting to television". They would cut out parts of the film that either had extensive bad language or conversation and topics that weren't family friendly. I know going back and watching shows like Ferris Bueller, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, or take your pick from a plethora of John Hughes films and finally seeing them uncut or edited for tv can be quite shocking as many times the gen-x adult generation remembers these films in their edited for tv versions and therefore remember the content a tad bit cleaner than if you were to watch it in its original version.
Also, Anthony Michael Hall's voice changed between when they filmed the movie and when they recorded the "clean" words that the TV edit would use in place of swearing, so on TV it sounds like someone else is saying a word in the middle of several of his lines.
Jay and Amber with the reaction to the breakfast club you have now reacted to my top 10 childhood movies, you guys are killing it with the reactions keep it up
When I was in Chicago last summer I basically did the Ferris Bueller tour. Everything they did in the movie, I tried to recreate. Bucket list stuff lol
omg yes!! You gotta do the brat pack movies! I love that you guys finally did the breakfast club. I love that movie so so much. I loved watching it with you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Suggestions: Ferris Bueller’s day off, Sixteen candles, and Weird Science.
Instant click! 🥰 fun fact I learned recently, John Huges teen movies, Breakfast Club, Ferris Beuller ,Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, all happen in the same high school, Sherman High, in Sherman Illonois 🤯
I was a senior in high school when this came out, and my friends and I were OBSESSED with the film and the soundtrack. We even made sure to go to see the film on the one year anniversary of the date they spent in detention. As for the title, I've always presumed "the Breakfast Club" was the way they could still continue to be friends after they have to go back to their cliques, by meeting for breakfast before school.
I was 13 when this movie came out & of all the "teen" movies from the 80's this is THE quintessential film about being a teenager in the 1980's. "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is another great film about high-school teen life in the 80's
Great movie with many relatable things to high school... and so much great period music... John Hughes just got it... Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off... definitely favorites...
I was 15 when this came out. Troubled teen and I absolutely related to it. There’s a bit of all of them in us, and at the time I found solace with the characters, and took great comfort in the knowledge that despite the high school cliques we were all the same. Sounds corny looking back but at the time this movie changed my( and my friends lives) with respect to how we viewed our ‘tortured’ suburban lives and world views. I seem to recall seeing 16 times of the summer it was released.
Jordan was introduced to Amber's movie. Now Jordan you can introduce Amber to (The Sandlot). A good one for her to get into that kind of genre. Keep up with the good work 😎👍
in the '80s this is what it was literally like for me and my experience belonging to a group of young people that was different from other groups. if your group of friends, found out you were involved with another group whether it was just as friends or having an interest in a relationship, it was a HUGE No-No! if you are a Rocker you didn't hang out with the New Wavers, or Punk Rockers, if you are a Preppy you didn't hang out with the Rockers or the New Wavers/Punk Rockers , if you are a Jock you didn't hang out with anybody unless they were maybe a Preppy? can't forget about the Valley Girls they were kind of lost in their own little world, I really don't think anybody really minded them... at least in my school. it was pretty twisted, but these group of young Teen Agers (no matter what group you belong to) took it very seriously for the most part Yes! there were Geeks and Nerds back then and they weren't high on the list like they are today. breakers also belong to their own group which mostly consisted of Black and Hispanic culture, if you were White, you better be REALLY GOOD at Breaking to even be considered to be in a Breaking Group. having a friendship or a relationship outside of your group was done in private, which was a challenge of its own. enjoy the movie but realize there were a lot of us that went through this. and Yes! Teachers did, MUCH WORSE than what you see in this movie. AND YET THE '80S WERE DEFINITELY STILL AMAZING 👊✌️
Yeah, you stayed in your group. Having a meaningful relationship with others outside your main clique only happened if there was a compelling reason. I lived in the music department. Because of that, I crossed paths with a lot of cliques, but outside of band activities, we didn't mix. That shit was taken very seriously back then.
That's not just a thing in the 80s it's something that happens for every generation. I'm from England so unfinished school at 16 in 2017 and the groups were still a thing and you weren't allowed to socialize with anyone who was either lower or higher than your popular. I hear people now in their 30s and stuff saying something like "school is totally different now. Being a nerd is school." Uh, no it's not. I finished school a few years ago and I got bullied and made fun of from the start to then of school.
@@KD-cd2ck I guess I have to talk to my youngest, my daughter more. She's still in high school. She has never mentioned it. I'm sorry to hear it's still the same. I found my niche and had a good time in high school, but I also know a lot of people who had a really hard time for one reason or other. I had casual friends from lots of groups because of a common interest, (music) and crossed a lot of lines because of that, and I had my core group of friends (mostly geeks and nerds) that I hung out with. I never had to deal with much bullying or anything. Or I was just in my bubble and didn't notice. I perfected ignoring what I didn't want to see or know. Just hide in a book with your headphones on. People tend to leave you alone, or they used to anyway
@Brutally Goofy Buddha I live in Portland Oregon, and the school I went to, was crazy into their came to the clicks. I was just let go of a Christian High School of about 200 student, for violating a huge rule. Ended up in a public high school of 3,000 students so you can imagine how lost I was and then trying to figure out, which group I was going to belong to😐 went from being the bad boy, funny, student (Always in trouble) that was well liked by his fellow students, in the small school but ended up, being nothing but a nobody in a bigger School. Took a while to find the crowd. First I was a breaker for a couple years then got into the whole, New Wave scene (which was super cool because I really love the music, even today) the towards the end of my senior year, I would really get into the whole Metal thing, grew the hair out graduated and that was that. But I saw a lot of crap go on between the different clicks and it was pretty harsh. You could see that the teachers even favored different groups of people, it was really sad because so many students were just forgotten.
LOVE your reactions, but why so short? Saw this in the theater when I was a teen, so I could identify with all of the characters. I think you both will really like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which is another teen classic.
I agree, way too short for the movie reaction. I wish they would include a little more of the content. I think at least 30 minutes at a minimum - 45 min. (or more) maximum, depending on the movie.
I don’t know if anyone mentioned it, or if you knew, but Emilio Esteves (the jock) is Charlie Sheen’s brother. Their dad, Martin Sheen is a well known actor as well.
I love this movie, and it's a go-to whenever I can't figure out what else to watch. This one and a few others. Fun fact: the little girl playing Brian's little sister, is the real-life little sister of the actor playing Brian, Anthony Michael Hall. You can clearly see the resemblance.
@@KD-cd2ck True! she was also his manager. In the early ninetees I was studying in NYC for my BFA in Film and Video and had the pleasure of spending a day with them making a video of a play that Anthony was directing somewhere.
This is a set built in the gym of another high school. "Most of the film takes place in the library of 'Shermer High School', which was a set created in the gymnasium of what was then Maine North High School, 9511 Harrison Street in Des Plaines, about 20 miles northwest of Chicago itself. It closed in 1981 and was empty at the time of filming."
It was school detention set in the early morning therefore dubbed the Breakfast Club. In the 1960s the 3:45 Club was set for after school at 3:45 pm to get your bottom walloped with a sturdy wooden paddle (club) by a hefty gym coach
So happy you finally watched one of the "teen" John Hughes films of the 80's! Everyone of his films has that comedic aspect but also looking behind the veil that people show the world and finding out who there really are and are meant to be. Lots of love for you two! One movie that is NOT the teen type movie for John Hughes is "Trains, Planes and Automobiles." I think you would appreciate that one as well. It features the late great John Candy. "Uncle Buck" is another good one!
Hey Rob Squad, not sure if anyone in the comments mentioned that the wrestler (Emilio Estevez) is Charlie Sheen's brother. He also married your girl Paula Abdul. Just some 80s fun facts for ya
This movie is so loved by people who understand the struggles of that time of difference between social standards we were struggling threw but we made great friendships threwout our high school years. I adored every friendship I had weather it was with a quote " jock, brain, alternative or anyone else. You were my friend regardless!
Great movie which i first watched when i was 13. I am 47 now and still watch it at least once a year. Thanks to John Hughes and an amazing group of young actors known as "the brat pack
Great reaction you two! 😊 One of my favorite John Hughes films. I very highly recommend the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and the 1987 movie "Some Kind of Wonderful". Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊
John Hughes was a genius. He never forgot how urgent high school could feel and he never stopped believing that during this critical developmental years change was possible and that kindness and understanding were possible if people let go of the stereotypes and saw each other’s humanity. He was from Evanston, Illinois an upscale suburb of Chicago. He lived there his whole live (he hated Hollywood) and the majority of his movies, including this one were filmed there. That was the high school he attended. Home Alone was filmed near his own house.
“Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club”
The scene where Bender is in the ceiling, and he starts telling a joke. Story is that Joke was a complete improve and made the drop appear unexpected. Love this movie; another blast from my past.
@@Mary-cz8pf Animal House is said to be based on Belushi's experiences at Southern Illinois University. When I attended there some years later, people were still able to point out the house that was supposedly his frat house. The atmosphere there was well in line with the movie up until 92 when they put the kibosh on the Halloween Weekend party, which was known throughout the midwest. One thing the movie doesn't show: in addition to the regular frat houses, there were also separate party houses, many of which were owned by frats, which were totally run down - graffiti, no lawn, no tenants, no furniture except maybe some mattresses on the floor of some rooms upstairs. They were awesome because they were just sprinkled around the neighborhood. Rows of nice trim tidy homes, and then one of these industrial-grade party houses right in the middle of the block. And there was a governing body for the party houses, ensuring every house held enough weekday parties and no house held too many weekend parties, as well as ensuring that there were enough total parties on any given weekday, and not too many on any given weekend, so all the houses made money. These were usually "keggers": you show up, pay 2 bucks at the door for a plastic cup, and hit the keg as much as you are able. If we were poor, pick one house and spend the whole evening getting trashed for literally two dollars. They'd pass out xeroxed handmade fliers around campus a few days ahead of time, and if we had a free evening coming up, we'd start collecting fliers, and then plan our route at the last minute. You can hear the blaring music from a block away, and the entire backyard is packed with humanity, instantly making clear what happened to the grass.
Saw it opening night, with my GF - came out changed, it absolutely spoke volumes about highschool in the mid 80s, clicks, and the shit at home that you let noone know about, or god help you if you didn't fit in. Even as a half jock and rocker, and lucky enough to be part of the ingroups, you always had to be on guard. I identified with Bender, saw a lot of me in him. The thing that strikes me the mosst: the conversation the principle and janitor had about "these kids are going to take care of us" Seeing what is going on these days, it scare the hell out of me...
Still love this movie. Set when I was in high school and identified with and/or knew people like them all. John Hughes made several 'teen' flicks at that time. Most set around the Chicago area. He also made some others you should look into more of his work as well.
"They never had breakfast!" Well, Ally Sheedy's character had a Cap'n Crunch sandwich, does that count? Seriously though, I'm glad to see you guys react to this one; it's a really good movie. Anthony Michael Hall's character was always the one I related to the most, but Ally Sheedy was my favorite (and I agree with Amber that I liked her more before her "transformation" at the end). But if you're going to get into John Hughes movies (which you should as the man never made a bad film), the one you really need to watch is She's Having a Baby. Fun, hilarious, heartwarming, and a good soundtrack! My favorite movie of all time (outside of the Star Wars franchise).
YAY!! Just listened to Simple Minds today & was wondering if you guys were gonna watch this one! Also, guys, please Please PLEASE react to "9 To 5" from 1980 with Dolly Parton (singing the theme as well!), Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Female Film Friday ;) P.S. Two music recommendations - first one I am willing to bet Amber will love & Jay might be confused by at first but rockin' to by the end: "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head; and the other is a classic that you'll be sure to love, "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas. Thanks for making my Monday with this Brat Pack classic! 💖
This movie defined the 80's some of the greatest young actors. Anthony Michael Hall is also great in 16 candles and weird science. But a must see movie that goes over into college is "Less Than Zero". You get to see Robert Downey Jr when he was young. But what happens on film was kinda happening in his real life at the same time.
Save this movie, guys. When your kids enter high school, show it to them. It's darn near the perfect teen movie. Even though it was the 80s, and the world has changed so much since then, teenagers really haven't. This film captures the essence of what being a teenager means better than any I've ever seen. I was lucky to have been a teen when it was released. (Fun fact - the song that was playing while they were running through the hallway was "Fire in the Twilight" by Wang Chung, a group you recently reacted to.) Also - you know Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., etc., were collectively known at the "Rat Pack". Well, in the 80s, there were a bunch of young actors - five of whom appeared in this film - that were dubbed "The Brat Pack". All of them had successful acting careers well into adulthood.
These are why I enjoyed the John Hughes movies. He brought out so many issues teens were dealing with in the 80's. Things a lot of movies hadn't touched on before. His movies were a blueprint of what myself and friends, classmates dealt with...and kids today are still dealing with. He had the guts to bring it to the public's attention through his movies.
I cant believe you guys didnt read the whole letter out loud at the end. That was the main point in the movie. It explained how all those different kids were actually very much alike. How could you edit it out?
John Hughs wrote some amazing movies in the 80s that detailed the struggles of youth in the 80s. If you liked The Breakfast Club, check out Some Kind of Wonderful. It is a great movie with an great soundtrack!
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Each of the five kids is being abused in a different way by their parents, and at first they act out their abusive behavior patterns with each other, then had raw emotional moments together and found common ground. I love how despite their differences and animosity at the beginning, they never betray each other to the abusive adult in the position of power in the situation.
I always felt for Bender...especially when he revealed what happened to him at home.
No. Wrong. Only a couple were
@@kathleenclark815 One is being physically abused, one is being neglected, two are being overly pushed by their parents to be successful, and one is being used by their parents as a pawn in their arguments. They're all getting abused it's just different levels of severity of abuse.
@@SC_Aoihi Nah.
@@kathleenclark815 this isn't up for debate it even says so on the making of the movie. you clearly hve no idea about anything
When Amber said I don't think they're respecting Brian's emotions, I literally spit my drink. To say the '80s was a different time doesn't really begin to cover it. Men didn't hug, emotions were not respected, sexual harassment was the norm and the teacher absolutely would threaten to beat the crap out of you. This movie nailed each stereotype. Even the fact that they got together in the end was completely normal to me. The kids of generation X truly were one of a kind.
Sometimes they would hit a kid or throw things at them, no consquences. Gen X had different rules, they were expected to be more grown up, harder, tougher, independent, and were WAY less protected and or coddled. Times were VERY different.
I LOVE being a Gen X gal.
Me too:Gen X female
yes I believe that's why it was rather difficult for them to follow the movie completely and be able to understand it, for me it was all the norm!!
Sexual harassment was not the norm. You would get in trouble for doing it in the 80's
Everybody is saying Ferris Bueller's but I say you wanna see early 80s high school "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
The accuracy of the time - the fact that there was a jock, a "prom queen" type popular girl, a "burnout" as we called them, a nerd, and a girl who didn't fit into any of those categories who just kept to herself - was captured beautifully in this movie. I relate the most to the girl who kept mostly to herself. I had friends but I kept my friends group a small one. I didn't like most of the people I went to school with. But yes, they all had their own crosses to bear, and the fact that they shared things with one another that they didn't know gave them a new appreciation for the different groups. I am kind of doubting that any of them dated each other after that day, but the end was one of the best moments of the movie for me.
there were some of those types in my high school. crossed boundaries
Of the time? It still happens today. The years, music, fashion and slang may change but the way kids act and the cliques they form all stay the same.
Literally how every class was back then...
Glad you finally did this one. Now you need to put "Stand by Me' on your list. It is another EPIC movie that really changed people's lives. It defines the meaning of "friendship".
Oh my! Stand by Me is an absolute must!!
I agree. Stand By Me is wonderful. ❤️
Stand By Me is definitely a must!
Yes I agree 👍💯
Oh.. Stand by Me!!! Totally
The Brat Pack consisted of Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The original was "The Rat Pack" and it consisted of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. They were all the crooners back in the day.
Tom Cruise and C Thomas Howell
@@shaunjones6343 I think Lea Thompson may have been a part of the brat pack as well.
@@CusterApollo Maybe and a Few others
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Essentially, “The Outsiders”.
The scene where the kids open up to each other about how they landed in detention was all improv, with the exception of Judd Nelson, who was told that his character (John Bender) had pulled the school's fire alarm as a prank. Everybody else made it all up. The other actors reactions were all thus legitimate (such as when Emilio Estevez started laughing when Anthony Michael Hall said that a flare gun went off in his locker).
Wow, that’s new information to me - that was excellent improv.
The unbelievable part of it is that the whole school would have heard about the flare gun incident within minutes, and had the facts twisted out of shape just as fast.
Where did you get that info? I find it very unlikely that John Hughes just didn't write that critical part of the film.
Bullshit
I remember seeing his as a teenager. It was the first movie I watched about teenagers where I actually felt heard. It was so relatable. Every teen can relate to at least one character if not more than one. It was such a brilliant film and though dated, still holds up today.
I have always felt The Breakfast Club should be required watching for anyone in high school. It has so many lessons in it.
I saw this movie when it first came out. 30+ years ago, I finally understand the title.
In the beginning they talked about clubs they were in. Social and academic, and those define the cliques they hung out with.
This was their own personal club, a mixture of different social and academic status students. They are
The Breakfast Club.
🤯🤯🤯 Never realized that!!!
“THE” definitive movie of the 80’s generation. That said, it’s a timeless flick. My 21 year old daughter loves this film.
Yes, my 16 year old son really liked it, too! I think it holds up very well and is still relevant
How do you define an 80s generation? Through teenagers? Do you count the actors even though only two weren't adults in 1985?
@@jp3813 How do you define “who cares”? Stupid, pointless, confrontational questions = troll. If you need a definition for troll, feel free to go look in the mirror. And feel free to ask your next irrelevant question of the troll you see in that mirror. Should be an interesting conversation for you.
"THE definitive movie of the 1980s? I think there are quite a few that could qualify for that title, and certainly this one is high up on the list - you might even be right. But for me, it's always been "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." To me, that movie defined a whole generation. It's not really "about" anything; you would be hard-pressed to tell anyone what the plot is. And yet, for not being about anything specific, it is as large as everything 1980s. It's teenagers who work at the mall and relax at the mall and play video games at the mall and go see movies at the mall. (Very 1980s; kids don't much do that anymore.) The characters all seem like fairly bright, smart kids, coming from middle class to upper middle class families. But they all have few prospects and not much ambition. They are mostly letting life happen to them, rather than taking life by the horns. That's probably because their lives are so wrapped up in a high school that's not meeting any of their needs, save for a social life. They are all mostly concerned with the opposite sex, if anything, but it's not escapist; seeking a partner can have real, true consequences and hurt hearts. I do love "The Breakfast Club," but I think "Fast Times" is more representative of the whole backdrop of 1980s life.Oh, and also Sean Penn. Gotta mention Sean Penn. In the 1980s, we all knew at least one of him!
So does my 23, 22, and 17 year old daughters.
So glad you both liked this! A definitive 80s classic. Those of us who went to high school then related strongly to it.
FUN FACTS: All of the characters are wearing layered clothing, so by the end of the film they have become emotionally "naked".
The title comes from the teenaged son of one of John Hughes's friends. This is what their morning detention was called. Detention was the film's original title.
There is no punchline to Bender's joke, when he's crawling around in the ceiling. The actor made up the entire joke.
The two-story library set was constructed in the gymnasium of a closed down high school, which is where the other interiors are shot. The outside shots are a separate high school, in a different location.
The people playing Brian's mother and sister are the actor's real-life family.
Writer-Director, John Hughes can be seen picking up Brian at the end, presumably playing his father, Mr. Johnson.
Written in two days, this was intended to be John Hughes's first feature. However, Universal Studios felt his teen sex comedy, Sixteen Candles was more marketable at the time, so the order was switched.
The film is one of those rare cases of a motion picture shot in sequence, from start to finish.
The original cut of the film ran for closer to 3 hours. For TV versions of the film, some deleted footage was added back in.
I’d love to see that original cut!
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There are lots of extras & deleted scenes
on the Criterion Collection version.
Re: the missing door screw scene, the first time the kids bond together is key. They discover they have a common enemy - the teacher. They dislike the teacher more than they dislike each other, therefore they have a bond. They’re different, but the same. A common theme throughout the movie. They all experience pressure in different ways.
You guys should react to more classic coming-of-age films from the '80s…
"Heathers", "The Outsiders", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Better Off Dead", "Pretty in Pink", "Sixteen Candles", "Say Anything", "Weird Science", "Stand By Me", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Dead Poets Society"
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I love Dead Poets Society! Still in my top 10. RIP Robin Williams
Don't forget "Valley Girl" - great music & Nicholas Cage's 1st movie 👍
I don't consider "Heathers" to be as much a coming-of-age story as I do a very dark satire of social class in high school and the inadequacy of adults' ability to relate to teens.
Heathers? F**k me gently with a chainsaw, of course they need to see Heathers! 😆
@Brutally Goofy Buddha it still hurts every single time I go to watch one of his films I have to stop, think "am I really ready?" every single time.
This is the 80’s. Different world!! Social status and popularity,,,,,, was everything!!! This movie depicts which status we were!!! I totally get this. 1989 graduate. This was us!!
Same, 1987 graduate. Only difference, we don't have detention in Switzerland.
i adore this movie so much. some things are definitely dated, but i feel like the conversations they share and their struggles are very much still real for many teens. regarding allison's transformation, i always saw it as she felt like she had to hide before, and now she doesn't. i think clare went a little overboard making her look too much like her own makeup but i think the pushed back hair specifically is supposed to represent allison coming into her own and not feeling like she has to hide or lie or put on a front to protect herself and her emotions. i think the earring scene at the end also has significance in that he saw clare as just this concieted rich girl whose parents spoil her and give her things like diamonds and pearls. her giving him that earring i think is meant to symbolize that she's more than just that, and that he is more than just the person she saw him as being. i think if it was remade today (oh god...that's a scary thought) i'd like for bender to have more growth to his character. just to make that ending feel more deserved. but overall this has been one of my favorite movies for the last almost 20 years, and still is up there with my favorites today.
The clothes are dated (they were new to me at the time! 🤣), but high school is tough. People you think you have nothing in common with because your clique says so is always wrong, but you don't find out for years (or detention like this). We're all the same people with different cliques. I was the cheerleading captain who dated the captain of the football and wrestling team. We had nothing in common but we were the 'popular athletes'. We had a horrible ugly divorce - we should have never married. But we all grow up and I'm extremely happily married to an amazing man, but we would have never spoken to each other in high school. We're so different, which is great now.
I truly believe these kids grew up and saw their similarities at the end of the day. But they went back to their cliques on Monday. I wonder where they would be today? Would some of these couples be together? Possibly!
No matter what I can't count the number of times I've seen this movie - but I'm an 80's kid. We love John Hughes' movies. It was our lives on screen.
I know exactly what you mean
That's the thing about teenagers - they won't believe you when you say you know what they're going through. Styles and culture may change, but teenagers have struggled with the same issues since the invention of teenagers. But we didn't believe our parents any more than they believe us. "Same as it ever was... same as it ever was..."
It wss made in the 80's. That by definition means its dated. 😑
Yeah, you could say it’s dated-
“Saturday, March 24, 1984
Shermer High School
Shermer, Illinois 60062…”
I met Anthony Michael Hall at comic con. He did become the lead actor of a Stephen King series based on the Dead Zone book.
This group of actors was known as the "Brat Pack" in the 80's, like how Frank Sinatra his performer friends were known as the Rat Pack.
I graduated high school when this came out. The single _"Don't You Forget About Me"_ came out months earlier (Feb '85). As such, it was available for use as a graduation song. Unfortunately, one of the pinheads on the student council said we couldn't use it. It seems they couldn't find the sheet music for it. Apparently some on the student council were also members of the choir, and they wanted to sing it rather than play it over the PA system.🙄
*EDIT:* Oh, I forgot to mention one of the worst aspects. . .Instead we were stuck with _"We Are the World."_ 😝
Yep, I'm still sour about it, some 37 years later. 😏
Same thing happened to my class.
We wanted to do "Get by with a little help from my friends." But our principal said no, because it has the words "get high." So we got stuck with some Bryan Adam's song I never heard before or since. "The Best is Yet to Come."
I graduated in 98. Like everyone else we had Good Riddance (Tome of your Life) by Green Day.
If you're doing this movie, you guys have to do Ferris Buellers day off for sure!!!
Yeah it's a MUST!!
I think that’s a set built inside the school gym to look like a library for filming. And that’s not Captain Crunch, it’s Cap’n Crunch.
Judd Nelson was brilliant as the delinquent Bender! It was perfect casting all the across the board. What you're forgetting about Claire and Bender is that her parents are divorced or divorcing and always trying to one up the other to get her affection and make her not want to be with either parent so what's the worst thing she could possibly do? Date a delinquent, LOL! John Hughes was FAMOUS for capturing the teenage angst movies. You MUST watch Sixteen Candles next!!! You'll see Molly Ringwald (Claire), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian) and the janitor again in that movie too. Others to add from John Hughes - National Lampoon's Vacation, Weird Science, Home Alone, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
That entire trope of doing something to spite your parents just doesnt happen. Its all make believe.
yes! sixteen candles is my fav 80's movie.
@@WheresWaldo05 Nope
Pretty In Pink too!!
Please watch, Pretty In pink, next!
Undeniable classic movie. I've seen it dozens of times, and the film gets better the more times you watch it. Each character has a great arc, and the casting is spot on. Judd Nelson was PERFECT as Bender and Molly Ringwald as Claire the "princess" was brilliant. At the time, Molly Ringwald was queen of the world, every teen boy knew who she was and wanted to be with her 😀
And that image of Bender with the Simple Minds playing at the end is truly iconic 😀 Glad you got to enjoy a masterpiece of cinema.
Emilio Estevez (the jock), Judd Nelson (the punk) and Ally Sheedy (the weird girl) were also among the cast of "St. Elmo's Fire"--which was released about four months after The Breakfast Club. You've reacted to the title track (by John Parr).
I watched this movie with my daughters when they became teenagers so they'd understand people are putinto categories by others, the same categories long ago and now. I also wanted them to see, as you both said, everyone has issues. Sometimes we focus on others and how we believe their lives are easier than ours but we all have struggles.
This group of young actors were affectionately referred to as "The Brat Pack" and they starred in many of the 80's classics.
I have a movie recommendation for you; Since you love John Denver so much, you should check him out in "Oh God". It's a great family movie that I think you'd really enjoy. 😇
Amazing suggestion!!
Not all of them were considered the Brat pack, Molly Ringwald wasn't or Antony Michael Hall, the rest were.
@@emmahowells8334 you may want to Google that. They all were. 😁
@@robertg7396 exactly!
@@robertg7396 I grew up in that era.
Not just a great movie, but to me I feel it's a super important one. The stories, the personalities, the high school cliques... that stuff is in every school in the country. Every kid has been one of these characters, or seen them in their own school. John Hughes truly tapped into that adolescent life with this one. And the lesson at the end, where they learned that they all share the same qualities/traits inside them to varying degrees, is just brilliant.
Yes!! Once again great choice for one of the greatest movies from the 80's!!! After watching this you guys are pretty much obligated to react to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" next!!
Ferris Bueller you're my hero.....
Save Ferris!
Oooh Yeaahh!!!
My favorite movie scene was when Jeannie was spooked by Roonie in their kitchen.... Still laughing. #2 was when Buddy was hit by a Taxi in Elf. My daughters always make fun of me for starting to laugh before the scenes happen.
You're not dying,you just can't think of anything good to do.
I grew up in south Jersey and our high school library looked just like this one. Great choice of movie.
This was the way my school was in the 80's. Our library was pretty modern and clean as well. The Clicks that ran together was pretty much like in the movie. The way they dressed was spot on. This movie always transports me back to those days in high-school.
Yes. A bit exaggerated, but pretty true.
Our library was pretty clean and modern also. But that's probably because no one ever used it.
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@@steph990 My high school library looked EXACTLY like this one. Kids dressed just like this, but there were way more archetypes. There were punkers, metal heads, skaters, mods and (in SoCal anyway) there were the surfers and surfer/stoners. Bender was sort of the generic bad boy/rocker type.
This movie is by far a classic and a great ALL TIME MOVIE THAT SHOULD NEVER have a remake!
My kids are 27, 22, and 20 and this movie was required watching for them when they were in middle school. This movie defined a generation. I'm so glad that you both had the chance to glimpse what it was like for us. I went to a high school similar to this one in Indianapolis, Indiana (I was most like Allison). We had jocks, and hoods, and preps, nerds, and basket cases. When I saw this in the theater I cried... it was like someone walked into my life and made a movie... what was even more remarkable was learning that EVERYONE could identify. When my kids hit middle school I made them all watch this movie... and I was so happy that this helped them navigate the halls with maturity and snark.
The Movie " Wierd Science " & Valley Girl" are a Must 80's Movies.
John Hughes made some great 80's feel good movies, usually with really good soundtracks. The actor who plays Brian , Anthony Michael Hall, is great in 'Weird Science'.
One of my favorite movies from the 80s. As a teen when this came out we all identified with one of the characters or we had friend who did. A couple more teen angst movies y’all should watch is “Heathers”(1988) & “Pump Up The Volume”(1990),
One of my favorite movies.. it shows how people feel pressures.. how we all have struggles.. and none of us are monolithic. Yes it's Sat AM and that's why it's called the breakfast club. All of the kids had good careers as actors.
The decades change but how "School" goes stays the same. Popular, Stoners, Nerds, Loners, Athletes, it never changes. That's why every kid / person should relate to this movie. All three of my kids get it.
Director John Hughes had a great way of telling life tales through young eyes, Even in a comic setting he could touch on deep subjects. Sixteen Candles,Ferris Bueller’s Dav Off which should be the next reaction,Uncle Buck said The National Lampoon’s Vacation films and Home Alone movies,Mr Mom so many. Molly Ringwald who plays Claire was the teen Queen of 1980’s movies. Also appeared on the Katy Perry music video,Last Friday Night, The actors plus a few more were part of a group of young artists called the Brat Pack,which included Emilio Estevez’s younger brother Charlie Sheen. Martin Sheen who played President Bartlet in tv series The West Wing and President John F. Kennedy in the 1983 mini series.
Weren't Martin and Charlie in separate versions of Wall Street? Or am I mis-remembering?
@@daverhoden445 They were both in Wall Street along with Michael Douglas in 1987. I think Charlie Sheen was in 2010 sequel not dad
As long as someone has mentioned Charlie Sheen, did you know that he and Emilio Estavez are half brothers??
Emilio took Martin's orginal last name
@@dianetaylor841 They are full blooded brothers. Sheen is the "acting" name Martin took to sound more American. If I remember correctly Charlie's real name is Carlos Estevez.
I loved this movie so much in my early teens that I could recite it from memory. Growing up in small town Oklahoma I didn't realize how iconic this movie was until 10 years later, when watching it with another person my age and we could both recite the lines right along with the movie. John Hughes movies ruled the 80s.
It was great because you got to see the 5 basic groups of HS kids in the 80's represented and sort of forced to spend time together for a day. The popular princess, the jock, the stoner, the science nerd and the weird loner. Interesting concept.
Great reaction as always. John Hughes was a master at his craft. There are so many movies he had a hand in making that I would recommend; Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes Trains and Automobiles, the first 2 Home Alones just to name a few. As for why they covered for Bender, it comes down to a simple human belief, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The vice principal is the reason they are all there so they aren't going to help him if they can help it. Once he is gone they can go back to not liking each other but when he's there they are united against the common enemy. It's the same tactic used by a lot of bosses, to an extent, in the workplace or drill instructors/NCOs in the military.
In John Hughes films, the adults, especially school authority figures, were the common enemy of teens. Despite their differences, they were a united front when teachers or principals were involved. You see this in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as well as other movies.
This is how it was in my experience. Not just John Hughes movies.
ot was called "The Breakfast Club" because Brian signed the final paper that was submitted: The Breakfast Club. 😉😂👏
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this movie!! It’s just an easy fun rainy day kind of movie!! The letter at the end is perfect!!!
It's so awesome rewatching these amazing movies with you folks! I love the Breakfast Club.
The term "breakfast club" apparently came from Hughes's high school years in Chicago and referred to early detention, but he decided to retain it for his Saturday detention plot just because he liked the sound of it for the title.
Correct. If you were from the North Shore suburbs like I was, you understood it. If you weren't from that area, you might have had to figure it out yourself.
@@reedriter I'm from L.A., but it was easy to get once the setting became clear.
Please please please - THE WEDDING SINGER you will LOVE it. Based in the 80's Drew Barrimore & Adam Sandler 👏👏👍
I graduated in1982 and I saw my principal throw a kid up against a locker. Nobody thought much of it then as he was very strict and wouldn't put up with much
In the TV series 'Psych' (which y'all should definitely watch - it is filled with Pop Culture references from the 80's and 90's) the main guy, Shawn (James Roday Rodriguez) was a big fan of 80's nostalgia and often made joke references about this movie. During the run of the show, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall made appearances. Only missing Emilio Estevez, which Roday constantly made jokes about.
Emilio Estevez is Charlie Sheen's brother (Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Estevez). They're the sons of 'West Wing' 'President Hartley' - Martin Sheen (Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez).
John Hughes was the writer for an entire age of coming of age films. I love you guy's take on the characters. As my kids reached puberty I showed them all of his films. There's just something almost magically intuitive about Hughes's characters and the way they navigate their struggles. Along with Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire and Some kind of Wonderful The breakfast club is easily the best of Hughes's works. The only thing that comes close to this type of energy as it pertains to the adolescent struggle is "Empire Records". You both will easily fall in love with the characters, AND the music. I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. I really am. Not to worry Amber, the first few times I watched it I had forgotten so much about the movie. It is so nuanced it really does take 2-3 viewings before you can truly unpack it all.
One of my all time favorites! ❤ Sixteen Candles has to be on the list!
For those who are unaware, just about all of John Hughes teen comedies were filmed in Highland Park. Yes, the same Highland Park that was in the news on the 4th of July.
Actually this was filmed at Maine north in des plaines with glenbrook north being the outside
Glad you love this movie.... This movie was like our Call to Arms for my generation... 🤟🏻
The kid that played Brian was , Michael Anthony hall. He was in a lot of John Hughes movies. And the youngest person to ever be a regular writer for Saturday night live. Such a great actor. He looks so different as a grown man but still does cameo , and has remained an active actor , just as Judd Nelson as well. All of them have had pretty successful careered as a whole. Although none became “ movie stars”. They all have remained working actors.
Emilio Estevez played Billy the Kid in the movie "Young Guns"
Emilio was the coach for the Mighty Ducks... That's for Jay since he likes sports movies... Emilio also did the real brat pack movies the Outisideers, St Elmos Fire, with his brother Men at work... and Maximum Overdrive... and he has directed many things! This is Martin Sheen's oldest..... need another clue- Charlie Sheen's older, better-looking brother. Also, check out the movie Wisdom with him... Don't pooh Emilio's career!.
@Brutally Goofy Buddha I agree they were stars for that short time they were doing those movies but none acquired long term, like Tom cruise stardom.
@@gaetagirl lol u right Emilio held his own for a while. And I think they were all pretty brilliant actors. I’m surprised they all didn’t become huge actors. And I forgot about men at work. I loved that movie !! That’s one they should watch. That was a funny funny movie.
@Brutally Goofy Buddha Emilio choose a different path he liked being behind the camera and writing
The year I graduated from High School. I loved your reactions about how the principal spoke to the kids, how they spoke to each other, it was really like that back then. That movie sums up the 80's in 2 hours. The cliques, the actions, reactions, I can put names to each one of them from people I went to school with. It takes me back to, honestly, happier days. The 80's were the BEST time to be a teenager bar none. And yes, the principal at my school would have had no problem telling us he was going to "crack skulls". Oh and we were allowed to smoke in an outside "smoking lounge" between periods. No, I'm not kidding, things were entirely different than they are now and I loved EVERY.SINGLE.MINUTE. of it!
15:30 It is kinda crazy because in the past, when movies would play on regular over-the-air television (not streamed or on video or cable), they used to have a thing that said the film was "edited for content or formatting to television". They would cut out parts of the film that either had extensive bad language or conversation and topics that weren't family friendly. I know going back and watching shows like Ferris Bueller, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, or take your pick from a plethora of John Hughes films and finally seeing them uncut or edited for tv can be quite shocking as many times the gen-x adult generation remembers these films in their edited for tv versions and therefore remember the content a tad bit cleaner than if you were to watch it in its original version.
Also, Anthony Michael Hall's voice changed between when they filmed the movie and when they recorded the "clean" words that the TV edit would use in place of swearing, so on TV it sounds like someone else is saying a word in the middle of several of his lines.
Jay and Amber with the reaction to the breakfast club you have now reacted to my top 10 childhood movies, you guys are killing it with the reactions keep it up
Great 80's movie - Ferris Buehler's Day Off
Yes yes yes!!
When I was in Chicago last summer I basically did the Ferris Bueller tour. Everything they did in the movie, I tried to recreate. Bucket list stuff lol
omg yes!! You gotta do the brat pack movies! I love that you guys finally did the breakfast club. I love that movie so so much. I loved watching it with you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Suggestions: Ferris Bueller’s day off, Sixteen candles, and Weird Science.
They became vulnerable, shedding the exterior and really seeing each other. One of my all time favorite.
Instant click! 🥰 fun fact I learned recently, John Huges teen movies, Breakfast Club, Ferris Beuller ,Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, all happen in the same high school, Sherman High, in Sherman Illonois 🤯
I was a senior in high school when this came out, and my friends and I were OBSESSED with the film and the soundtrack. We even made sure to go to see the film on the one year anniversary of the date they spent in detention. As for the title, I've always presumed "the Breakfast Club" was the way they could still continue to be friends after they have to go back to their cliques, by meeting for breakfast before school.
Hm.
Interesting.
I was 13 when this movie came out & of all the "teen" movies from the 80's this is THE quintessential film about being a teenager in the 1980's. "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is another great film about high-school teen life in the 80's
Bruh .. The Breakfast Club was an 80s CLASSIC. Another one with Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson) was Weird Science. A MUST WATCH!
Great movie with many relatable things to high school... and so much great period music... John Hughes just got it... Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off... definitely favorites...
I was 15 when this came out. Troubled teen and I absolutely related to it. There’s a bit of all of them in us, and at the time I found solace with the characters, and took great comfort in the knowledge that despite the high school cliques we were all the same. Sounds corny looking back but at the time this movie changed my( and my friends lives) with respect to how we viewed our ‘tortured’ suburban lives and world views. I seem to recall seeing 16 times of the summer it was released.
Jordan was introduced to Amber's movie. Now Jordan you can introduce Amber to (The Sandlot). A good one for her to get into that kind of genre. Keep up with the good work 😎👍
Three of the actors in breakfast club were also in St Elmo's Fire. Emilio Estevez,Judd Nelson,and Ally Sheedy
in the '80s this is what it was literally like for me and my experience belonging to a group of young people that was different from other groups.
if your group of friends, found out you were involved with another group whether it was just as friends or having an interest in a relationship, it was a HUGE No-No!
if you are a Rocker you didn't hang out with the New Wavers, or Punk Rockers, if you are a Preppy you didn't hang out with the Rockers or the New Wavers/Punk Rockers , if you are a Jock you didn't hang out with anybody unless they were maybe a Preppy?
can't forget about the Valley Girls they were kind of lost in their own little world, I really don't think anybody really minded them...
at least in my school.
it was pretty twisted, but these group of young Teen Agers (no matter what group you belong to) took it very seriously for the most part
Yes! there were Geeks and Nerds back then and they weren't high on the list like they are today.
breakers also belong to their own group which mostly consisted of Black and Hispanic culture, if you were White, you better be REALLY GOOD at Breaking to even be considered to be in a Breaking Group.
having a friendship or a relationship outside of your group was done in private, which was a challenge of its own.
enjoy the movie but realize there were a lot of us that went through this.
and Yes! Teachers did, MUCH WORSE than what you see in this movie.
AND YET THE '80S WERE DEFINITELY STILL AMAZING 👊✌️
Yeah, you stayed in your group. Having a meaningful relationship with others outside your main clique only happened if there was a compelling reason. I lived in the music department. Because of that, I crossed paths with a lot of cliques, but outside of band activities, we didn't mix. That shit was taken very seriously back then.
That's not just a thing in the 80s it's something that happens for every generation. I'm from England so unfinished school at 16 in 2017 and the groups were still a thing and you weren't allowed to socialize with anyone who was either lower or higher than your popular. I hear people now in their 30s and stuff saying something like "school is totally different now. Being a nerd is school." Uh, no it's not. I finished school a few years ago and I got bullied and made fun of from the start to then of school.
@@KD-cd2ck I guess I have to talk to my youngest, my daughter more. She's still in high school. She has never mentioned it. I'm sorry to hear it's still the same. I found my niche and had a good time in high school, but I also know a lot of people who had a really hard time for one reason or other. I had casual friends from lots of groups because of a common interest, (music) and crossed a lot of lines because of that, and I had my core group of friends (mostly geeks and nerds) that I hung out with. I never had to deal with much bullying or anything. Or I was just in my bubble and didn't notice. I perfected ignoring what I didn't want to see or know. Just hide in a book with your headphones on. People tend to leave you alone, or they used to anyway
@Brutally Goofy Buddha I live in Portland Oregon, and the school I went to, was crazy into their came to the clicks.
I was just let go of a Christian High School of about 200 student, for violating a huge rule.
Ended up in a public high school of 3,000 students so you can imagine how lost I was and then trying to figure out, which group I was going to belong to😐 went from being the bad boy, funny, student (Always in trouble) that was well liked by his fellow students, in the small school but ended up, being nothing but a nobody in a bigger School.
Took a while to find the crowd. First I was a breaker for a couple years then got into the whole, New Wave scene (which was super cool because I really love the music, even today) the towards the end of my senior year, I would really get into the whole Metal thing, grew the hair out graduated and that was that.
But I saw a lot of crap go on between the different clicks and it was pretty harsh. You could see that the teachers even favored different groups of people, it was really sad because so many students were just forgotten.
@@leahsunbury9639 Crazy right 😕
True love is finding that one person who has seen you at your worst and still wants to be with you. A “Brownie hound” is an ass kisser
LOVE your reactions, but why so short? Saw this in the theater when I was a teen, so I could identify with all of the characters. I think you both will really like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which is another teen classic.
I agree, way too short for the movie reaction. I wish they would include a little more of the content. I think at least 30 minutes at a minimum - 45 min. (or more) maximum, depending on the movie.
Agree.
Some fuller scenes would help the nostalgia.
I don’t know if anyone mentioned it, or if you knew, but Emilio Esteves (the jock) is Charlie Sheen’s brother. Their dad, Martin Sheen is a well known actor as well.
I love this movie, and it's a go-to whenever I can't figure out what else to watch. This one and a few others.
Fun fact: the little girl playing Brian's little sister, is the real-life little sister of the actor playing Brian, Anthony Michael Hall. You can clearly see the resemblance.
Brian's mom is Anthony's mom too
@@KD-cd2ck True! she was also his manager. In the early ninetees I was studying in NYC for my BFA in Film and Video and had the pleasure of spending a day with them making a video of a play that Anthony was directing somewhere.
This is a set built in the gym of another high school. "Most of the film takes place in the library of 'Shermer High School', which was a set created in the gymnasium of what was then Maine North High School, 9511 Harrison Street in Des Plaines, about 20 miles northwest of Chicago itself. It closed in 1981 and was empty at the time of filming."
This is still one of my all time fave movies. I watched it so much when I was in high school that I had the lines memorized! Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Brings me back so much! Love this movie. Such a classic!
My absolutely favorite movie of all time!!! Seen it hundreds of times and can quote every single word!!!!!
Then I have a question for you. What is the punchline of the joke Bender is telling when he is crawling across the ceiling tiles?
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers technically there is no punchline… Judd Nelson was improvising and made it up.
It was school detention set in the early morning therefore dubbed the Breakfast Club. In the 1960s the 3:45 Club was set for after school at 3:45 pm to get your bottom walloped with a sturdy wooden paddle (club) by a hefty gym coach
So happy you finally watched one of the "teen" John Hughes films of the 80's! Everyone of his films has that comedic aspect but also looking behind the veil that people show the world and finding out who there really are and are meant to be. Lots of love for you two! One movie that is NOT the teen type movie for John Hughes is "Trains, Planes and Automobiles." I think you would appreciate that one as well. It features the late great John Candy. "Uncle Buck" is another good one!
Hey Rob Squad, not sure if anyone in the comments mentioned that the wrestler (Emilio Estevez) is Charlie Sheen's brother. He also married your girl Paula Abdul. Just some 80s fun facts for ya
This movie is so loved by people who understand the struggles of that time of difference between social standards we were struggling threw but we made great friendships threwout our high school years. I adored every friendship I had weather it was with a quote " jock, brain, alternative or anyone else. You were my friend regardless!
Great movie which i first watched when i was 13. I am 47 now and still watch it at least once a year. Thanks to John Hughes and an amazing group of young actors known as "the brat pack
Great reaction you two! 😊
One of my favorite John Hughes films.
I very highly recommend the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and the 1987 movie "Some Kind of Wonderful".
Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊
John Hughes was a genius. He never forgot how urgent high school could feel and he never stopped believing that during this critical developmental years change was possible and that kindness and understanding were possible if people let go of the stereotypes and saw each other’s humanity. He was from Evanston, Illinois an upscale suburb of Chicago. He lived there his whole live (he hated Hollywood) and the majority of his movies, including this one were filmed there. That was the high school he attended. Home Alone was filmed near his own house.
“Dear Mr. Vernon,
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours,
The Breakfast Club”
The scene where Bender is in the ceiling, and he starts telling a joke. Story is that Joke was a complete improve and made the drop appear unexpected. Love this movie; another blast from my past.
Definitely a classic. My suggestion is Blues Brothers. If you haven't seen the original, it is a must!
Animal House was another great one
@@Mary-cz8pf Animal House is said to be based on Belushi's experiences at Southern Illinois University. When I attended there some years later, people were still able to point out the house that was supposedly his frat house. The atmosphere there was well in line with the movie up until 92 when they put the kibosh on the Halloween Weekend party, which was known throughout the midwest.
One thing the movie doesn't show: in addition to the regular frat houses, there were also separate party houses, many of which were owned by frats, which were totally run down - graffiti, no lawn, no tenants, no furniture except maybe some mattresses on the floor of some rooms upstairs. They were awesome because they were just sprinkled around the neighborhood. Rows of nice trim tidy homes, and then one of these industrial-grade party houses right in the middle of the block.
And there was a governing body for the party houses, ensuring every house held enough weekday parties and no house held too many weekend parties, as well as ensuring that there were enough total parties on any given weekday, and not too many on any given weekend, so all the houses made money. These were usually "keggers": you show up, pay 2 bucks at the door for a plastic cup, and hit the keg as much as you are able. If we were poor, pick one house and spend the whole evening getting trashed for literally two dollars.
They'd pass out xeroxed handmade fliers around campus a few days ahead of time, and if we had a free evening coming up, we'd start collecting fliers, and then plan our route at the last minute. You can hear the blaring music from a block away, and the entire backyard is packed with humanity, instantly making clear what happened to the grass.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers thanks for the info. I thought that movie was hilarious
Saw it opening night, with my GF - came out changed, it absolutely spoke volumes about highschool in the mid 80s, clicks, and the shit at home that you let noone know about, or god help you if you didn't fit in. Even as a half jock and rocker, and lucky enough to be part of the ingroups, you always had to be on guard. I identified with Bender, saw a lot of me in him. The thing that strikes me the mosst: the conversation the principle and janitor had about "these kids are going to take care of us" Seeing what is going on these days, it scare the hell out of me...
Definitely want to see how you react to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! It’s another great John Hughes film! ❤️
Definitely my teenage era. They were still paddling kids back then..... great movie.... One of my favorite teenage memories. Very big hit...
Still love this movie. Set when I was in high school and identified with and/or knew people like them all. John Hughes made several 'teen' flicks at that time. Most set around the Chicago area. He also made some others you should look into more of his work as well.
"They never had breakfast!" Well, Ally Sheedy's character had a Cap'n Crunch sandwich, does that count?
Seriously though, I'm glad to see you guys react to this one; it's a really good movie. Anthony Michael Hall's character was always the one I related to the most, but Ally Sheedy was my favorite (and I agree with Amber that I liked her more before her "transformation" at the end). But if you're going to get into John Hughes movies (which you should as the man never made a bad film), the one you really need to watch is She's Having a Baby. Fun, hilarious, heartwarming, and a good soundtrack! My favorite movie of all time (outside of the Star Wars franchise).
YAY!! Just listened to Simple Minds today & was wondering if you guys were gonna watch this one!
Also, guys, please Please PLEASE react to "9 To 5" from 1980 with Dolly Parton (singing the theme as well!), Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Female Film Friday ;)
P.S. Two music recommendations - first one I am willing to bet Amber will love & Jay might be confused by at first but rockin' to by the end: "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head; and the other is a classic that you'll be sure to love, "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas.
Thanks for making my Monday with this Brat Pack classic! 💖
9 to 5 is a classic. As is "One Night in Bangkok". 👍
This movie defined the 80's some of the greatest young actors. Anthony Michael Hall is also great in 16 candles and weird science. But a must see movie that goes over into college is "Less Than Zero". You get to see Robert Downey Jr when he was young. But what happens on film was kinda happening in his real life at the same time.
Less Than Zero also stars the girl from The Lost Boys, which was a recent reaction. Good suggestion!
Save this movie, guys. When your kids enter high school, show it to them. It's darn near the perfect teen movie. Even though it was the 80s, and the world has changed so much since then, teenagers really haven't. This film captures the essence of what being a teenager means better than any I've ever seen. I was lucky to have been a teen when it was released. (Fun fact - the song that was playing while they were running through the hallway was "Fire in the Twilight" by Wang Chung, a group you recently reacted to.) Also - you know Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., etc., were collectively known at the "Rat Pack". Well, in the 80s, there were a bunch of young actors - five of whom appeared in this film - that were dubbed "The Brat Pack". All of them had successful acting careers well into adulthood.
These are why I enjoyed the John Hughes movies. He brought out so many issues teens were dealing with in the 80's. Things a lot of movies hadn't touched on before. His movies were a blueprint of what myself and friends, classmates dealt with...and kids today are still dealing with. He had the guts to bring it to the public's attention through his movies.
Nice reactions, Jay & Amber! Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Sixteen Candles are both 80s classics that you need to watch.
I cant believe you guys didnt read the whole letter out loud at the end. That was the main point in the movie. It explained how all those different kids were actually very much alike. How could you edit it out?
John Hughs wrote some amazing movies in the 80s that detailed the struggles of youth in the 80s. If you liked The Breakfast Club, check out Some Kind of Wonderful. It is a great movie with an great soundtrack!
where i got my crush on lea thompson. still do to this day. she just seems nice in real life. mary stuart masterson was fit too
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This is one of the most important bits of pop culture from the 80s. It was fun “watching” it with you.