The Breakfast Club

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The Breakfast Club ★★★ 1985 (R)

Five students from different cliques at a Chicago suburban high school spend a day together in detention. Rather well done teenage culture study; these characters delve a little deeper than the standard adult view of adolescent stereotypes. One of John Hughes' best movies. Soundtrack features Simple Minds and Wang Chung. 97m/C VHS, DVD, HD DVD . Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason, John Kapelos; D: John Hughes; W: John Hughes; C: Thomas Del Ruth; M: Gary Chang, Keith Forsey.

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