The Breakfast Club

They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.

7.719851h 38m

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Comedy

Drama

Overview

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

StatusReleased

Release Date1985-02-15

Runtime1h 38m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$1,000,000

Revenue$51,530,442

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30th Anniversary Celebration Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Emilio Estevez

as Andrew Clark

Judd Nelson

as John Bender

Molly Ringwald

as Claire Standish

Anthony Michael Hall

as Brian Johnson

Ally Sheedy

as Allison Reynolds

Paul Gleason

as Richard Vernon

John Kapelos

as Carl

Perry Crawford

as Allison's Father

Mary Christian

as Brian's Sister

Ron Dean

as Andy's Father

Reviews

SierraKiloBravo

Jun 30, 2020

6/10

Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/tCnm1BN1iAs The brain, the athlete, the princess, the basket case, and the criminal - yes we’re talking about _The Breakfast Club_. It’s been dubbed as a seminal film of the 1980s and takes a place as an intergenerational classic. _They were five students with nothing in common,…

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Wuchak

Sep 19, 2021

4/10

_**Forced, artificial dialogs with eye-rolling character arcs**_ Released in 1985 and written & directed by John Hughes, "The Breakfast Club" is a teen dramedy about five high school students from five different sub-cultures during an all-day detention over the weekend at their suburban Chicago school. Molly Ringwald plays the popular girl, Emil…

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