The Breakfast Club
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- Synopsis
- John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, ......
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- Director(s)
- John Hughes
- Distributor(s)
- Universal
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min.
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Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
From the neon-sign opening titles to the derivative angst of the dialogue, it's a touchstone of '80s pop culture, and a schizophrenic one, too.Read the full review
ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites
Eminently watchable and consistently entertaining...It has a candor that is unexpected and refreshing in a sea of too-often generic teen-themed films.Read the full review
Washington Post | Joe BrownAdd Critic to Favorites
Their conversations give The Breakfast Club its snap, crackle and pop. And this is that rare movie that could benefit from another half hour of talking time. [15 Feb 1985]Read the full review
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