The Breakfast Club (Film)

A high school movie made in the 80s of America; teenage angst and rebellion is written all over the movie.

It's a movie which will prod teens and adults equally about the lives which children live with assertive and controlling parents.
The movie starts with five students reporting for a detention on a Saturday and they are made to sit in the school library with a task of writing a 1000 word essay about who they are.Can't say if they found out who they are, but they definitely found each other.

All of them are different characters coming from different backgrounds, but as the movie progresses it turns out that they have a whole lot in common against what they thought initially.

"criminal" John Bender (Nelson), is a kind of antagonist who questions and harasses everyone else about the lives they are leading, apparently because he thinks that others can never understand the kind of upbringing he had. Bender is a person who tries to overcome his past of parental abuse by abusing the world in general.

It's kind of interesting, the way each of the characters start revealing themselves through the conversations they have with each other.

"basket case" Allison Reynolds (Sheedy) is one person who has an entirely different mix of personalities, of a psychic, manipulator and a compulsive liar, who can easily make up stories and ply people.I, personally was impressed by that scene in which she makes Claire admit that she is a virgin. What a character!!.....you can see so many layers of her in the movie, but you will still be thinking that there is something more about this girl.

OK, I won't deny that I kind of developed a crush on her character. Alas, she is not real...:(

Other characters of the movie are equally engaging. But, considering that this piece is supposed to be a film review, I just don't want to spill the entire plot here.

It's natural to get excited when you get to see something which you least expected in the first place and our director John Hughes has been totally successful in doing that. Each of the characters unfold in a way which will keep you glued to the movie.

I would recommend this movie with a 2.5/5. And for you information, anything which I rate above 2 has some striking element in it. The fact that it scored that 0.5 extra above 2 means it has something more than a conventional movie. I am just trying to set the tone for the reviews to come.
Cheers!!...:)