The Breakfast Club is about five high school kids with nothing in common have to serve a saturday detention (because back then schools actually disciplined kids.) And by the end of the day they end up learning that they really aren't that different.
I only recently watched this for the first time and I understand why this is one of my mom's favorite movies.
The main thing that makes The Breakfast Club so great is also what makes Arrested Development so great, and that is the characters. They are all so relatable and realistic that I have met people at high school that are like these characters. I even met someone named John Bender! That was just pure luck I guess.
You can relate and empathize with them because the problems they are going through are problems. I know people who have had to deal with the problems of the characters. The scene when Emilio Esteves pours all his problems out is one of the most emotional and sincere monologues I've heard.
And the song Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds is such a great track. One of the best songs in any movie from the 1980's. I would put it up there with Kenny Loggins Footloose.
John Hughes films should be one of the few things that Hollywood should stay away from remaking because they are perfect how they are. Flawed, but perfectly flawed.
Final Report: The Breakfast Club works so well because nothing about it seems fake like with other high school films. You can easily connect with the characters because you either know someone like them or you are one of them.
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