The Breakfast Club is a film which many people see as the best high school film ever, and out of the few that I have seen, it ranks at the top. It manages - unlike many films about teenagers or American high school - to be completely truthful about the lack of equality between the different cliques and unlike many others doesn't accept that it always has to be like that.
The film is one of those rare films where very little happens, no characters go on journeys, die or have to complete any kind of task. It is almost completely about character development and understanding, starting with 5 high school students from different cliques who (other than John Bender's bullying) avoid talking to each other, and ending with 5 friends (almost).
All that caused by a day in detention, quite an advert for it. Oh, and Don't You (Forget About Me) is an awesome song.
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