The Breakfast Club
1985movie
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YouTube TVAmazon Prime VideoYouTube TVBut The Breakfast Club was unique because of how Hughes achieves his story goals: through long, drawn-out conversations that built to teary emotional realizations.The Breakfast Club made $45 million (adjusted for inflation, that’s $115 million today) and inspired a wave of more angsty films about growing up, including Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful (also written by Hughes), Stand by Me , For Keeps , Dead Poets Society , Say Anything , and School Ties .
The 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club is an essential rite of passage for anyone who has grown up since the film was released, from 1985 right up to the present day. I recently rewatched the film and was struck by how well the film holds up, despite some glaringly outdated pop culture references and terminology. As I rewatched The Breakfast Club, I was struck by how essential the ...
