The Breakfast Club is not in fact a movie about bacon and eggs. It’s a coming of age film about 5 different teenagers all linked together by one common element, Saturday detention. At first, they are all close-minded and judgmental of each other until they come to realize they may be from different circles of friends but are not so different in the end. This film is still very relatable to this day. Everyone in this film is in his or her own societal bubbles, but come to understand they are all facing the same problems.
A princess, basket case, athlete, brain, and a criminal. Five consequently different people with very different priorities. This film is an overemphasis of real life and the stresses high school students go through. Looks,
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High school is filled with popular kids, nerds, loners, and criminals. One of the most iconic and memorable lines not only for this film alone, but in cinematic history is the following “You see us as you want to see us... in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Correct? That’s the way we saw each other at seven o’clock this morning. We were brainwashed. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely, the Breakfast Club.” A quote that forever will go down in history for being able to relate to a wide span of youth and open up the conversation about acceptance. This film helps everyone relate to what it 's like to deal with the pressure the world puts on people to fit in. Whether it be in school or at home each person has an expectation to be something they may not want for themselves. The pressures of not only high school, but life can sometimes be so unbearable when assuming that you are facing it all