Stereotypes In The Breakfast Club

Not your Average Teen Film We have all heard of The Breakfast Club, with the normal high school stereotypes, along with the “let’s throw aside our differences and be BFFs”, but Heathers wants to tear that “typical 80s” norm to shreds as this 1989 movie is nothing like you’ve actually seen. Starring Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer and Christian Slater as Jason Dean (J.D.), both well-known actors back in the day. The movie has been compared to Mean Girls but it’s more cynical than any high school teen film any one has ever seen. It blew my mind the first time I watched it with a friend, and every time after watching it, it becomes greater. As this movie throws in the usual high school drama caused by the popular clique and daily teenage life,

Veronica writing in her diary things like: “Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count (Lehmann).” J.D. also throws in some very cynical lines such as: “The only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven (Lehmann).” To some this movie might not seem like a comedy but if one cannot understand dark humor this movie is probably not for you. This movie is probably not like any other teen film you have ever seen or heard of, luckily if you have a Netflix account you can enjoy the movie anytime you want. Since The Breakfast Club isn’t available any longer on Netflix this would be the best opportunity to check this hilariously odd movie

Which came out a year before Heathers but it showed that she was a perfect fit for such an odd movie like Heathers. Even after she has played similar roles, such as her most recent role in the Netflix show Stranger Things. Christian Slater was a great pick for the character J.D. because he was a fantastic actor and could play any character he wanted to. Though I really feel Heathers was the movie that helped him break out of soap operas in the long run. Both were nominated in 1990 by the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards; Winona for “Best Actress” and Christian for “Most Promising Actor (Heathers (1988)).” This movie was a break through itself as it ran as an independent movie basically as it was shown in more film festivals than anything. It was nominated for an award at the Sundance Film Festival and then the movie won the “best first feature” award in 1990 (Heathers (1988)). The director, Michael Lehmann, was very new to the movie scene as this was one of his first movies he really directed. I bet he never intended this movie to stick this long and have such a fan