General Information | |
| Title: |
The Breakfast Club |
| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Release Date: | February 15, 1985 |
| Length: | 97 minutes |
| Description: | The Breakfast Club is a "coming-of-age" comedy/drama film starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. The storyline follows five teenagers, each a member of a different high school clique, who are forced to spend a Saturday in detention together. After the initial awkwardness of their situation begins to fade, they come to realize that they are all more than their respective stereotypes (and more alike than they had believed), all while facing off against a villainous principal. |
| Main Characters: |
Andrew "Andy" Clark (the athlete), Brian Ralph Johnson (the brain), John Bender (the criminal), Claire Standish (the princess), Allison Reynolds (the basket case), Richard "Dick" Vernon (the principal) |
| Similar Films: | Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| Availability: | DVD, Blu-ray |
Content Information | |
| Rating: | R |
| Content Labels: | Comedy/Drama |
| Violence: | None |
| Language: | Main characters use very strong language. |
| Sexual Themes and Nudity: | Discussion of virginity; a male character places his head between a female character's knees. |
| Drugs and Alcohol: | Main characters smoke marijuana |
| Crude Humor or Comic Mischief: | Some crude humor, and lewd gestures, but mild by today's standards. |