The Breakfast Club Review - During the first hour or so I felt overwhelmed by the quirk of some of these characters, but in the final half hour I think the movie redeemed itself.
(cont.) Even though the movie shoots for the redeeming elements of these characters, I took issue with how the movie pretty much made you view these people from the beginning in the way that the film heightened their quirky personalities, and then, naturally, sought to make a revelation in the last third by "humanizing" them to us their pressures, their pains, the misunderstood nature in the type-casting (a brain, a jock, a recluse, a princess, and a criminal) of the teens of a budding generation. and the way the quirks are used for comedic purposes throughout the film made them feel unnatural to me and to the characters themselves (a kind of exploitation or theatrically contrived). And ultimately, I didn't feel like that was the only way to laugh with and feel for these characters. Just leave me with the last 30 min - the good stuff, the clever ears for dialogue, the meaningful connections through personal struggle, and a dance sequence of a generation. (3.75/5 stars)