Film Analysis: The Breakfast Club

In The Breakfast Club, there is an overwhelming idea of the future. The students only think about one week in advance before their Saturday detention. They never thought about what their actions could do to their future. For example, Brian did not seem to grasp that because he was so ready to kill himself over one failed assignment. He was thinking in the now and not in the future. A noticeable moral of this film is: Parents should actually raise their children. In this film, all of the parents have minimal screentime, but it is still evident that they totally suck. Claire’s parents use her as a tool of revenge against one another, and her parents fail to see the effect it has on her. Andrew’s parents push him too hard, and as a result he is
way too hard on other people. Brian’s parents seem like total pushovers. Allison’s parents just pretty much ignore her, and it has a very odd effect on her. John's parents are abusive to him, so he feels the need to rebel. Overall, I thought this film was pretty good. The only issue I had with the film was the fact that everyone was an awful dancer. During the scene when the five are just dancing and having fun, it looked like they were having seizures. I liked how even though the most of the film was in the library, it looked like a different place in each new shot. For example, when the students are sitting at the tables looks like a completely different place compared to when they are having their deeper discussion. This makes the film seems cooler than just a bunch of kids in detention on a Saturday.