The Breakfast Club.
80s teen film.
Love it.
What makes this film a teen film is the typical high school setting. A high school building is something teenagers are very familiar with, and as the film is based around teenagers in detention, this is also a situation a lot of teenagers can relate to...
Another reason for this to be a teen film is the characters.In order for a teen film to be either a teen film or successful is to have teenage characters. Otherwise, it's not a teen film. And what makes these five main characters special is that they all belong to different cliques and have their own personal secrets. The clothes they're wearing and how they are presented are what tells us what clique they belong to.
- Andy Clark, a jock who hates his father because he is forced to push himself to prove himself to his father
- Claire Standish, the popular girl who is a virgin
- Brian Johnson, a nerd who was close to suicide because he got a F
- John Bender, a rebel who comes from an abusive family
- Allison Reynolds, a weirdo who is a compulsive liar
All these attributes not only make The Breakfast Club a teen film, but it makes it a 'cult film' - easily quotable, talked about frequently and even has some clothing for it. It's worth seeing.
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