92 minute running time but felt like an eternity … who wants to see obnoxious Judd Nelson and these other kids stuck in detention for a day? … Ally Sheedy is kind of cute, but not when she’s playing a psycho … hated this, no idea why it’s considered seminal (like Fast Times truly was). One star. Give it a miss.

Paul Attanasio gets it right, including: “Taking place almost entirely in one room, ‘The Breakfast Club’ is the kind of movie -- and the kind of play -- that's hardly seen anymore. And good riddance.“