The Gist
Saturday detention is probably the worst punishment you can get in school. It is 9 hours of sitting in a library doing nothing but twiddling your thumbs and staring at the ceiling. Not to mention you are stuck with people from completely different cliques. So, when Andrew (the jock), Brian (the brain), Claire (the princess), Bender (the criminal) and Allison (the basket case) all get stuck in detention they all have an unwritten agreement to be silent and just finish their essays. That is until Bender decides to be the criminal that he is and stir up some trouble. While being rude and offensive to everyone else in the room they decide to let loose a little and have fun in detention. As the minutes pass by they realize that they have a lot more in common then they thought and begin to open up to people they wouldn’t have talked to if you had paid them 1,000,000 dollars.
What We Think
What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Rating: R
I have now successfully watched this movie 2 times and loved it just as I much as I did the first time I watched it. This movie is the one of the examples people use when making an argument about how much better 80′s movies were than movies now. The characters in this movie I don’t think can ever be dated. Schools are always going to have the jocks, princesses, brains, trouble-makers and “strange” people. So anyone can watch this movie and relate to one of the characters whether it was 20 years ago or 20 years from now. In my mind the best character is Bender. He is a complete jerk but since he isn’t being a jerk to me I find his lines hilarious! There were times when I found myself with my jaw to the ground with disbelief at some of the things he said because they completely crossed the line.
Most movies usually have a huge cast but in this case it was really only the 5 kids, the principal and the janitor (sort of). I kind of liked the small cast because I felt like I really got to know more about each character whereas if you have a huge cast you don’t get to know much about each character because there just isn’t enough time in the movie. Fun Fact: This movie was that it stared a lot of the key players of the “brat pack”. The “brat pack” was an 80′s group of actors who appeared frequently in popular movies at the time. In this movie Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy were all part of the “brat pack”. In the case of plot, there wasn’t any (really). I mean it was just about kids that go to detention and what happens but there is no larger underlying theme but I think that simplicity of plot is what makes it good. In short, this movie is great to watch anytime, any place and you won’t get sick of it. Even though some of the things are quite unbelievable and could never happen in real life you just have to think. Well, it is the 80′s.
Real Teen Rating~ A+ : If you haven’t seen this movie you are a deprived soul!!
Reviewed by Living Destiny
Reviewed by Living Destiny
First of all, I just wanna say that North totally STOLE MY LINE!!!! When we watched this, it was me, her, Dream and another friend of ours. Dream and our friend had never seen it before, so every time something offensive happened (which was pretty often), they flipped out, and I’d just laugh and say, well it was the 80′s. So yea I’m probably gonna beat up North for stealing that. Just kidding. Maybe.
Anyway, I’ve seen this movie at least five times. Every time, it’s better than the last time I saw it. This is one of those movies where the more you watch it, the more strange things you notice. Also, the shock factor starts to wear off, but in a good way, so while Norths jaw was touching the floor, I was just laughing, because it was funny once you got past the whole ‘oh my gods what did he just say’ thing.
This movie is totally excellent. Everyone can relate to at least one of the five kids. It’s true that the movie is still relevant today. There are obviously still cliques in high school, and that will probably never change. It’s just the way teenagers will always act, separating themselves into groups for reasons I’ve yet to understand. The jock people don’t talk to the drama people, and the nerds don’t talk to the preps. It’s an unwritten social code, and if you break it, you’ll be burned in your sleep (not really). But this movie is a cool example of what could happen if those social rules were suddenly, forcibly broken. It’s pretty incredible.
My favorite line was when Bender is crawling through the air vents and telling himself a joke. It’s such a ridiculous little scene, and we replayed it at least twice. We literally couldn’t stop laughing! All of the actors in this movie do a great job. The brat pack, which is like the 80′s version of the rat pack (for those of you who know who that is, gold star for you!), is a talented group of actors, and most of the good 80′s movies had at least one of them starring in it.
This movie will never die out, and will be a classic forever and ever and ever. It is amazing, and is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. It’s entertaining, but it also gets a pretty clear point across. It shows us that no matter what anyone says or thinks, “We’re all bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.”
Real Teen Rating~ A+ : If you haven’t seen this movie you are a deprived soul!!
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