On the surface, “The Breakfast Club” is a self-contained feature about what happens when people are finally able to look outside their own bubbles and embrace the people on the other side. Hughes never added in a traditional epilogue to his dramedy, which finds five very different teens temporarily trapped together during a Saturday detention session, but the possibilities (and probabilities) of what’s to come are obvious. Wes Anderson's Favorite Movies: 35 Films the Auteur Wants You to See Prime Video Price Hike: Now $139 a Year After Massive Growth Fueled by NFL Livestreams New Movies: Release Calendar for March 4, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films Instead, he’s pushing a garbage can around an empty Chicagoland high school, as a master of the “custodial arts” who now literally picks up the trash of kids who would have worshiped him a decade earlier. It happens so early, and when we do meet Carl Reed (John Kapelos), he’s hardly doing the usual Man of the Year stuff. As the camera pans through the halls of the fictional Sherman High School, it briefly focuses on a plaque adorned with the names and pictures of various “Men of the Year.” Smack in the middle, and sporting a winning smile: Carl Reed.Īudiences would be forgiven if they miss the Easter egg the first time around (luckily, like many Hughes films, “ The Breakfast Club” is perfect for repeat viewings). Tucked into the opening credits of John Hughes’ beloved 1985 teen classic, there’s a hint about what’s to come for its five central characters (the brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess, and the criminal).
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