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Breakfast Club, The (1985) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Breakfast Club, The (1985) a score of 2.9008 out of 4

based on (24) reviews

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Excellent

(4)

Very Good

(17)

Good

(2)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(0)

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DVDActive (Rebecca Taylor)

The Breakfast Club is one of my favourite films. I have seen it countless times and it’s a film that once I start watching I can’t stop it for any reason, even though I know what’s going to happen next and know what each character is...read the complete Breakfast Club, The (1985) review at DVDActive (Rebecca Taylor)

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Cinema Blend

Some critique the ending of the movie for being a little too contrived. Those people weren't paying attention during the middle of the film....read the complete Breakfast Club, The (1985) review at Cinema Blend

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TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))

Hughes, though he gives the material a sense of fun and achieves several moments of genuine warmth, too often resorts to obvious cliches, stereotypes, and easy answers, and throws in the near-obligatory rock video as well....read the complete Breakfast Club, The (1985) review at TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))

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Variety (Staff (Not Credited))

Does director John Hughes really believe, as he writes here, that 'when you grow up, your heart dies.' It may. But not unless the brain has already started to rot with films like this....read the complete Breakfast Club, The (1985) review at Variety (Staff (Not Credited))