The Breakfast Clubis widely considered one of the best teen films of all time, and it’s a movie that has certainly gone on to live beyond the time it was released in 1985. It defined a generation in the ’80s and has spoken to generations that have discovered it since its initial release. A film of its stature, especially in this Hollywood climate obsessed with established IP, seems prime for a modern-day reboot, but one of the film’s stars,Molly Ringwald, believes it’s such a product of its time that it couldn’t be remade. Mostly because it’s a little too white.
The entire cast ofThe Breakfast Clubreunited for the first time in 40 years at the C2E2 fan convention in Chicago, via Variety, and Ringwald, as she sat with her co-stars, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson,Anthony Michael Halland Ally Sheedy, revealed that she believes the film’s lack of diversity is one of the main reason that a remake wouldn’t work today. Believing that the movie is a product of its time, the actress expressed that the film just doesn’t touch on subjects that are much more prevalent for modern audiences.
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“I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie, because I think this movie is very much of its time. It resonates with people today. I believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies but build on it and represent what’s going on today. This is very, you know, it’s very white, this movie. You don’t see a lot of different ethnicities. We don’t talk about gender. None of that. And I feel like that really doesn’t represent our world today.”
John Hughes' Films Defined a Generation
John Hugheswas thevoice of a generationback in the ’80s, and he had an innate ability to speak youth culture without talking down to them. He was also able to create timeless classics that still resonate today, includingSixteen Candles,Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,Weird Science, and more.The Breakfast Clubis considered by many to be his signature film, but it has come up in recent years that all of his films were very white, but it hasn’t really been viewed in a negative light. Most fans are aware that these films are a product of their time and accept them for their heart and honesty rather than their representation. You’ll find people of all races and genders celebrating the films of John Hughes, and that’s because he spoke to the truth, which is universal.
Written and directed by Hughes,The Breakfast Clubfollows five teenagers, all from different high school social circles, who have to spend a Saturday together in detention. It doesn’t go all that well at first, but eventually they find they have more in common than they realized and end up forming a bond, at least on that special Saturday that likely played a role in changing their lives. The film was a critical and financial success, currently registering an 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and going on to gross $51.5 million worldwide on a slim $1 million budget.
The five main actors, during the time of its release, became known as the “Brat Pack,” a term coined by a 1985 New York Magazine cover story to describe the young and highly successful actors during that time that appeared in numerous films together and were believed to have run in the same social circles. It’s a label that many of them rejected, but it did play a role in making many of their films successful with their target audience, includingThe Breakfast Club.
Source:Variety
The Breakfast Club
