Abysmal film

My main complaint about this movie is that it's so claustrophobic, taking place almost solely in that one room. Then to make matters worse there's nearly no music in the film minus the intro and ending. Clearly all of the budget went towards the actors' salaries.

I never cared for the movie that much tbh

In some ways it is pretty shallow and some of the characters lack depth. But there is subtext as well, the film just doesn't spell everything out for you and then give you a summary of what happens to each character in the future like a lot of newer films do. In the end it is a teen film and it wasn't going for a heavy handed approach.

I grew up on the West Coast and didn't find myself relating to these White Upper Middle-Class Midwestern types either. I even felt this way about Ferris Buehler's Day Off.

It is pretty bad given it's fame and reputation.

A bunch of shitheads goofing around in detention. The premise alone is piss poor.

Bender was irritating, especially at the beginning.

I kind of think that this may have been one of those "You had to be there" films to fully appreciate it. I was a high-school Sophomore when this first came out in 1985...I actually didn't see this movie for the first time until after I had graduated from college (probably 1992 or 1993). But I just loved the theme song to the movie so much: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. Man, I just couldn't get enough of that song when it first came out...that song really spoke to me back then.

I really enjoyed the movie when I first saw it. Again, it just "spoke to me"...how you try to fit in when you're in high school, when you're a "jock" like Andy was, or a "nerd" like Brian was (I related to those two characters more than any). But they all had/have "issues" and things they were trying to cope with...I thought the movie was very well done overall. Maybe more than any other film, I wish I had seen it in the theater when it first came out... maybe I'd have done a better job dealing with my later high-school years if I had.

British '80s teens: https://moviechat.org/tt0480025/This-Is-England

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