Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
Acting
Five kids in a room, zero weak links.
Writing
Hughes wrote this in two days. Two. Days.
Production
The entire movie is basically one set. Genius.
Director
John Hughes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'dandruff' during Allison's makeover was Parmesan cheese. Method acting is dead.
This basically invented the modern teen movie template — still copied, rarely matched.
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30 years later teenagers that loved this movie now have teenagers of their own to go see the movie again with!
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She's like a star shining on the screen. She's like a supernova. That would be Ms. Ringwald in this movie.
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