Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- If The Breakfast Club were made again today, would the five different high school stereotypes the kids represent be different? What would they be?
- Do things like this ever happen in real life? Do moments of understanding occur between apparently different people? Or do our personalities all just bounce off each other?
- Who is the protagonist of the movie? Are all five kids protagonists? Or do one or two of them steal the show?
- Does the basic message of the movie still hold up? Are high school students still as clique-ish and judgmental today as they are in the film?
- Is it unfair that the "nerd" character—Brian Johnson—is the only one who actually has to (sort of) do the essay-writing assignment Vernon gave them? Is he still being blockaded into the nerd role?
- How will the Breakfast Club members relate to each other when they're back in school? Do you think their newfound solidarity will hold up under peer pressure?
- Does Vernon learn anything or change at all in the course of the movie?
- How do the adults relate to the kids in this movie? Do any of the adults or parents seem to understand the teenagers? What about the janitor?