Teenage drama starring Emilio Estevez and Molly Ringwald. A group of five strangers are thrown together one Saturday in high-school detention. Before the day is over, they will break all the rules, bare their souls and find true friendship in the unlikeliest of places.
One of the high-water marks of the 1980s Brat Pack cycle, this Saturday detention drama from director John Hughes has lost some of its freshness in the face of time and endless inferior imitations. Yet this chat-fest still rings true often enough to be relevant to both overgrown teenagers and the disgruntled kids of today. Brat Packers Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy are joined by teen favourite of the time Molly Ringwald and the underestimated Anthony Michael Hall for a mix of justified grievances, self-pitying whinges and hard-hitting home truths. The girls easily outshine the boys, but everyone manages to breathe a little life into their essentially clichéd characters.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Andrew Clark | Emilio Estevez |
| Claire Standish | Molly Ringwald |
| John Bender | Judd Nelson |
| Allison Reynolds | Ally Sheedy |
| Brian Johnson | Anthony Michael Hall |
| Richard Vernon | Paul Gleason |
| Carl | John Kapelos |
| Allison's father | Perry Crawford |
| Brian's sister | Mary Christian |
| Andy's father | Ron Dean |
| Claire's father | Tim Gamble |
| Allison's mother | Fran Gargano |
| Brian's mother | Mercedes Hall |
| Brian's father | John Hughes |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | John Hughes |
