I saw this film in the theatres in 1985. I was in high school at the time. I spent a lot of time in the library at school--and worked there also--and I have always enjoyed libraries. The idea of a whole movie, more or less, taking place in a library was very intriguing to me.
I enjoyed the film and appreciated that it was serious--far more a drama than a comedy. A very unusual film with a cast of talented young people.
I saw it in the theaters too, although I graduated from high school in 1982. When I first heard of it, I wasn't too interested, but a lot of my friends saw it and recommended it. I enjoyed it. I was sort of expecting a silly comedy, but then it turned into something like a group therapy session. But there's a lot that people can identify with, the trials and tribulations of growing up.
Just as a side note, when I first noticed the thread title, I thought it said "Who saw this film in the thirties?" as in the 1930s. I was thinking if it had been made in the 1930s, it would have been a Little Rascals version, with Moe from the Three Stooges as the principal.
I did or at least I saw some of it. I fell asleep.
shareSaw it more than once during first run as a senior in high school.
It was a pretty big deal as I recall, I think most people saw its portrayals as pretty accurate stereotypes, although the rich girl wasn't something we had in our urban school (we had rich, but stylistically Molly Ringwald's character wouldn't have fit in).
I even think our philosophy teacher spent an entire class period using it as a discussion topic. Everyone had seen it.
I did. At the time I said it was much like the sitcom Barney Miller. One set, just a few people and it's funny and interesting.
shareI was in High School when this came out. I was into the usual teen stuff, watched MTV, etc. But, somehow I was completely unaware of this movie when it was in the theatres. I did not know that it existed.
About a year later when it was released on VHS a friend rented it and invited me over to see it. I was totally blown away. It makes me laugh today, but at the time I thought the movie was the deepest thing I had ever seen. Clearly, I saw it when I was at the exact right age. John Hughes definitely knew how to reach my teenage mind. I loved the movie as only a teenager can, fully and completely.
For some reason I didn't. My girlfriend at the time saw it with her best friend, and said it was amazing. It wasn't until the following February when she was house-sitting for a couple in her neighbourhood who were in Hawaii for two weeks that I finally saw it. We "played house" for two weeks (I was 20 and she was 19, but we both still lived with our respective parents).
We did rent some movies when we weren't otherwise occupied. One of them was The Breakfast Club. I was completely blown away and kind of regretted not taking her up on her offer to take me see it in the theatre. Oh well.
"Hogs have futures, I don't."
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Saw it a couple of times with my then-girlfriend (now wife). It was 1985 and I was about to gradate high school. I was already an Emilio Estavez fan from Repo Man, The Outsiders, Tex, etc and Bender reminded me a bit of my future brother in law.
shareI saw it in high school as well. I wrote movie reviews for my school paper, and this was one of the ones I had reviewed.
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