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The Breakfast Club (Archive)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The definitive '80s high school movie is 40 and back in theaters. Adam and Josh gave it the Sacred Cow treatment back in 2015 for its 30th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?

0:06.5

You're not interested in art?

0:07.6

No.

0:08.1

Now look, we're going to do this thing.

0:09.4

We're going to have a conversation.

0:12.7

Hey, film spotters, Josh here with Adam.

0:15.9

This weekend, the definitive 80s high school comedy, the Breakfast Club, is back in theaters for its 40th anniversary.

0:23.1

40th anniversary, still influential.

0:25.6

Adam, I think we both got news about a new release, an indie release called Pools that I believe is playing right about now at music box theater.

0:35.4

Check that for sure.

0:36.2

I know they had their premiere there not

0:37.6

too long ago. And they described it as being influenced at Chicago made and set and being

0:42.7

influenced by John Hughes comedies of the 80s like The Breakfast Club. So yeah, definitely a movie that

0:49.8

is still affecting films and filmmakers many few decades on here.

0:56.5

And we wanted to share with you our sacred cow review.

1:01.6

Now, we did this back for the Breakfast Club's 30th anniversary, which was in 2015.

1:08.7

That's right.

1:09.2

And we're not just busting it out for its 40th. It's also timely

1:13.4

because this weekend, September 7th and on Wednesday, September 10th, commemorating its 40th

1:20.9

anniversary, there are going to be special theatrical screenings around the country. If I can find

1:26.3

a link with more details about that,

1:28.3

we'll post it in the show notes wherever you're listening to the podcast. You can try to find

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