The Breakfast Club

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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With the iconic teen drama returning to theaters for its 40th anniversary, Paul and Amy head back to high school to revisit The Breakfast Club. They dive into the movie’s legacy and talk about the scenes that didn’t make the final cut. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 1985.
0:02.8	Any questions?
0:05.9	Yeah, I got a question.
0:09.2	Does Barry Manilone know that you raid his wardrobe?
0:12.1	Give you the answer to that question, Mr. Bender, next Saturday.
0:15.7	The movie? The Breakfast Club.
0:20.6	Ah, uh, I'm welcome to Hello everyone and welcome to Unspooled.
0:44.3	Yes, welcome to Unspooled. This is a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, mustsies, and in case you missed them.
0:50.9	We have covered the AFI top 100, and now we are checking off movies from three major
0:55.7	lists, the Letterbox top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB top 250, and the New York
1:02.5	Times, 1,000 essential films.
1:05.5	That's right, and we're also chasing our own curiosity.
1:08.8	Like this week, and like many weeks, we are re-evaluating a classic,
1:14.3	a classic that's going to be re-released into theaters for its 40th anniversary. John Hughes's
1:21.1	The Breakfast Club. Yes, indeed. Hello, I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm the film critic for the Los Angeles
1:26.7	Times. And, you know,
1:28.3	actually, my favorite shade of lipstick is the one that Molly Ringwald is tucking into her bra in this movie and then doing her little trick, putting on her lipstick without hands. She's doing Klinique Black Honey, even though it kind of doesn't look like it on screen if you're a Klinique Black Honey head. Wow.
1:42.5	It is the greatest lipstick of all time.
1:44.2	Paul, it has also been worn by the lead of another film that we did last summer.
1:47.5	I'm not going to make it. if you're a Clinique Black Honey head. Wow. It is the greatest lipstick of all time.
2:01.3	Paul, it has also been worn by the lead of another film that we did last summer. I'm not going to make you guess. Liv, Tyler, Armageddon, Clinique, Black Honey. Best lipstick on Earth. Look at that. In the 80s and 90s, Klinique, still doing it. Still going on. Still going on. If you want a knockoff, though, a cheaper knockoff.
2:01.8	I got you. Hit me up, I got you.
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