Man, people love to push the whole "this generation's Breakfast Club" angle with the documentary American Teen (though the poster for it, ah, doesn't help). I suppose this makes sense, but only in that The Breakfast Club featured timeless high school themes and characters. Yet, The Breakfast Club was still fiction, and a documentary is always going to be more complex and more nuanced than the stereotypes in a scripted film.
The movie follows four Indiana teenagers — introduced in the trailer as The Jock, The Princess, The Rebel and The Geek — as they go through their senior year of high school. It's both a familiar chronicling of the ups and downs of high school as well as a revealing look at how teens today are quite different from those of other generations. This was one of my favorite movies at Sundance a few months ago, and I plan on seeing it again when it opens July 25. To check out the trailer, read more.
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it does seem like the modern remake of the breakfast club - but i'm sure that it'll have an audience. we'll see how it does when it comes out.
1These kids are less than an hour from where my husband was raised. I am definitely seeing this. His world and my world were vastly different growing up, and I think this would be good for me to see.
2These kids are from about an hour away from my hometown and I'm excited about this movie!
3This looks very interesting! I'll be watching this, for sure.
4I think this movie looks really cool- I'll definitely see it!
5doesnt seem at all like the breakfast club except for it being teenagers, and high school. I want to see it , it looks interesting, heartfelt, a bit contrived at points but put any teen in front of the camera and tell them to act "normal" and you will get affected reactions
6yeah looks ok.
7Looks really good! I'm still loving High School Confidential on the WE channel too.
8I just watched American Teen over the weekend and I was really impressed!
Its basically a modern day Breakfast Club...and i just found out it was a winner at the Sundance Festival this year too.
I totally related to the story and the characters; I could emphasize with their trials, tribulations, heart breaks, first loves, and anxiousness to leave highschool, but yet the fear of entering college.
I highly highly recommend this one for those who havent checked it out.
I even found the teens' Facebook bios at: americanteenthemovie.com
9the breakfast club actually has 5 characters...
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