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This is without a doubt the best high school movie of all time and one of the best of 80s. John Hughes presents high school stereotypes, takes of their masks and expands them to the point of opening everyone's eyes. Real performances from real teenagers and emotions run wild over the course of Saturday detention. It's a shame this hasn't officially been turned into a stage play. The music is fantastic. This deserves to be watched by anyone who is, was, or ever will be a teenager. It's a time capsule that takes us right into the 1985 with the perms and fashions of a different universe. I feel like not enough credit is given to the wonderful Paul Gleason as principal Richard Vernon. He's seriously good, you guys.

This is one of those films that makes me wish IMDb made it possible to have a zero stars option. The only other film I've ever seen that has made me this angry is God's Not Dead. I think God was playing a practical joke on everyone in America with a brain when he allowed so many solid actors to appear in this movie. Do I really even need to list reasons why it's bad? Just don't watch it for corn's sake; that is, unless you're an idiot who doesn't want to grow at all. Okay so apparently this can't be posted unless it has ten lines of text so I'm just going to run out the clock here. Bear with me. This movie really wasn't worth ten lines of text let alone the effort I'm putting in to BS through this site's rules. Alright I've got enough now. Goodbye everyone and go to church if you know what's good for you.