Denis — I’m with you on the sadness of Hughes’s passing. I’m with you on the quality of his work. I’m with you that much of it holds up (in particular Uncle Buck, which I think is just a great, great movie). But, I’m not sure I’m with you entirely when that “The Breakfast Club is a thing manufactured of pure, fresh truth.”

I’m not entirely sure what “fresh truth” means in the context of a 25-year-old movie. Moreover, I’m not sure that I agree with the panel about The Breakfast Club. I liked the movie, just as about every teenager did back then. And there’s much truth to it. But I don’t think every teenager hates himself or resents his (or her) parents quite as much as the film suggests. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine any of the kids in the movie watching a movie with their parents the way your daughters watched The Breakfast Club with you.