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Brats

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Centering on 1980s films starring the "Brat Pack" and their profound impact on the young stars' lives.
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An insightful overview of a bygone Hollywood era as well as a deeply personal journey for director Andrew McCarthy, Brats is a bittersweet reflection on childhood stardom.

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Elizabeth Weitzman TheWrap A lightly-indulgent passion project that leaves us wanting so much more. Aug 8, 2024 Full Review Dan Einav Financial Times That one man’s offhand pun could be another man’s life-long pain is an affecting reminder of the ease with which we can hurt others and the difficulty of letting go. Rated: 3/5 Jul 12, 2024 Full Review Hugo Rifkind The Times (UK) What elevates all of this from navel-gazing bitterness is McCarthy’s increasing awareness that, much as he may have wished otherwise, he really was part of a cultural moment. Jul 5, 2024 Full Review Tynan Yanaga Film Inquiry Brats is a reminder old wounds can calcify and scab over turning into the foundation for something all the more beautiful. Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Jeanine T. Abraham VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium) Brats is part documentary film part therapy project that evolves into a compelling humanization of a former movie star. Rated: 4/5 Dec 18, 2024 Full Review Hayley Croke Loud and Clear Reviews Brats is exactly what you want it to be. A no holds look at one of the most interesting peer groups in pop culture and a deep dive into what it was actually like to be in it as well as where it all went wrong. Rated: 4/5 Dec 9, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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MB B Move on, Andrew! You're actually a pretty good travel writer, I think it's time to concentrate on that occupation. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review stewart M I really loved this movie. While I was not a big fan of the brat pack group- the only one of their movies I saw when it was originally released was St Emo's Fire (and I did like it) I enoyed the 80 s nostalgia invoked by this doc. I was also completely ignorant as to the origin of the term "brat pack" and was equally ignorant of the dynamics of the group and their reaction to the term both of which I found very interesting. Lastly, while the 80s was also the era of my own youth while living through it I never got how these movies changed Hollywood forever. This movie makes that point abundantly clear. As a movie buff at the time, I just missed it as a seizmic shift toward youth oriented movies. somehow the shift in cinema generated by the late 60s and early 70s was much more apparent at the time to me. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/31/25 Full Review Stephen C This documentary sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review Sil W I think Andrew realizes during the documentary that nobody gave a rat's ass about the label besides himself. He keeps digging and asking questions like, " but wasn't that hurtful?" "Did it bother you?" Demi said it best, you make of it what you will and you will keep perpetuating this behavior. Yeah, Andrew, get over it and move on. The Brat Pack was a cultural moment, and it's over just like most pop culture is. If any of the members of the pack continued to act, it was for pure luck or looks, nothing more. None of these guys were super good actors anyway. Save the time. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Chris V A privileged actor whines about a magazine article not written about himself from forty years ago. Imagine being that self involved. Andrew, it's all in your head and it's time to move on and gain some life perspective. This documentary is not about the Brat Pack or those in it, this is about Andrew McCarthy trying to come to terms with something within himself that he has imagined was more important than it actually was. I could not imagine being that out of touch with reality. Molly Ringwald and others were very, very wise not to appear in this and inflate McCarthy's ego any further. By the end of the documentary, I pitied his amount of self delusion. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Audience Member The Brat Pack was on the rise in the 1980s thanks to many rising teenagers in cinema A lot it them centered around John Hughes’ films mainly Breakfast Club which gained such popularity in the pop culture Loads of popular teen actors from Kevin Bacon to Jennifer Grey to Matthew Broderick to John Cusack to Brooke Shields to Michael J Fox to Lea Thompson got their noteriety during the 1980s But other teen stars like Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Lee Thompson, and John Cryer have different views on the subject saying it was false, stereotypical, incorrectly branded, condescending Here director Andrew McCarthy makes a documentary presented by Hulu digging deep into the fascination However many actors and actresses are pretty displeased with the term since not all of them were associated with it It’s truly not what they’re lives are like in real life and the media took it as a meaning of its own affecting the zeitgeist It’s an alright documentary but really could’ve used more pizazz from the stars being interviewed Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Centering on 1980s films starring the "Brat Pack" and their profound impact on the young stars' lives.
Director
Andrew McCarthy
Producer
Adrian Buitenhuis, Derik Murray
Screenwriter
Andrew McCarthy
Distributor
Hulu
Production Co
Neon, ABC News Studios
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 13, 2024
Runtime
1h 32m
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