Brats

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MB B @Moneypenny Jun 21 Move on, Andrew! You're actually a pretty good travel writer, I think it's time to concentrate on that occupation. See more stewart M @estew May 31 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. See more Stephen C @bob25009 May 27 This documentary sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Sil W @RT30253796 03/13/2025 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. See more Chris V @RT67356260 03/05/2025 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. See more 02/16/2025 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 See more Read all reviews

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