Did you watch Brats? What's your fav Brat Pack movie?

I watched it and agree that it was a little dull but interesting. I may not have this right, but I’m pretty sure that Rob Lowe was the only one who did not see the name - Brat Pack - as a bad thing. That’s not surprising since he has such a positive attitude. Breakfast Club is still my favorite.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who found it dull. I think my favorite is 16 Candles followed by Pretty in Pink.

We don't have Hulu, I would like to watch this. Andrew McCarthy was my favorite. Breakfast Club was my favorite Brat Pack movie, and then Pretty In Pink. Is Less Than Zero a brat pack movie? I really liked that movie.

I actually watched it last night. I also never knew they hated the name Brat Pack so much!
I guess Timothy Hutton was not one I would have considered to be in that group, but it was kind of cool to see all the "where are they now"s. I was surprised no one mentioned Anthony Michael Hall as he was in a few of those movies as well.
I did like the very last scene where his phone rings and he says "Judd??"

As a fun family activity, we are watching an 80s movie each Saturday night this summer. Kids are 21 and 17. So far we have watched 16 Candles, Pretty in Pink and Can't Buy Me Love. They have enjoyed them all so far. I think St. Elmo's Fire will be next.

Maybe at the end of the summer we will watch Brats so they can see where everyone is now.

I haven't watched it yet. I may wait until this weekend when DD is down. I have passed my love of 80s movies on to her. My DH always thought I favored Molly Ringwald. My DD most definitely has the 80s Molly look. Especially when she was a redhead. I knew about some of them not liking the Brat Pack title given to them.

My favorites will always be Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink. I so loved a bad boy back in the day and James Spader was IT! But I married Ducky.

Pretty in Pink
Breakfast Club
The Outsiders
Ferris Bueller (might be more adjacent)

I watched the documentary and what stuck out to me was them saying that this was the first time in history movies were made for a specifically teenage audience.

Is that true? I thought all the beach movies in the 60s were targeted at a teen audience but maybe I’m wrong about that. They were well before my time.

I watched it and thought it was ok. Interesting to see the various actors and actresses who were part of the brat pack or on the edges of it.

My faves:
1. Ferris Buehler’s Day Off
2. The Breakfast Club
3. St. Elmo’s Fire

The first two are by far my faves. I have not watch St. Elmo’s Fire in many years and I am guessing that I might not like it as much as I did in college.

I haven’t seen any of these movies (except Ferris) or watched the documentary, but can someone explain why they were called The Brat Pack? I’m trying to figure out why they would be upset at that.

One of the other things pointed out in the movie was that they weren't really friends who hung out together outside of work. They did their jobs and went their separate ways. None really kept in touch over the years. I think that Andrew said it was the first time he had spoken to Emiliio in 30 years.

I think Timothy Hutton was a stretch for the Brat Pack since he didn't star in any movies with them. There were other closer would-be members like Anthony Michael Hall, Mare Winningham, and the cast of The Outsiders.

I watched it and was so...'meh' about it. It wasn't a very interesting documentary.

Emilio seemed annoyed and pissed off over the Brat pack title. Demi was full of psychobabble but at least she seemed to see it for what it was, good damn publicity. Same with Rob Lowe, the most normal, grounded and real one of the bunch.

Everyone else I did enjoy seeing again.

But Andrew McC just came off petulant and angry about the whole thing. Like when he interviewed the guy who wrote the original article, he was actually trying to make the guy feel bad about it! He straight up asked him if he regretted writing it! Are you kidding me? Seriously? I thought the author was very diplomatic about the whole thing. To me, he seemed slightly amused, or maybe bemused about Andrew still crying over it 40 years later. He threw a 'let's do lunch sometime' as a bone but you know after Andrew left he was like 'sheesh!"

I did inspire me to watch About Last Night again, one of my all time favorites despite Elizabeth Perkin's annoying jealous witch character. She acted like a Karen through the whole movie. Sheesh!

and unlike most people, I never did care for Pretty in Pink. Breakfast Club still reins supreme with Sixteen Candles a close second in my book.  

I’ve watched half of it so far. It’s interesting I love most of the movies. I don’t think I had ever realized how much one press story could affect people’s lives so much. BUT, I think more of them needed to have a ‘fuck it I’m going to do this anyway’ attitude and it might not have affected them as much. Rather than canceling films with talented colleagues because that might play into a reputation’ but if they are talented and respect each others work, some reporter shouldn’t change that. Obviously Rob Lowe just kept doing things and just grabbed the wheel and drove his career forward. I get that other people were type casting them but they did not also have to cancel things on each other which imo played into it too much.

It is a bit slow but I know I’ll finish it because I connect with this group of celebrities more than most and I do find it interesting.

I guess I forgot that Tom cruise was considered a brat pack actor. I’d kind of detached him from that after all his craziness. Yes I still watch his movies but he himself doesn’t create any of the endearing feelings for me that the others seem to bring up anymore.

I personally think ‘the brat pack’ is an endearing term now, and I simply tuned into the documentary because of my personal nostalgia for them as acting professionals. IMO they are *my* generations key actors attached to a now classic time period and movement that speaks to me. And rewatching the movies this many decades later still speaks to me and still rings true from the now adult perspective. The ‘supporting’ actors playing the adult roles ( or older adults to the young adults ) in those films did not get the kudos/credit they deserved for creating the classic backdrops these movies were happening in which gave the movies the time period authenticity they had. I liked that he now pulled in some people who were behind the scenes of making some of that happen.


I guess I’m just a geek who just nostalgically loves movies if that time period.

That's what I thought, but when I google "Brat Pack movies" and also "80s Brat Pack movies", The Outsiders came up on a few of the lists - including IMDb.

I think they just didn't want to be pigeonholed into being one type of actor. They wanted to expand the types of roles they got, and being called part of the "Brat Pack", sort of typecasted them into certain roles.