Film Review – The Class

John Hughes brought something special to his movies. It’s a quality that’s inspired other filmmakers to replicate it, offering more sensitive tales of adolescents trying to make sense of the world they inhabit. 1985’s “The Breakfast Club” is arguably Hughes’s masterpiece, delivering rich characterizations and deep high school concerns to explore, sold with a sharp sense of humor and a wonderful handle on music from the era. It seems like such a simple recipe, but few have managed to do what Hughes did, especially with the same sterling technical credits and sense of empathy. “The Class” attempts to revive the Hughes experience as a homage to “The Breakfast Club,” though writer/director Nicholas Celozzi is basically lifting the story and character beats from the original picture. His heart is in the right place, looking to update the premise with a fresh round of aching kids and their communication issues, but “The Class” isn’t refined work, emerging as a feature about an acting class that often plays like an acting class. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com