Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
- high school
- coming of age
- teen angst
- detention
- teen comedy
- teenage rebellion
- stereotype
- 1980s
- teenager
- hilarious
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Emilio Estevez
Andrew Clark
Judd Nelson
John Bender
Molly Ringwald
Claire Standish
Anthony Michael Hall
Brian Johnson
- Ally Sheedy — Allison Reynolds
- Paul Gleason — Richard Vernon
- John Kapelos — Carl
- Perry Crawford — Allison's Father
- Mary Christian — Brian's Sister
- Ron Dean — Andy's Father
- Tim Gamble — Claire's Father
- Fran Gargano — Allison's Mom
- Mercedes Hall — Brian's Mom
- John Hughes — Brian’s Father (uncredited)
- Jonathan Chapin — Janitor (uncredited)
- Directed
- John Hughes
- Written
- John Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 8,705 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, A&M Films, Channel Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
