--- description: The classic teen flick was released on Feb. 15, 1985 title: 'The Breakfast Club' at 30: Read TIME's Original Review image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e99c71ff2484b93/69877f370b72e308586ddae4/1101860526_400.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Breakfast Club_ at 30: Read TIME's Original Review  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Feb 13, 2015 4:05 PM CUT  The May 26, 1986, cover of TIME The May 26, 1986, cover of TIMECover Credit: THEO WESTENBERGER  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Feb 13, 2015 4:05 PM CUT They’re not teenagers anymore: the adolescent archetypes who populated _The Breakfast Club_ turn 30 this weekend — the film was released on Feb. 15 in 1985 — and are celebrating with a [planned theatrical rerelease](http://time.com/3708593/breakfast-club-is-30th-anniversary-john-hughes/ "undefined"). But, when the movie was originally released, their teen-dom wasn’t necessarily their most salient feature anyway. In a piece for that week’s issue of TIME, critic Richard Corliss took a look at the fact that there were “too damn many” movies for that age group, and that the flood showed no sign of stopping. (It was more than a year later that _Breakfast Club_ star Molly Ringwald would be featured on the cover seen here, proof that the reign of the teen queen was yet to peak.) However, he also found that some “teenpix” transcended their demographic bounds, and that _Breakfast Club_ was one of them: --- > “” --- **_Read the full story here, in the TIME Vault:_** [Is There Life After Teenpix?](http://time.com/vault/issue/1985-02-18/page/96 "undefined") **_See the Molly Ringwald cover story here, in the TIME Vault:_** [Ain’t She Sweet?](http://time.com/vault/issue/1986-05-26/page/1 "undefined") ### See Iconic Franchises Before and After Their Reboots  The Terminator first came to theaters in 1984 with Linda Hamilton starring as the iconic Sarah Connor. Four films later, Arnold Schwarzenegger is still the titular terminator, but franchise newcomer Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones fame joins as a reboot of Connor. 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It was re-imagined in 1998 by director Roland Emmerich for American audiences, before being rebooted again in 2014 by Gareth Edwards. Embassy Pictures/Getty Images; Warner Bros.  RoboCop first set its robot eyes on the criminals of Detroit in 1987 and was rebooted in 2014 in a film of the same name. Orion Pictures; Columbia Pictures  Sylvester Stallone's original 1995 take on Judge Dredd, the iconic British comic character, was lambasted and earned Stallone a Golden Raspberry for Worst Actor. The 2012 reboot, Dredd, starring Karl Urban as the titular character, didn't fare well at the box office, but was better received critically. Buena Vista; Lionsgate  The Caped Crusader first hit the bigscreen in the 1989 Tim Burton Film, Batman, Starring Michael Keaton as the titular character. Batman would be rebooted by Christopher Nolan in the 2005 film Batman Begins, with Christian Bale playing the eccentric billionaire. Warner Bros. (2)  The original Star Trek television series was created and by Gene Roddenberry in 1966 and starred William Shatner as Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise. The iconic sci-fi franchise was rebooted for the big screen in the 2009 film Star Trek and starred Chris Pine as the new Captain Kirk. CBS/Getty Images; Paramount Pictures  King Kong first terrorized damsels in distress in the eponymous 1933 film, which was noted for its use of stop-motion animation to render the giant gorilla. The franchise was rebooted in 2005 by Peter Jackson in another film by the same name. RKO Radio Pictures/Getty Images; Universal Pictures  Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the orignal 1990 sci-fi film Total Recall, while Colin Farrell played his counterpart in the 2012 reboot of the film. TriStar Pictures; Columbia Pictures  Christopher Reeve was the first to portray the iconic DC comics superhero on the big screen in the 1989 film Superman. The film franchise would be rebooted first in 2006 with Superman Returns by Bryan Singer, before being re-rebooted in Zack Snyder's 2013 film Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill as Superman. Warner Bros. 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