Brats

Move on, Andrew! You're actually a pretty good travel writer, I think it's time to concentrate on that occupation.

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.

This documentary sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

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.

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

BRATS is not really a docu about the bygone Hollywood era. Instead it's a self-indulgent personal journey for director Andrew McCarthy, who has long felt haunted by the label Brat Pack, despite everything positive the short-lived term has come to signify. Though largely tedious and rather sad, there are insights to be found here, as the film becomes a study in how people involved in the same events can perceive things so differently. Listen to how Rob Lowe explains his view, full of appreciation and gratitude, versus McCarthy's wounded hang-wringing. That's almost worth the price of admission, though at feature-length, this docu is still quite a drag overall.

Few actors get to be in iconic movies that are timeless. Few actors see the type of success they achieved at such a young age. Yes, the article was relatively mean and I am sure it derailed their careers in several ways but the amazing experiences they had outweigh any negative press. Sadly, as much as I admire Andrew McCarthy's acting, it was so self-indulgent and whiny. Okay, your career suffered.... hard to feel sorry for a group of AMAZING actors who were all good looking, talented and very blessed. I applaud Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelsom for NOT participating and I applaud Rob Lowe's attempt to tell Andrew to be grateful for being one of a few per generation.

Members of the ‘80s Brat Pack are tracked by Pack member Andrew McCarthy to reassess. Was Pack membership a career killer or a gift? There is an excellent life lesson in this exploration: it’s all in how events are interpreted. Wisdom and transformation are found in resilience, optimism and a long view.

I graduated from high school in the mid-80's so this was primarily a nostalgic experience. Can't over exemplify how big those movies were and the actors and actresses were to our generation. Some continued on to big careers and others faded away. But I think this documentary captured what a special time it was for a generation and the lasting impact the Brat Pack had.