Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Balthazar_Bresson A documentary about a bunch of wannabe-documentary filmmakers who got amazing subjects to interview yet got nothing from them because they focused more on their own presence on screen as if anyone is or would be interested in a pack of perfect nobodies in the filmmaking industry. They behaved more like stalkers than doc makers. A pathetic lot they proved to be and a true disservice to John Hughes' work and persona. More than half the film you see these newbies pulling ideas out of their asses which evidently showed how unprepared they were to confront this task. They may have been fans but that didn't make then researchers on the subject. Also, if you read the threads section, you'll notice some of them, as little brats, have jumped in to defend their crock of feces in the most immature and unprofessional way. Skip this one... you'll be glad you did.

DelBongo This film left me genuinely torn, but only with regards to how vicious and spiteful this review was going to be. I've decided to allow the review to precisely reflect the way that the film in question made me feel.For the record, I do fully understand that the filmmakers - having made the unforgivable idiot's error of beginning a documentary without their centrepiece in place - must have felt that they had to do something with the footage that they'd shot. The problem is that all of their footage, without one single exception, is entirely bereft of pop cultural worth.The interviews - which make up for a depressingly slim amount of the total running time - are about as deep and interesting as a puddle of day-old dog urine. It goes without saying that the likes of Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Matthew Broderick don't appear here, but the actors who do take part aren't actually asked anything of note. You can envisage this crew of filmmakers putting exactly the same questions to Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy that they do to a band of young schoolchildren at one point. "So like, why is John Hughes so great?"Nobody has the answer. The inarticulate buffoons behind the camera try to answer it themselves during one utterly toe-curling sequence (that takes place in a twilight-tinged field) but if that moment of abject horror isn't to your taste, then believe me - every single other interview is quite indescribably boring. John Hughes was a genius. John Hughes meant the world to everyone. John Hughes spoke to teenagers like nobody ever has, before or since. Yes, we get the picture. So what else you got?What else they got is footage of themselves; and an apparently endless supply of it at that. What makes this fact so thoroughly appalling is that the film stops being about John Hughes after about five minutes. This isn't a film about him - it's a film about them. And these people think they're funny. They think they're cute. They think they're wise. Not only are they none of the above, they also collectively believed that eighty-odd minutes of their inane potterings would somehow make for acceptable entertainment for the paying public. I only have three words for them: how dare you.As a fan of John Hughes, the fact that a documentary pertaining to be "about" the great man features such a disarming lack of insight and investigation is absolutely shocking. This is nothing more than a poorly-shot travelogue about a group of deeply uninteresting people making trite and stupid observations for the entirety of the running time.I paid to have the DVD imported, so I'm sure that the ten-watt bulbs who were responsible for this production are probably laughing their heads off right now. But then again, I literally just made my money back via a re-sale on eBay. In a very, very small way, I just bucked a stupid system to make it work for me. John Hughes would have been proud.

Rodrigo Amaro A group of filmmakers have a mission: To track down the reclusive and talented director John Hughes (an idle of the group). Their journey become "Don't You Forget About Me", an documentary about Hughes's films and their impact in the culture and in everyone's lives. The result: A great documentary with some non-great moments. John Hughes (1950-2009) was the creator of classics like "Pretty in Pink", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "The Breakfast Club", "Weird Science" among many others teenage movies from the 1980's. In the 1990's he wrote and produced "Home Alone" series and directed one last movie "Curly Sue" (1991) and then he almost disappeared from Hollywood movie business, didn't directed anymore and wrote a few screenplays under the name of Edmond Dantes ("Drillbit Taylor" was his last). The creators of this documentary divided it in two paths: 1) Their chase after Hughes with a behind the scenes thing showing why did they like Hughes's movie, it's influence on people and interviews with anonymous teenagers and other people; 2) Interviews with actors and directors who worked with Hughes such as Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Ilan-Mitchell Smith (he's a teacher now), Alan Ruck and many others; critics like Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are also interviewed and Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr (who sangs Don't You Forget About Me, the theme song of "The Breakfast Club"); and fans of his work such as directors Jason Reitman and Kevin Smith. The first segment is not interesting in some points, they're always arguing about what they're going to do if they have the chance to meet John Hughes face to face, and their conversations are not real enough, sounds like acting. The second segment is far more interesting with all the famous people talking about Hughes's influence, how he was as a person, a brilliant and talented man that talked not only with the 1980's generation but with all generations. Some things that bothered me: This documentary only labels Hughes as a director of teenage movies. Wrong! His most funniest comedy was "Planes Trains & Automobiles" and it don't have any teenager in it. By the way: this movie isn't mentioned by any famous interviewed (Howard Deutch mentioned a behind the scenes event about it and that's it, not even a scene was showed, same thing happens with "Curly Sue") and not even for his die-hard fans directors of this documentary. "Planes Trains & Automobiles" is incredibly funny, you can watch it over and over and die laughing because it's all that funny, and yet you might cry at the end because of its powerful emotion. It's my favorite from Hughes. All the time people were saying "Ferris Bueller Day-Off" was their favorite and this statement was actually annoying (I won't talk about it because actually I don't like it so much as other people do). At last but certainly not least the fact that the group won't meet Hughes. It's the same thing as trying to talk with J.D. Salinger, impossible. He walked out of movie business because he wasn't appreciated as he deserved it and Hollywood changed how teenage movies were and he didn't want it to follow in this path because he wanted to make his own films in his own way. There's a lot of criticism about today's movies are in the documentary that sounded quite strange. Teenagers criticizing Hollywood for not making more movies like "The Breakfast Club" and "trashing "American Pie" or similar? So this filmmakers managed to talk with a minority. I think that Hollywood is destroying all kinds of movies and yes the teenagers are not being portrayed like they really are but if you take a look on the moviegoers most of them it's teens, and most of them go watch the box-office hit. Contradictory! For those who doesn't know who John Hughes was it's a invitation to know more about him. If you like his films watch it and take a different perspective on his films and his legacy. We miss you, John! Films are never going to be same without you!

Argemaluco Director and screenwriter John Hughes (1950-2009) was undoubtedly one of my favorite filmmakers.I see him as a genuine artist whose movies have acquired new relevance through the decades, making me to today appreciate them not only as funny comedies or juvenile melodramas, but also as honest reflections on life, youth and the authentic meaning of maturity.The producers and the director of the documentary Don't You Forget About Me also admired Hughes, and in 2006, they decided to undertake a peregrination from Canada to the city of Chicago in search of the revered filmmaker, who partially retired from the cinema despite the legions of fans who were begging for his come-back.So, during an hour and a half, we see the team looking for his idol in order to interview him, and maybe discover the reasons behind his voluntary exile.We parallel see interviews to actors who worked with him; to famous directors who were influenced by his work; and to modern teenagers who keep finding amusement and valid messages on the movies their fathers saw when they were young.Hughes died in mid-2009, when Don't You Forget About Me was in editing process, something which significantly changed the tone from the documentary and it raised the emotions generated by the testimonies from his fans.It would be cynical (and realistic) to think that that morbid angle raised the financing and distribution from this documentary, but it includes so many interesting data and such emotive moments that I can ignore the commercialism from the project.Besides, I think the movie fulfills with the intention of honouring an important, but unfortunately not very famous, eminence from modern cinema.What is more, it is very entertaining to listen to figures such as directors Jason Reitman, Howard Deutch and Kevin Smith and film critic Roger Ebert (pre-operation) talking about their personal experiences as fans, friends and critics from the filmmaker, not to mention first-hand anecdotes from Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, Kelly LeBrock, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and many others.All of them agree on Hughes' talent, the influence of his work in modern cinema and his famous artistic integrity.However, Don't You Forget About Me has a few fails: on the one hand, the producers and the director make the mistake of assigning leading characters to themselves, something which feels unnecessary; and on the other hand some of the points the movie makes are repeated again and again ("Nowadays, nobody represents the teenagers in cinema"), something which also feels unnecessary.Nevertheless, I liked this documentary pretty much, mainly because of its sincerity and the impact it produces (I cannot deny the ending left me with a lump in my throat).In summary, Don't You Forget About Me represents a honest tribute to Hughes, which is something he really deserved.