Digging into The Brat Pack's origins and impact, Andrew McCarthy aims to explore a term that defined him in this doc. Our Brats review:
, the movie reflects on the 1980s, when movies about young people dominated the cineplexes and McCarthy and his contemporaries were infamously labeled “The Brat Pack.”, is not wrong. It’s easy to forget that celebrities are real people. Look no further than Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Are they real people going through possible marital strife? Or just pop-culture characters we can be gossipy about? In the 1980s there was, perhaps, no bigger group of celebrities than the Brat Pack.
The strength of the movie lies in the variety of voices McCarthy brings in. He interviews several actors who, by their own definition, are Brat Pack-adjacent: Jon Cryer , casting director Marci Liroff and talent manager Loree Rodkin. Some even offer a positive spin on the term Brat Pack. “If we had perceived it that way, all our careers and lives would have been different,” McCarthy says., adds cultural context as someone of that generation.
Most impressively, McCarthy interviews Blum himself. “I was just trying to be funny,” Blum confesses. “It honestly didn’t cross my mind that it was all that big a deal.” It’s worth noting the stark contrast between the majority of interviews, which are conducted in the swanky homes of the celebrities involved, and that with Blum in his modest New York apartment. These actors may have been negatively impacted by his article, but they are still doing okay for themselves.
Notably absent from the documentary are Judd Nelson, who eludes McCarthy despite multiple plans to meet up, and Molly Ringwald, who declines to participate. McCarthy is a shrewd interviewer, staying out of his subjects’ way and allowing their personalities to come through. Lowe is the most optimistic and the most fun. There’s no way not to smile hearing Lowe and McCarthy reminisce about their night spent with Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr.exist because of them.
It’s a rare treat to be able to so publicly look back on a moment in time that impacted not only the actors but all who came of age during that time.is an ’80s-infused trip down memory lane mixed with savvy insight, revealing interviews and deft directing. Blaine came through for us all.Amy Amatangelo, the TV Gal®, is a Boston-based freelance writer and a member of the Television Critics Association.
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