Next up on the Pre-Show 4F Binge is a documentary on Hulu that took a look back to the 1980s and a group of actors who had been dubbed as the Brat Pack.

One of the actors of the 1980s who had been included in the Brat Pack was Andrew McCarthy and McCarthy was the director and driving influence behind the documentary.

McCarthy was looking to discuss with the group of actors the feelings of the name of the Brat Pack and how it influenced their careers.

McCarthy traveled around to try and talk to the other “members” of the Brat Pack, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Jon Cryer, Leah Thompson. He tried to talk to Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson, but they seemed to rebut him not wanting to look back.

The term “Brat Pack” was dubbed in a magazine article about Emilio Estevez written by David Blum, and the actors really took the name negatively. One of my favorite parts of the doc was when McCarthy went and spoke to David Blum. There was a feel of tension between them and Blum was seemed very arrogant in this interview.

The discussion with Emilio Estevez was also amazing. He looked so much like his father during the interview that it was wild.

This was amazing as it felt like a big therapy session for Andrew McCarthy as he talked through his anxieties and memories of his past with others who could relate to the feelings that he was having.

I wouldn’t say that I was a big fan of any of these actors, but I found it utterly fascinating to watch how they worked through their own issues over a named given to them when they were young and hot actors and how the negative feel of it affected them.

3.7 stars