About an hour into “Brats” we watch as Andrew McCarthy leans into the window of a Carpinteria, Calif., roadside burger joint called The Spot to order a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, onions and pickle.
We don’t see the (youthful, we assume) employee taking his order, but that person has noticed the cameras flanking McCarthy, or else they wouldn’t have asked what he’s filming. Just a documentary, the filmmaker says. About what? he’s asked, and after a bit of casual evasion, McCarthy says. “It's about a group of actors from the ‘80s called The Brat Pack. Do you know who they were?”
