Heathers

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Summary: A Classic of Dark Comedy
Review: The great thing about Heathers is that it never backs down. There are occasions recently where a movie is billed as a "block comedy", but refuses to take that extra step over the cliff to make it truly dark or memorable. Heathers fears not what people think.

No subject goes too far for Heathers - suicide, murder, eating disorders, sex, whatever. It take equal aim at all of these, as well as people, our educational system, and many aspects of society. It does so in such a viscious and in-your-face way that it is impossible not to look on, even if in a rubber-necking at a car accident way.

Very early in the film, we are treated to a scene that is thematic of the experience. Christian Slater, in the role that cemented his comparisons as a "Little Jack Nicholson", is sitting in the cafeteria getting harrassed by two jocks from the same school. Instead of fretting, he calmly raises a large firearm and fires two shots directly at their faces. Blanks, of course, but Jason Dean (his character) gets more viscious very quickly.

One wonders how much longer even independent filmmakers will be able to make movies with content approaching Heathers. As the PC police march in and demand that certain subject be treated with kid gloves, it makes me want to sit and watch Heathers again and again until I feel properly dark.

Rating:
Summary: pretty darned good
Review: Only a couple thoughts: the only reason anyone still takes Nona Ryder seriously is this movie. Virtually everything else she has been in has either been forgettable or an embarrassment. For that, and to see why an entire generation of young talented actors have proposed to her, you should see the movie.

And, it can't be avoided. This is the trenchcoat mafia in the movies. It's such a good film, such an amazingly good film, and yet its legacy is pretty undeniably Columbine. Destruction for its own sake. The joke isn't, alas, as funny as it was.

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Summary: So black it's ultraviolet...
Review: "Heathers" is simply the funniest movie ever made. That is, if you're like me & find a scene of a girl lighting a cigarette off a guys smoldering arm (he had just burned it with a cigarette lighter to impress her) to be absolutely roll-on-the-floor hysterically funny. If however, you just read the sentence above & think I'm extremely sick, then you probably should skip "Heathers". Just keep in mind that you'll be missing the best performances of Winona Ryder's & Christian Slater's careers (thus far) & the only good performance by Shannon Doherty (as the last surviving Heather). Truly a classic moment in cinema!

Rating:
Summary: hilarious
Review: I really only have one thing to say and that is Cristian Slater was HOT in this movie. Well that is for a phycho-killer-stalker-kinda-guy. This movie is great, the lingo is hilarious ("what's your damage," or, my personal favorite, "how very"). But I do think that this movie is a bit over the wall. Don't watch it expecting it to be right on the money. For example, the police just accepted the jock's double suicide?? I would have been a little suspetious. But hey that's me.

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Summary: I like it a lot
Review: This film appealed to my somewhat warped sense of humour. Its disturbing in an intriguing way. Every school has those pretty people that most of us would like to see dead. Here we get to see it happen. Enjoy it people

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Summary: Winona Ryder plays herself
Review: Winona says this is a comedy about a serious matter. And she is probably correct. However I was watching the surface action, and it did not take the time to think about any underlying meanings. I had no idea that Moby Dick does not contain the word "Eskimo." I was surprised as the different events took shape and can see myself in that situation. I had fun watching this movie.
However, I did not relate this film, to my high-school days. C Rations before 1955 contained only one box meal with fruit. That was the ham and Lima beans box. During high school and 60's, we were lucky to have one "Heather" to a class. Now in the time of MRE's, Heathers abound. This requires the JDs of the world to once again bringing natural balance the high-school society.

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Summary: The teen TERMINATOR
Review: First Veronica wants to be in the most powerful clique in High School. But that's before she realizes what being accepted really means. Her new life of popularity is so suffocating that she's desperate to escape. And that's when she meets J.D.

He helps her discover that with the HEATHERS is not where she really wants to be and after a harmless prank involving liquid drainer, Veronica's whole life spins out of control. Her new boyfriend is a cold, careless psychopath who'll stop at nothing to shock the school. She can't seem to stop the train before it crashes again and suicide is on everybody's mind.

Shocking and cut-throat black comedy is dead-accurate (no pun intended), and takes no prisoners. The entire cast turns in killer performances (once again: no pun intended). The plot twists, turns, and writhes in every direction and the ending leaves the viewer feeling blown away (no pun intended X3)! An excellent psychological and social thriller. See it or you'll miss out on something incredible.

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Summary: The Ultimate Teenage Fantasy Gone Awry
Review: Imagine a school free of homophobic jocks, bitchy cliques, and snobs? It might seem like a dream come true, but in reality it is an idea that seems too far fetched. In "Heathers," we get to live the dream in a comedic masterpiece that has become a cult classic.

Veronica (Ryder) is a member of the most popular clique at Westerburg High. The clique consisting of three girls all named Heather, rule the school with fear, and no one dares to rain on their parade, until a dark knight named Jason Dean or J.D. for short (Slater) moves into town. After a miserable social debut at Remington University, Veronica is banished from the clique by Heather No. 1(Lisannne Falk).

The day after, and probably by accident on Veronica's fault (but J.D. knew about it), Heather No. 1 is killed by a cup of liquid drainer and Westerburg is pulled into an emotional outpouring of hypocrisy following the death of Heather No. 1. After the planned murders of the two homophobic football jocks, Veronica realizes that the most hated kids at school have become more popular in death. After breaking up with J.D., Veronica now must stop him from committing the ultimate act of high school social sanitization--blowing up the entire school with kids and all.

Considered by many as being one of her greatest performances, Ryder carries the film with witty, sarcastic language. J.D. is excellent as a Jack Nicholson-esque rebel bent out uniting all social classes in the only place where they are equal, heaven.

This film has provided Generation X with probably more catch phrases than any other film in recent history. Phrases like "F--- me gently with a chainsaw," "Do I look like Mother Teresa?," and "You're Beautiful," have all becomed part of the modern lexicon in America. New terms such as "Swatch dogs," "Diet Coke-heads," and even the name of a character in the movie ("Martha Dumptruck") have all become popular words in the average Gen-Xer's vocabulary.

Things to look out here are a pre-Beverly Hills, 90210 Shannen Doherty playing Heather no. 3. Veronica's best friend in her pre-Heathers day, played by is Betty Finn (get it? Betty and Veronica, as from the Archie comics) and the school was named in honor Paul Westerburg, the popular musician. By the way, Betty Finn is played by Renee Estevez, sister of both Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen.

In a recent magazine article, it was announced the Anchor Bay Entertainment will be releasing a new special edition of "Heathers," on DVD in the fall of 2000. Also in a recent article in Genre (June 2000) there is an industry movie that a sequel is in the works. So keep your eye out for as a new generation discovers the wickedly funny movie that "Heathers" is.

Rating:
Summary: The Ultimate Teenage Fantasy Gone Awry
Review: Imagine a school free of homophobic jocks, ...cliques, and snobs? It might seem like a dream come true, but in reality it is an idea that seems too far fetched. In "Heathers," we get to live the dream in a comedic masterpiece that has become a cult classic.

Veronica (Ryder) is a member of the most popular clique at Westerburg High. The clique consisting of three girls all named Heather, rule the school with fear, and no one dares to rain on their parade, until a dark knight named Jason Dean or J.D. for short (Slater) moves into town. After a miserable social debut at Remington University, Veronica is banished from the clique by Heather No. 1(Lisannne Falk).

The day after, and probably by accident on Veronica's fault (but J.D. knew about it), Heather No. 1 is killed by a cup of liquid drainer and Westerburg is pulled into an emotional outpouring of hypocrisy following the death of Heather No. 1. After the planned murders of the two homophobic football jocks, Veronica realizes that the most hated kids at school have become more popular in death. After breaking up with J.D., Veronica now must stop him from committing the ultimate act of high school social sanitization--blowing up the entire school with kids and all.

Considered by many as being one of her greatest performances, Ryder carries the film with witty, sarcastic language. J.D. is excellent as a Jack Nicholson-esque rebel bent out uniting all social classes in the only place where they are equal, heaven. The late Kim Walker (she passed away in March 2001 of a brain tumor ironically, since one of her famous lines in the film was "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?") was amazing as the ever-difficult Heather Chandler, leader of the notorious clique.

This film has provided Generation X with probably more catch phrases than any other film in recent history. Phrases like "...me gently with a chainsaw," "Do I look like Mother Teresa?," and "You're Beautiful," have all becomed part of the modern lexicon in America. New terms such as "Swatch dogs," "Diet Coke-heads," and even the name of a character in the movie ("Martha Dumptruck") have all become popular words in the average Gen-Xer's vocabulary.

Things to look out here are a pre-Beverly Hills, 90210 Shannen Doherty playing Heather no. 3. Veronica's best friend in her pre-Heathers day, played by is Betty Finn (get it? Betty and Veronica, as from the Archie comics) and the school was named in honor Paul Westerburg, the popular musician. By the way, Betty Finn is played by Renee Estevez, sister of both Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen...

Rating:
Summary: you can watch it over and over again
Review: undoubtedly one of the best films ever. i've watched it many times since it first came out. you'll definitely want to own it and all those one-liners will become part of your everyday speech.