Jawbreaker (1999)

Rose McGowan vamps it up mercilessly as the "Satan in heels," a teenage-bitch queen whose birthday prank gone terminally wrong leaves her best friend dead, choked to death on a jawbreaker the size of a fist. Rebecca Gayheart, with her sparkling eyes and a smile that could melt an iceberg, is the good girl at heart who becomes a social pariah when she drops out of the group, trading her plunging necklines for librarian-lite sweaters and long skirts. Jawbreaker wants nothing less than to be the Heathers of its generation, but only intermittently hits the mark, such as when McGowan turns a mousy nobody into the next big thing, a slutty tease whose craving for attention soon challenges McGowan's supremacy. "She's evil," someone finally realizes, "and she's only in high school!" That's unfortunately the best Darren Stein's film gets. For all its catty talk and surface glamour, it's a flat, broadly directed satire that never lives up to its evocative title. Features an appearance by teen rock punks the Donnas as the prom band. --Sean Axmaker Amazon.com

Best for your "Guilty Pleasures" list!

I have to agree with most, it definitely isn't your intellectual, "change the world", Oscar-worthy film but who cares? It's just sheer fun! Total guilty pleasure! Since the first time I've seen this movie, I never miss the chance to see it whenever it passes on cable.
It saddens me that other reviewers failed to mention Jeff Conaway and PJ Soles appearance(even if PJ's is very small, still worth mentioning though!) Bottom line: Hilarious! LOVE this movie. January 30, 2008

Bad girls

I did enjoy this movie, was fun to see the girls going way too far with a joke and then what they did trying to cover it, has sexy pretty girls,good looking guys and 'yes' a prom night. December 10, 2007

Great MOovie Alert!!

This movie is a great movie, it's very funny and has the classic 'highschool mean girls' in it. If you liked Clueless or Mean Girls, you would love this movie. Not everyday a girls friend kills her by accident with a jawbreker, that's what makes the movie even more worth watching. October 16, 2007

Love it

Pretty much one of my favorite movies of all time, Rose Mcgowan was incredible as Satan in Heels, and the comdey and dark edge kept you on your toes throughout the film. August 12, 2007

THIS IS NO "HEATHERS"!!

Death totally bites...and so does this movie. Pathetic, contrived drivel served up as "entertainment", "a dark comedy",etc. This is neither a comedy (comedies make one laugh),or entertainment. Unlike Heathers, which underneath the humor lay the fundamental truth that high school can be damn traumatizing,this flick focuses on cliques without making any such deep statements; comparisons to Heathers are LUDICROUS. Heathers was for those who LOATHED high school; this is sold on sex appeal. Rose McGowan; is she beautiful? Yes. Does that equal talent? No, it comes as natural to her as farting. BFD. This dismal movie has ultimately nothing to say, is completely unfunny,and even The Donnas in an early appearance can't save it. That's why copies are going for a PENNY on VHS. It's GARBAGE, folks. Don't eat it. Hollywood may want you to, but you don't have to. I'd give this ZERO stars if such a rating existed here. This movie is a complete waste of one's time and money. Don't give in to the hot chicks on the cover; it's well-packaged refuse. July 28, 2007

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