Jawbreaker
Death Totally Bites.
First, I guess you need to know something about them...The beautiful ones. The flawless four, everyone wanted to be them. You know'em...they went to you school, too.
first there's Courtney "Satan-in-heel" Shayne and her pawn, the dense but dangerous Marcle Fox, a legend in her own little mind. Then there's angelic Julie Freedman, doomed to be popular because of her pretty face, and lastly, the teen dream herself, Elizabeth Purr...
When an ordinary kidnapping prank leaves the future prom queen dead (accidentally gagged with a jawbreaker), a deadly sweet prank leads to cover-up makeover in this edgy and unpredictable comedy. But there will be no mercy as prom night arrives, bringing this spirited tale to its cruel tiara-dropping conclusion.
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Competently made for what it is. - Superdave
A pack of 'mean girls' play a prank on the school's prom queen. They kidnap her and put a jawbreaker gumball in her mouth to keep her quiet, hence the title. One problem: she chokes on the gumball. Now the girls have a dead body on their hands. The movie slides into familiar territory (The Trouble with Harry, Weekend at Bernie's) as the girls try to figure out how to get rid of the body while avoiding suspicion. Cops and other complicating factors begin showing up at the worst possible moment, etc. etc. The comedic complications are mostly well executed, and the usual pangs of conscience and arguments among the conspirators keep things lively.
The three lead actresses give assured performances, but it is a bit distracting that they are 26, 27 and 28 years old, playing high school seniors. Yikes.
There is nothing obviously wrong with this movie, but its virtues are few and small and there just isn't a whole lot here that is truly new and fresh.Not Heathers - Picker_of_Movies
I really liked Heathers and Mean Girls so I was looking forward to this one. But it missed for me.
Its a great premise. The casting is good. The performances are good. I thought Judy Greer did a wonderful job portraying Fern/Vylette.
The downside was the script. At some points I felt the script didn't go far enough. After all, it is a black comedy. And at other times I felt the dialogue/story-line wasn't tight enough. What I mean is that occasionally the story didn't flow smoothly and that lead me to doubt the characters would do what they did.
In conclusion, the outrageous wasn't outrageous enough. The way the plot moved along wasn't believable enough (at times). The ending was kinda lame. And to top it off the DVD I got only contained the standard screen version, not the wide screen version.
Heathers and Mean Girls are far superior movies but this one is along those lines.it was awsome - Dragonfly
i loved this movie because it remined me of the movie Carrie. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a good movie like this one. I would watch this movie over and over again because i loved it and i can never get sick of wating it hope you would like this movie as much as i did.
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Competently made for what it is. - Superdave
A pack of 'mean girls' play a prank on the school's prom queen. They kidnap her and put a jawbreaker gumball in her mouth to keep her quiet, hence the title. One problem: she chokes on the gumball. Now the girls have a dead body on their hands. The movie slides ...Not Heathers - Picker_of_Movies
I really liked Heathers and Mean Girls so I was looking forward to this one. But it missed for me.
Its a great premise. The casting is good. The performances are good. I thought Judy Greer did a wonderful job portraying Fern/Vylette.
The downside ...it was awsome - Dragonfly
i loved this movie because it remined me of the movie Carrie. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a good movie like this one. I would watch this movie over and over again because i loved it and i can never get sick of wating it hope you would ...