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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
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GREAT FLICK!,
By Devin (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jawbreaker (DVD)
THIS WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST FLICKS OUT THERE! IT WILL CERTAINLY BECOME A CULT-CLASSIC. THE CAST IS YOUNG AND WONDERFUL...THE STORY IS HIP AND HILARIOUS. FIRST, I GUESS YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM...THE BEAUTIFUL ONES. THE FLAWLESS FOUR. YOU KNOW 'EM...THEY WENT TO YOUR SCHOOL, TOO. FIRST THERE'S COURTNEY (McGOWAN) WHO WAS LIKE SATAN IN HEELS...AND HER PAWN MARCIE (BENZ), A LEGEND IN HER OWN LITTLE MIND. THEN THERE IS JULIE (GAYHEART) DOOMED TO BE POPULAR BECAUSE OF THAT FACE...AND LASTLY THE TEEN DREAM HERSELF, LIZ PURR... WHEN AN ORDINARY KIDNAPPING PRANK LEAVES THE FURTURE 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, AND THIS SPIRITED TALE COMES TO ITS CRULE CONCLUSION... ROSE DELIVERS A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE AS A BITCHY (AND EVIL) HIGH SCHOOL PRINCESS. REBECCA PULLED OFF HER ROLE AS AN INNOCENT TEEN. JULIE TOOK HER ROLE SERIOUSLY AS COURTNEY'S CLOSE HENCHMAN. OTHER GREAT PERFORMANCES BY ETHAN ERIKSON, JUDY GREER, PAM GRIER, CHAD CHRIST AND MOSTLY CAROL KANE. BUY THIS FILM NOW!
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How about a blu ray version?,
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This review is from: Jawbreaker (DVD)
Even I think this movie is a great one to see in high definition because blu ray players are here to get even in 3-D. I think the blu ray version is a great one to have because it is a good movie to watch even if it is on blu ray.
4.0 out of 5 stars
EYE CANDY,
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This review is from: Jawbreaker (DVD)
There's a demonic undertone to this black comedy that delineates the cruelty of teenagers; and also, their lack of self-understanding, and their commitment to only please themselves. For instance, the scene where hunky Ethan Erickson is waiting for his beloved Rose McGowan to arrive, he tries several different poses on the bed; resorts to stripping to his underwear, and then when she arrives, she baits him with a popsicle. You can tell he's uncomfortable in licking the popsicle, but you can also see the delight in McGowan's eyes in making him suck the popsicle. When she uses this to bait him as to what he would like done, we can see the cruelty in McGowan's character.The idea of having someone die from choking on a humongous jawbreaker is original, but at the same time, the coolness and nonchalance the girls display in their friend's death is frighteningly realistic ... to a point. Not one to bash teenagers, we do need them after all?, the movie still makes us see all the things we hated about high school. While McGowan is excellent in her bitch queen role, her destruction at the prom is almost as devastating as Carrie's in the well known horror book/flick. Rebecca Gayheart as the tried and true Julie sinks to McGowan's level in this destruction. Julie Benz is appropriately ditzy as Foxy and Judy Greer as Fern Mayo/Vylette also well cast. Erickson is a perfect choice for the self-absorbed and hedonistic Dane. Chad Christ as Julie's dramatic boyfriend does well, and once again shows how in high school, if you are a drama freak, you're probably homosexual. The movie falls apart in several places, but does have some good cameos from Pam Grier as Det. Vera Cruz; Jeff Conaway as Foxy's dad, who does a cute Tiffany impersonation; and wastes William Katt and PJ Soles as the victim's parents. (Ironic, they both appeared in the original CARRIE). Not a classic, but does pack some punch in what it's trying to say, it's just afraid to come out and say it: teenagers are cruel.
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