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Heathers

Heathers

1989
Comedy, Crime
1h 43m
Veronica Sawyer is a popular high school student who is part of the Heathers, a clique of three beautiful and ruthless girls. When Veronica meets Jason "J.D." Dean, a new student who is also a sociopath, they team up to murder the Heathers and make it look like suicides. But as their plans become more elaborate, Veronica begins to question J.D.'s motives and her own role in the killings.
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Heathers

1989
Comedy, Crime
1h 43m
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Rated 04 Jun 2020
73
70th
While its impact on future high school films and its status as a cult classic are well supported, something about the movie just keeps me from really loving it, and I can't exactly put my finger on why. Despite being instantly quotable and fairly funny throughout, with an original dark comedic take on the social conditioning program known as high school, something about the writing and direction makes the overall thing kind of clunky. However, it's still well worth the watch.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
78
83rd
Clearly the best teen movie ever, a big "fuck you" to those obnoxious John Hughes protagonists. All the 80s excess doesn't merely date the film it adds a weird, dream like bent with the garish colours, high shoulder pads and cheesy synths at odds with its pitch black heart.
Rated 12 Jun 2014
6
98th
Manages to caustically satirize its assorted targets (jocks and queen bees, of course, but also disaffected teens, dime-store rebels, oblivious parents, et al) while avoiding the pitfall of cheap cynicism. It's like the proto-Fight Club in its portrait of misdirected angst, but with a feminine bent. Winona is a perfect unattainable everywoman, Slater pulls off a careful balance of creepy yet alluring, and the slang is the best around ("So very" needs to make a comeback yesterday).
Rated 16 Nov 2008
5
44th
I was expecting better with all the good reviews I saw but it turns out this movie is just average. Winona is so hot in this movie but Christian Slater is such a douche bag that every scene he was in I was cringing.
Rated 04 Jan 2011
80
77th
Fast-paced, clever, dark teen comedy with oodles of quotables delivered by a great cast.
Rated 20 Jan 2014
35
20th
The message isn't as deep as it wants to be (it isn't really deep at all, actually), and the characters are all pretty unlikable, but the fact that this fully commits to its ridiculous black humor premise did win over some real laughs. Also, the reviews comparing Christian Slater to a young Jack Nicholson aren't complimentary; he literally seems like he's doing a weird mimic of Nicholson's cadence, and it's kind of off-putting.
Rated 30 Apr 2016
64
34th
I once attempted cow-tipping only to be dumbstruck upon finding that cows actually sleep lying down, which seems obvious in hindsight. Between that and quicksand I'm just not sure I can trust Hollywood anymore.
Rated 13 Jan 2018
48
19th
Heathers' reputation as a smart teen satire is lost on me. It was a promising idea, but the script manages to somehow be simultaneously underwritten and overwritten. Plot and character development are seriously lacking, and the dialogue tries way too hard to be 'edgy' and 'cool'. Slater's angst filled monologues reek of pseudo-rebellion and are mostly cringeworthy, and Lehmann's tone is lazily misanthropic. It never feels truly subversive because it's all cartoon surface.
Rated 27 Apr 2021
85
73rd
After almost 10 years of sickly-sweet John Hughes movies involving high schoolers facing benign obstacles, this film was welcome. Slater really hit home his sullen, brooding teenager vibe and the dark humor has a great way of going from horror to acceptance--as best exemplified in the jock funeral sequence. Still, laughing at some jokes could make you feel bad once you think about it. Which, in a way, makes it exactly like high school. Well done, and a perfect double bill with Scream.
Rated 26 Jan 2010
79
39th
Pretty adequate dark comedy whose statement isn't as meaningful as it thinks it is.
Rated 23 May 2010
70
75th
Ah, a movie from the days when Slater was still trying to be Jack Nicholson...
Rated 21 Dec 2010
5
69th
"School's canceled today cause they killed themselves in a repressed, homosexual, suicide pact!"
Rated 14 Mar 2013
71
70th
I don't patronize bunny rabbits!
Rated 31 Jan 2007
60
68th
A lot darker than I remembered, and most likely it wouldn't get made these days. Films like "Mean Girls" are clearly inspired by it, but they are a lot nicer and only flirting with darker issues, while "Heathers" really goes deeper. The style reminds me of John Waters mixed with Tim Burton. Slater plays a charismatic sociopath and Ryder is fine as well. The film looses some steam before the ending, but it should still be counted as one of the most unique teen films of all time.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
12th
Completely uninteresting movie. People see qualities where there are none. One of many examples where over-praise of a debut feature leads to a thoroughly mediocre career.
Rated 16 Sep 2009
63
42nd
A quirky and dark comedy with some interesting ideas and decent dialogue. Most concepts just didn't really gel together all that well. Goes from morbid to over the top too easily.
Rated 28 Feb 2010
80
66th
Dark but not quite dark enough, leaving something to be desired. Too much cleverness was spent on the dialogue but not on the plot which is different but not necessarily better for it. Something that probably could have been a lot more.
Rated 01 Mar 2011
65
57th
Oddly paced and mean spirited. I'm really not sure what to think about it. I guess I tend to fall for highschool films, but there was something depressing here. It has some sort of sociopathic/moralistic charm, though, and the style is usually great. I still liked Clueless more - it's less "dark" and extreme but the characters are actually likable and the whole thing is enjoyable, while Heathers pretty much forces you to hate everyone and everything. Yes, it includes you, Winona and Christian.
Rated 05 Jan 2013
86
79th
It's great to see a film so ahead of it's time that when the modern-day equivalent (in the form of Mean Girls) was released it seems like a tame rehash of this. Incredibly dark but yet still very cynical and very funny, tied down by some good (and age-appropriate) performances from Ryder and Slater. Excellent use of colour and costume design too to designate roles and hierarchies, and fantastic direction and cinematography too - so much is said with small camera moves and repetition. Fantastic.
Rated 06 Apr 2013
30
18th
Terrible stupid script. Ridiculous acting. Nonsensical plot. Asinine one liners are forced in and awkward. Christian Slater's psycho portrayal was unconvincing. All of the supporting cast are campy amateurs. Erratic pacing. Lame 80's music. Cheap special effects. Poor camera work. Laughable makeup. The directing was idiotic and childish. There is nothing much good about this except for seeing the beautiful young Winona Ryder, and the outdated commentary on high school social hierarchies.
Rated 21 Oct 2020
50
35th
None of the characters were really compelling and the ending felt like it thought it was deep, but it really wasn't. It has a couple good laughs, though.
Rated 02 Aug 2007
8
93rd
The darker and more violent mother of Mean Girls, this is a thrillingly jet-black high school comedy that would definitely not fly in these post-Columbine / Georgia Tech days, what with the school shooting being played for comedy and all. Love it. Also, teenage Winona Ryder makes me think the wrong thing.
Rated 11 Aug 2007
72
65th
Unlike previous teen films, this wasn't about trying to do whatever one could to become the popular girl or guy in school -- it was a complete rejection of the notion of popularity through conformity.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
98th
Best comedy about teen suicide ever. "I love my dead gay son" and "Fuck me gently with a chainsaw" are both immortal quotes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
96th
Winona Ryder and Christian Slater live out every middle class high schooler's fantasy
Rated 18 Oct 2007
60
53rd
Snarky and fun. Very dated, but entertaining.
Rated 14 Jun 2008
51
48th
Stylized, ironic comedy about a beautiful Jewish high school girl who falls in love with a brooding outsider who wants to blow up buildings and has a strange relationship with his father... wait, wait, hold on a minute this isn't Trust?
Rated 17 Apr 2010
8
88th
Veronica is a prisoner of her own fantasy. She writes of death in her diary, but in reality all that remains is a perpetual stasis where she has no control. She's a passenger of someone else's desires. Life is a cruel mirror of what she wants. This is until JD arrives - together they possess a destructive chemistry against established order. Even so, she is still caged, this time by JD's rebellious social alienation. A great black comedy about the twilight zone between childhood and adulthood.
Rated 14 Aug 2010
69
34th
Nothing with this film clicked with me. I suppose the "ant-John Hughes" direction was interesting, but the motivations, the attitudes, the corny lingo and the overall message of the movie just didn't meld together to make me like this very much.
Rated 10 Jul 2012
88
86th
Dark, cynical, and subversive, Heathers gently applies a chainsaw to the conventions of the high school movie - changing the game for teen comedies to follow.
Rated 20 Feb 2015
59
55th
High school comedy with a dark twist. One of those movies I knew of for ages but was saving watching them for the right time. I think I'm way too late with this one though. The sardonic satire about high school life would probably work better if it was still relevant for me. Enjoyable style, good acting, but the plot wasn't very interesting for me.
Rated 29 Mar 2015
70
77th
A very dark comedy that deconstructs high school cliques in a way that is rarely seen. Heathers is a lot of fun and served as an inspiration to so many high school movies that followed.
Rated 24 Nov 2015
3
45th
This movie wouldn't have a chance in hell of being made today. At least not with this absurdist inclination: a subversion of the Bonnie and Clyde ethos, and a dark satire of personality cults and high school cliques. It's all very funny, though I must say Christian Slater's cheap Jack Nicholson impersonation wears on my nerves.
Rated 06 Dec 2016
69
61st
good and bad are pretty balanced, e.g. winona ryder is about as stunning as christian slater is irritating. the plot is appealing, but the pacing is off. the main characters are interesting, but lack depth. it feels more like a first draft of a movie that's going to be good. however, the underlying themes ring true, there's signature 80s flair and a sweet little message on top. and which geek didn't at one point picture shooting some jock in the face?
Rated 05 Jun 2017
82
72nd
Winona Ryder is such a bad actress and nobody (including me) cares.
Rated 25 Jun 2017
80
78th
Top badass moment? As a gardener I was looking forward to a documentary about the UK's 6 native species of heather, but instead got confronted with a film about posh girls playing croquet. I switched off immediately, melted the DVD in my toaster, wrote a scathing review on Amazon about how crap the site is for not warning me about the content, and then ordered a new toaster from it to replace my recently broken one. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations, but a chainsaw does get a mention (winces).
Rated 31 Oct 2017
64
50th
Heathers darkly amuses as it deconstructs high school stereotypes. Ryder is good as the aloof Veronica, who after getting her wish of eliminating certain classmates comes to the realisation that it's a pointless venture that is to no avail. There are insightful moments like her parents pointing out her hypocrisy over being treated like an adult; as well as silly ones surrounding the nature of the murders, and the film's ability to balance the two makes it enjoyable despite its many flaws.
Rated 07 Apr 2018
62
32nd
Greetings and salutations, Heathers is a film that just keeps escalating and as it does, it stumbles further and further into absurdity until it rivals a 1989 - Hobo With a Shotgun (what's your damage?). We explore teen angst, cliques, popularity, bleach poisoning, gay-venge & extreme lack of consequence.
Rated 06 Aug 2018
5
22nd
Stupid, sick and wears "dark comedy" as fashionable makeup.
Rated 10 Feb 2019
74
64th
The social commentary is laughable, but thankfully, so are the jokes
Rated 06 Apr 2019
70
76th
So silly and teen angsty but I think that was the point. The social messaging was very blunt. Fav scene: happy ending
Rated 24 Aug 2019
71
32nd
OG Mean Girls. I like more the musical tho.
Rated 07 Oct 2019
74
67th
"Whether to kill yourself or not is one of the most important decisions a teenager can make." This movie was full of memorable dialogue, and having seen it for the first time 30 years after release, I'm realizing that several movies I've seen since have been weak imitations.
Rated 05 Jul 2020
60
35th
Christian Slater doing his best Jack Nicholson impression.
Rated 13 Sep 2020
51
11th
Unpleasantly abrasive and nihilistic satire gets some points for turning the sensibilities of the typical John Hughes teen comedy on its head - but it's difficult to ascertain what the point of the film is, as Ryder's character never comes into focus, and the strange, stilted performances generally make it difficult to connect with the baseline "reality" of the situation. Slater is by far the highlight (doing his best Nicholson) and his spirited, charismatic performance is by far the highpoint.
Rated 04 Oct 2020
0
0th
Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?
Rated 11 Oct 2020
70
56th
It is often weighed down by its own heavy handed social satire. However, it is also prophetic in some ways when it comes to the dark descent of America's youth. The flaw of this film is that it doesn't delve into the issues much more than with standard depictions of 80's social cliques. Even though this film predicted the school blood bath what was to come it failed to understand the underlying reasons. Watching a young Ryder and Slater act is a treat but at face value it is a shallow film.
Rated 01 Jun 2022
50
28th
Not nearly as clever or transgressive as its fans claim it to be. However, there is no doubt that it is entertaining, mostly due to Waters' razor sharp writing (lots of memorable lines and zingers).
Rated 12 Dec 2006
91
95th
Very dark and funny, high-school satire.
Rated 19 Feb 2007
74
71st
A biting satire about following the herd.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
50
35th
Not bad.
Rated 17 Apr 2007
80
79th
My favorite of the '80s teen movies.
Rated 10 May 2007
75
74th
The clothes have aged, as has the soundtrack, but the satire remains as sharp as ever.
Rated 02 Jul 2007
87
79th
It's Mean Girls, but in the 80's and with murder. This is a great satire, even though most of the acting is terrible. Christian Slater is really cool/creepy. HIlarious, and a cool blues version of Que Sera over the credits, NIIIIIIICE. This is good shit, I recomendz it much.
Rated 10 Jul 2007
73
57th
Quite a funny black comedy. Jack Nicholson, I mean Christian Slater, in one of his best roles. Certainly some parts are hokey, other parts defy logic and are quite dated but it's neat to watch this to see how people used to view school violence and suicide. Society has really, really changed since this movie was made.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
97th
LOVED IT! It was an awesome movie, Heathers is definitely worthy of a cult following.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
85th
The best 80s teen comedy, period. Also a hilarious precursor to Fight Club!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
57
50th
I really wanted to like this movie more, but I probably saw it too late in life to learn to love it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
93
92nd
A total highschool movie classic, there would be no Mean Girls without Heathers.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
65th
Ahh, the golden days of the '80s brought us this one of a kind treasure that seems equally mainstream and anti-status quo. If you're in high school, and hate your high school, this is a nice fantasy to rely on. Winona Ryder's best performance and one of the best voices of what it's like to be a teenager in the '80s.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
41st
snotty chicks, part one million.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
55th
I enjoyed this a lot. Good writing and funny view of high school from an outsider's perspective.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
89th
Slater's best movie. Ryder's best role. Great great film
Rated 22 Aug 2007
88
90th
Excellent
Rated 24 Aug 2007
76
60th
Kind of like a prototype Mean Girls. Dark and enjoyable, if unconvincing.
Rated 04 Sep 2007
83
84th
A delightfully evil film that justifies the "black comedy" tag. Although how you don't spot that Christian Slater is deranged I don't know.
Rated 10 Sep 2007
70
51st
Excellent teen school comedy. The screenplay is sharp and witty, and the performances are adequate, specially Ryder. The 80's outfits are a little distracting and extremely dated though.
Rated 17 Sep 2007
65
49th
dark and amusing
Rated 17 Oct 2007
95
84th
BRILLIANT. This dark, dark comedy re wrote the book on the teen-angst/comedy genre. A popular click of girls, who terrorize their classmates with their power and social status, begin to get mixed up in suicide and other nefarious dealings that eerily coincide with the arrival of a mysterious new student. Christian Slater's star making turn - aping Jack Nicholson's manic characters' moves to a frightening "T".
Rated 14 Nov 2007
85
25th
It's been a while, but I remember this being very surreal to watch, like I thought I'd missed something somewhere and couldn't run fast enough for the runaway train.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
75
81st
so dated, but still a classic.
Rated 05 Dec 2007
90
75th
divertentissimo. articolato. oscuro. godibile. molto sottovalutato
Rated 15 Dec 2007
55
16th
anti-hero girl's film. nice scenery.
Rated 26 Jan 2008
86
59th
Bizarre. Very 80s.
Rated 31 Jan 2008
43
31st
Only teen movies can be this frisky and this pedestrian at the same time.
Rated 18 Feb 2008
85
71st
I love this movie, and not just because my name is Heather. Try quoting it at friends who have never seen it. Hilarious. ^^
Rated 18 May 2008
75
48th
Very dark and funny, if you can manage to ignore how annoying Christian Slater is.
Rated 28 May 2008
60
57th
This is just a lot of fun, and I think it's held up pretty well over time.
Rated 02 Jun 2008
71
69th
Nice plot. Interesting film
Rated 21 Jun 2008
86
42nd
A document from the 80's. Dark, campy. My high school was really pretty much just like the one in this film. No joke.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
96
94th
Love this film. Funny script with great one-liners. This is a must-see classic.
Rated 25 Sep 2008
80
84th
Great black comedy, with great performances all round
Rated 15 Nov 2008
55
63rd
Everytime someone mentions Mean Girls I decapitate them with a Heathers dvd.
Rated 01 Dec 2008
80
68th
_Massacre at Central High_ done right
Rated 15 Jan 2009
90
85th
Great movie, gets to make fun of itself as well as its subject matter
Rated 27 Jan 2009
87
31st
Haven't seen in a while, but at the time, was a favorite. Christian Slater and Winona Ryder at the top of their game; if you didn't love high school, see this one.
Rated 03 Mar 2009
50
6th
i always liked christian slater hes a good actor this movie is worth watching once
Rated 30 Mar 2009
71
17th
I like it
Rated 27 Apr 2009
98
94th
The most quotable film of all-time.
Rated 05 May 2009
3
64th
Starts out really good but by the end the over-the-topness could have been toned down just a tad. Still funny though. Also, Winona Ryder used to be really pretty, who knew?
Rated 30 Sep 2009
6
70th
Dated, but not in a bad way (except for maybe the clothes) but dated in a way similar to Blazing Saddles; that it would never fly if it was made today. Good dark comedy.
Rated 17 Nov 2009
65
67th
Cult movie. The original "mean girls" with darker undertones.
Rated 04 Dec 2009
71
50th
A rare black comedy. Smart, impressive directorial debut by Lehmann.
Rated 11 Feb 2010
71
54th
I don't find this nearly as funny as some people do, but it's still a good dark comedy.
Rated 11 Mar 2010
88
59th
This is a great black comedy. I laughed a lot during the course of the film, and was delighted by how much I enjoyed it. A amusing satire on high school life, this film is not to be missed.
Rated 23 Jul 2010
63
33rd
Dunno why this is such a "cult classic." It was ok though. Best part is the song at the end.
Rated 23 Jul 2010
93
92nd
I quote this movie all the time and instantly love anyone that has seen it. It's like Mean Girl bu int he 80s and with drugs.
Rated 03 Aug 2010
65
46th
Black comedy always works for me, so I ended up liking this one, too. It's still just a pretty average movie and gets a lot of points for nostalgia and for a bunch of awesome quotes.
Rated 04 Sep 2010
48
35th
Mean Girls of the late 80's but darker.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
70
79th
Way ahead of it's time. Slater's Nicholson impersonation is tolerable here. The 1980's feel will turn many off and have them write it off as hokey, or dated. I could give a shit, "I love my dead gay son!"

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