Heathers

Heathers
by Michael Lehmann

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DVD Review: The Ultimate Teenage Fantasy Gone Awry
Summary: 5 Stars

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...