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| ACTORS: | Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Darren Stein |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 19 February, 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia/Tristar Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396036154 |
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Customer Reviews of Jawbreaker
The Critics Are Harder On This Than A Gobstopper! I have never seen a dark comedy (at least I think I haven't). So this is a good introduction. Everyone who's criticizing it probably thinks it's exaggerative, yet stereotypical adolescent behavior. But that's the amusing part- Rose McGowan took oblivion, cold-heartedness, and superficiality to a higher planteau than the norm (the clothes looked great). And Julie Benz played the team ditz to a "T"... what a dingbat! Rebecca Gayheart, I thought was insane for leaving the clique, yet I thought her moral character outshined the darker. And Elizabeth Purr, well... had no role (but she looked quite iced). The makeover of the nerd was typical, yet they put a twist on it, and she metamorphed into an egotistical tramp. But all 'n all, this is a good movie to watch when you can spare 2 hours. The plot is not the hated abomination that everyone makes it out to be. Yes, the backfiring of McGowan's scheme (her recorded words resounded with callousness within the silence of the room) was predictable, yet I found it extremely hilarious because it was like "dead air," & everyone threw their corsages (or punch cups) at her. 'Jawbreaker' has it's dark and humourous highlights (almost too dark to be even close to real!)
fantastic teen comedy send-up!
JAWBREAKER is a fantastic homage to the classic horror films of the 70's and cult high school films of the 60's.
Three bitchy teen queens (Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart and Julie Benz) are thrown into a frenzy when a birthday prank backfires and they accidentally kill a close friend, a jawbreaker mercilessly lodged in her throat.
Enter the hopelessly dorky Fern Mayo (Judy Greer) who stumbles onto the real reason behind the mysterious death. The girls have no option but to win the girl's silence, and include her in their circle of elite, but not before changing her image and her name...to Violette.
Featuring veteran comedienne Carol Kane and legendary "blaxploitation" star Pam Grier, JAWBREAKER is a superb film, written and directed by the talented Darren Stein.
The DVD includes director's commentary, interviews and behind-the-scenes, music video "Yoo Hoo" by Imperial Teen and the trailer.
EYE CANDY
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.