SummaryCourtney Shane (McGowan), Julie Freeman (Gayheart), Marcie Fox (Benz), and Liz Purr (Roldan) are all best friends. They are at the height of their popularity when an innocent birthday prank accidentally kills Liz, the sweetest member of the clique. During their panicked attempt to cover up the murder, the class nerd, Fern Mayo (Greer), stumbles u... Read More
Directed By:Darren Stein
Written By:Darren Stein
Jawbreaker
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Generally Unfavorable
24
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
24
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19% Mixed
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71% Negative
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Wickedly hilarious. [19 Feb 1999]
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Jawbreaker breaks ground in one way. The movie is notably unpleasant, not just because it's morally offensive, but because it strives for this arch, artificial John Waters tone without any accompanying pay-off in wit.
User score
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5.9
53% Positive
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21 Ratings
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11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Feb 23, 2011
10
Rose McGowan Does Great In This Film As Courtany Shane! All I Can Say Really Good Plot, And A Really Enjoyable Cast!
I Really Enjoyed The Music Is The Film! Each Song Went Along With The Scene :)
Aug 2, 2020
8
The Rotten Tomatoes score for this is Shockingly low at 11%. I definitely think it's time for a critical revisit because the movie has become such a cult classic. It centers around a group of popular teen girls in high school. The Alpha played by a perfectly poisonous Rose McGowan (Scream). Rebecca Gayheart (Urban Legend) the nice one and Julie Benz (TV's Buffy) as the ditzy follower. They play an unfortunate prank on their girlfriend and she chokes on a large Jawbreaker. They try and cover it up while the Alpha takes it to questionable lengths. It's a darkly humorous teen flick that's now better than ever. Filled with quotable dialogue and one hell of a lead performance from McGowan. It's fun, disturbing and hilarious in all the right ways. Judy Greer (Halloween 2018) stars as Fern a witness they give a makeover, Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) as the feisty detective and Carol Kane (Scrooged) as the kooky principal. Even Marilyn Manson shows up for a cameo. Budget: $3.5M
Box Office: $3.1M 8.25/10
38
A slick production of a lame script, which kills time for most of its middle half-hour. If anyone in the plot had the slightest intelligence, the story would implode.
30
Why sit through a lesser imitation, when you could just rent "Heathers" and those other movies for a far more enjoyable time? Drop-dead bitchery? Been there, done that.
25
Unoriginal.
10
It’s like watching an annoying young drag queen who flubs the quips she’s stolen, refuses to shut up and thinks attitude is wit.
0
Stein's script is slack and tin-eared, too feeble to pass for satire, and inadequate even by lazy-pastiche standards.
May 30, 2012
8
A Great Cast! I'm Not Sure What Happned With Critics And This Movie... Not The Most Creative Story Line Of All Time But Still A Good Movie.. Rebecca Gayheart And Rose McGowan Are Amazing In This Movie!
Feb 7, 2019
6
It was okay, it has aged reasonably well. It seemed like a take on Carrie vs. teen movies of the early 00's/late 90s. I liked some of the cinematography and black humor. I still don't understand why Marilyn Manson had a cameo though lol
