SummaryThree teenagers two-timed by a local lothario decide to turn the tables on him in this romantic comedy. (Fox)
Directed By:Betty Thomas
Written By:Jeff Lowell
John Tucker Must Die
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A slumber-party classic that belongs on the same shelf as "Bring It On" and "10 Things I Hate About You." This high-school comedy should do for its 20-year-old star, Brittany Snow, what those movies did for Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles.
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Although mixing teen humor with sentiment will never be done as well as in "American Pie," John Tucker Must Die has just enough heart to entertain the "MySpace" set.
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May 10, 2020
8
I forget how hilarious this movie is until I revisit it. The setup is fun as three young women from different social circles discover they are dating the same guy. So they recruit another young woman, give her a make over and train her to take the womanizer down. The movie is really funny with solid performances from Brittany Snow (Hairspray), hunky Jess Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill), Penn Badgeley (You) and Jenny McCarthy (Scream 3). Arielle Kebbel (Aquamarine), Ashanti (Resident evil extinction) and sexy Taylir Kitsch (Battleship) also star. All the jokes hit and the premise is creative and relevant. Plus it's just fun! Budget: $18m
Domestic Box Office: $41m
Worldwide Box Office: $69m 4/5
Oct 17, 2015
8
An enjoyable high school flick with plenty of laughs, John Tucker Must Die belongs on the shelf next to "Mean Girls" and "Bring It On". Be set for your typical High school Drama, with big budget A-lists.
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Too cute by half, the high school comedy John Tucker Must Die is just so likable, so, um, cute - in that helpless-bunny-wabbit sort of way - that to diss it would be to admit being a heartless, cynical Bambi-killer.
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The movie starts out cleverly enough but grows insipid as the girls' antics become more predictable.
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Revenge movies often end with the message that vengeance is empty and futile, but it's never encouraging when revenge seems pointless from the start.
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Lame and unconvincing teen comedy.
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Awful.
May 14, 2020
7
Not a bad movie, the main cast really brought out the best for this especially Sophie Bush, who was insanely funny. Its an enjoyable high school flick
Mar 8, 2011
7
In truth, not a bad movie. However, I agree with people who have said it is trying to be too much like Mean Girls. The plot was somewhat predictable in the fact that you knew what was going to happen with Kate and Tucker. Despite the predictable elements, the script is well written and the film on the whole isn't TOO bad.
Feb 24, 2013
6
OK, let me say this... John Tucker is no prize, neither is the guy who played him. They could have done so much more and found 1000 better actors to play him. It wasn't a bad movie. It would have been better had the actors actually been high school students and not mid-late 20s actors/actresses. The story was simple, the acting was decent, and it had its funny moment, I defiantly loved your fashion sense John haha. It's worth checking out, but far from Oscar worthy.
Feb 19, 2016
1
'John Tucker Must Die' is a laugh-free comedy with a ridiculous plot, and mixed morals that it tries to show. The movie's plot mainly focuses on a hot-shot high school student and popular basketball player named John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) who starts going out with multiple girls at once. These many girls then find out about each other and begin to get jealous, that is, until they meet Kate Spencer (Brittany Snow) who pretty much gives them the idea to get even. All this popular guy did was go out with multiple girls and broke it off with ****'s unlikable as it is, all they want to do is humiliate him to the point where he gets it, and pretty much when the audience gets it. There is absolutely no comedy from then on...while the acting from most of the young cast is better than expected, the screenplay is absolutely atrocious, and the representation of its principal cast is more humiliating than what the girls do to the John Tucker character. I could go on and on about why I loathed this movie so much, it's a movie I've only seen once, and I seriously do not plan on seeing it again. Perhaps writer Jeff Lowell would have moved on to do better things...
Dec 2, 2011
1
Bottom Line: This film is dumb. D-U-M-B, dumb. There are three aspects to a comedy that should immediately tell you itâ
Production Company:
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Landscape Entertainment
- Dune Entertainment
- Major Studio Partners
- John US Productions
Release Date:Jul 28, 2006
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
