Heathers

I love how she doesn't gives a fk anymore

Heathers was the seminal film about female teen angst and surviving high school. It’s important to remember that this was an offering from Gen X, so it’s existential and dark as hell.
Think of Heathers, Clueless and Mean Girls as a generational trilogy, with each film telling the same story in the language of its particular era.

just saw this movie for the first time... and wow! This is by far one of the best cheesiest 90's movie I have ever seen! and it's surprisingly funny! (...well if you really like dark comedies!)

I love this movie, hadnt watched it in years, but I was 16 when it was first released. Far better than the sarcastic teen high school comedies that would follow, very dark humour, that works so well. Very quotable lines in the dialogue, always will be a top movie for me.

Classic dark comedy with such ridiculous 80s dialogue that it became quotable instantly. When it came out, I can't tell you how many of us junior/high schoolers were casually telling others to 'fuck me gently with a chainsaw'. As it was before the time of mass school shootings, this is a film that couldn't be made today - from the point of view of disgruntled teens so fed up with the popular kids that they plot to kill them all and mask it as suicides. There was even a modern day play adaptation of this film a few years ago in NYC - as a MUSICAL! - that just flopped. Audiences couldn't take the plot line and walked out. Well, I didn't. I sat in the front row and loved every fucking second. I mean, they made a musical number of the funeral scene for the football jocks, where the father is singing, "I love my dead gay son!". Hilarious. To me, it's a timeless classic. Not for everyone these days, out of context I guess, for a more innocent nostalgia.

Eighties teen black comedy family classic. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater make this great cast featuring an excellent unsuspectingly dark plot. If you're a weirdo film nut that actually gets satire (and I mean that as a compliment ) go watch Jawbreaker (1999), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Jennifer's Body (2009), But I'm a Cheerleader (2000), and don't listen to the opinions of tasteless cads...

Crazy plot and hilarious social commentary!

The movie that the late 80s needed. It twists a lot of the tropes from the more commercial teen movies that came out around the same time, with the subversion often feeling more like a product of the 90s because of how dark and edgy it gets. I'm sure Todd Solondz had this movie on his mind when writing _Welcome to the Dollhouse_, but you can also see how it inspired campy movies like _Mean Girls_ or _Bottoms_. Really enjoyed the dreamy filmmaking style, campy acting and absurd dialogue; it's a movie that's willing to take risk after risk and most of it works out really well. The deconstruction always feels clever and pointed, though sometimes it requires digging to understand what it's trying to say. Maybe some of it was an accidental stroke of genius, as its director never made anything noteworthy after this. However, that doesn't change that I had a lot of fun with this.

8/10

"Heathers" stands out as a stinging social satire that cleverly dissects the brutal dynamics of high school hierarchies with dark humor and cutting wit. Its dream-like qualities, from the surreal dialogue to the vividly stylized aesthetics, create an unsettling yet captivating atmosphere that draws viewers into its twisted world. These elements not only critique the societal pressures of adolescence but also establish it as a unique cult favorite that resonates with audiences long after the credits roll.