I love this movie. It's a badass 80s teen-romance with a wickedly dark humour. The one liners are lovable (What's your damage Heather?) and Christian Slater pulls off handsome, witty, romantic, psycho with surprising ease.
So here's the lowdown: Winona Ryder is Veronica; a bit like Cady Heron from Mean Girls. She's been running around with the 80s version of the Plastics: the Heathers (yes all three are called Heather). But of course she hates them. Then there's the new kid in school, J.D. (otherwise known as the young and beautiful version of Christian Slater) who makes quite the entrance when he fires a gun at a pair of jocks who were hassling him. When Veronica and J.D. (that's short for Jason Dean by the way) meet, things go a little, haywire...
That's all I can say without giving the game away. I think it's a fun movie for both guys and gals. It's not immediately intellectual but there are some interesting comments made about high-school culture and the way we deal with teenage suicide (that's just if you really want to think about it though).
I'm going to rate Heathers using my "Bowls of Popcorn Scale" (which may be subject to change):
Romance - 4 Bowls of Popcorn
Comedy - 4.5 Bowls of Popcorn
Drama - 3.5 Bowls of Popcorn
Action - 2.5 Bowls of Popcorn (out of 5)
Creepiness - 2 Bowls of Popcorn
Mind F*** - 0 Bowls of Popcorn
Sci-Fi - 0 Bowls of Popcorn
The poster was designed by Adam Juresko, who has an awesome Etsy shop here
Ta,
Izz
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