Jawbreaker (1999)

August 6, 2023 12:19 PM

[TRAILER} When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murders their best friend, Liz (Charlotte Ayanna), on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible -- Courtney (Rose McGowan), Julie (Rebecca Gayheart) and Marcie (Julie Benz) -- conspire to hide the truth. As the trio make over nerdy reject Fern Mayo (Judy Greer) and groom her to take Liz's place, crack police Detective Vera Cruz (Pam Grier) launches an investigation that will turn Reagan High School upside down.

Also starring Judy Greer, Pam Grier, Carol Kane, Chad Christ, Ethan Erickson, Tatyana Ali, Charlotte Ayanna, Jeff Conaway, William Katt, P.J. Soles, The Donnas.

Written and directed by Darren Stein.

Criminally underrated at Rotten Tomatoes.

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posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

The accidental murder scene is about the only part of this I’ve seen, as something about it was so affecting that I noped out right there, and I’m not particularly squeamish.

I choked on a couple tootsie pop drops as a kid, though, so maybe that is in my lizard brain.
posted by chazlarson at 3:07 PM on August 6, 2023

Looks, um, a little Heathers-ish.
posted by praemunire at 3:36 PM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

Maybe I wasn’t in the right headspace, but this didn’t work for me. They should have had way more Pam Grier.
posted by bunderful at 7:11 PM on May 4, 2024