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Jawbreaker [DVD] [1998]
enlarge	Director: Darren Stein Actors: Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Alexandra Adi, Tatyana Ali Studio: Uca Category: DVD List Price: ~~£5.99~~ Buy New: £2.99 as of 23/11/2009 00:55 GMT details You Save: £3.00 (50%) New (7) Used (5) from £2.74 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 37031 Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), German (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 83 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 020009706895 EAN: 0020009706895 ASIN: B00004L8JE Theatrical Release Date: February 19, 1999 Release Date: January 10, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review A ferocious day-glo-coloured complement to Michael Lehmann's majestically spiteful late-80s teen black comedy IHeathers/I, IJawbreaker/I invites us into the immaculately turned-out and deeply, deeply venal world of a quartet of high-school princesses led by one Courtney Shayne (Rose McGowan)--or "Satan in heels", as she's known to her peer group. The only thing is, Courtney's gang don't stay a quartet for long after the one vaguely likeable member of the group, Liz (Charlotte Ayanna) dies following a malicious birthday prank executed by her caring, sharing girlfriends. (All we can say is that it involves the titular hunk of candy.) p Triumphantly convincing the world Liz was, in fact, the victim of a serial killer, Courtney gets on with ruling school with a manicured iron fist--except she didn't bargain for the sudden discovery of a conscience by her lieutenant Julie (Rebecca Gayheart), or the rumbling of her plan by class geek Fern Mayo (Judy Greer). In truth, no matter how badly IJawbreaker/I wants to be IHeathers/I, there's little of the sharp, acidic wit or satirical glee which Lehmann brought to the table in the earlier movie--just a sticky and a faintly unpleasant aftertaste. That said, there's a certain cartoonish vibrancy to the proceedings, however predictably they unfold, and if McGowan's Joan Crawford Jr shtick as the vampish queen-bitch Shayne hardly extends her range as an actress, it's an accomplished piece of type-casting. --IDanny Leigh/I

Customer Reviews: A highly entertaining dark comedy March 16, 2003 Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA) 6 out of 8 found this review helpful I can understand why some people don't particularly like this movie, but I personally enjoyed it immensely. Of course, I enjoy anything featuring Rose McGowan, but the movie itself is actually a lot of fun. If you tend to take movies seriously and have trouble suspending your disbelief, this movie isn't for you, and a short description of the movie should easily convince you to take your cinematic interests elsewhere. I happen to like over the top movies about high school life, and Jawbreaker takes the stratification of high school society, something we are all acquainted with in one form or another, and runs with it. Rose McGowan plays Courtney Shane, considered by some to be "Satan-in-heels." She is your ultimate clique controller, operating the controls of high school popularity and approachability with the help of faithful and reliable henchbabe Marcie Fox (Julie Benz) and two goody-goodies who somehow manage to stay cool despite hobnobbing with their social inferiors from time to time. Rebecca Gayheart (who finds herself in the odd situation of being rather invisible whenever McGowan shares the screen with her) plays Julie Freedman, and she is in fact complicit in the unusual death of Elizabeth Purr, sweet little angel and fourth member of the ruling babes of Reagan High School. Courtney, Marcie, and Julie celebrate Liz's 17th birthday by disguising themselves, sneaking into her room, tying her up and gagging her, throwing her into the trunk of their car, and eventually letting her go to enjoy the hilarity of their innocent little prank. Wouldn't you know it, something goes awry. The insanely large jawbreaker that Courtney stuffs in her mouth before taping it closed manages to work its way down Liz's throat. With their friend dead, the three girls must take action quickly to avoid detection; Courtney is a natural at evil plotting and quickly enacts a plan. Unfortunately, class geek Fern Mayo happens along and overhears the big secret, prompting Courtney to take drastic action; in return for Fern's silence, she will transform Fern into the beautiful, popular girl she has always wanted to be. Julie wants no part of it, but her own guilt and complicity leads her to do little more than go schoolmarm and reject her more evil compatriots. pThis movie does raise issues about high school life, but it does not attempt to make some meaningful statement about it . The common stereotypes are presented but not dwelt on. Those who would not understand how nice, sweet Fern could be enticed into going over to the dark side were obviously not among the nerds and geeks of their own graduating class. Even though Courtney was hated as much as she was loved, the vast majority of her peers wanted to be like her, immensely popular, beautiful, intimidating, and awe-inspiring. Sure, she is selfish, evil, and uncaring, but that's part of her charm. I personally prefer her to Julie, who pretends to be something she is not and blames Courtney alone for an act she herself played a large part in.pDon't even try to think about this movie; you're not supposed to learn anything here. This is entertainment and nothing more, and I for one was greatly entertained. The ending leaves a little something to be desired, but all in all this is a marvelous dark comedy. Rose McGowan makes this movie cool all by herself, but the kicking soundtrack is more than ready to assist in this endeavor whenever it is called upon, which is quite often. The music is almost a character in and of itself, beautifully assisting in the creation of whatever atmosphere is required for each scene, and its incessant energy never allows for a moment of drag as the story works itself out. There is quite a bit of profanity in the script, and it is this much more than the all-too-brief nudity that earns this one its R rating. Rose McGowan's sizzling partially nude scene is perhaps the shortest in the history of cinema, here and gone before your DA--- reaches its ---MN. I seem to take delight in praising movies of this type, and I take extreme delight in praising this one. My best advice to the prospective viewer is this: if the movie sounds stupid to you, you probably won't like it. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy the candy (jawbreaker as well as eye candy). Death by candy October 16, 2005 Lost n charmed (UK) 6 out of 8 found this review helpful This is a really great movie. I am the sort of person who takes movies seriously - i went round for weeks after watching scream thinking i was going to be killed by a psycotic killer! Anyway, the movie is basically about 3 girls who kill their best friend by stuffing a Jawbreaker down her throat on her birthday - NICE - and they try to cover it up. this is until Fern Mayo (naise) comes along and it all ends in tears - for courtney shayne (Rose McGowan). The Movie would be a 12 if it wasn't for all the F words in it. ah well . Its a MUST WATCH movie And The cast is great. But - i thought i was going to die from choking on a jawbreaker but i haven't yet so no need to worry ! :D Original, dark and intelligent April 2, 2000 7 out of 9 found this review helpful This film reminded me of a cross between Heathers, Shallow Grave and Clueless - altogether a worth watch. The cast are excellent and there's cameos from Marilyn Manson, Tatyana Ali and The Donnas. The thing which really stands out in the film though is the creative surreal shots of 3d style art works. Definitely worth a rent. Rebecca Gayheart is so Beautiful!!! July 5, 2004 Mark Wayman 3 out of 5 found this review helpful This is a high-school set film in the 'Heathers' vain. Four friends accidently kill their friend and then try to cover their tracks.pDespite a very good cast the film is only so-so. I've seen better films of this kind. It is worth a watch though, if only for the beautiful cast, including Rebecca Gayheart ('Urban Legend'), Rose McGowan ('Scream' TV's 'Charmed' and Julie Benz (TV's 'Angel'. Features cameos from Pam Grier ('Jackie Brown') and the singer Marilyn Manson, who at the time was dating Rose McGowan. Lovers of BAD movies - see this DVD!!! August 29, 2002 3 out of 8 found this review helpful This is a lousy film, truely, truely bad. It thinks it's some cool Heathers style Tarantino take on teen movies - what it is, is a lame no-brainer loser.pBUT - if you love bad movies this DVD is a must! The audio track, where the director extolls the virtues of his cinematic opus is hilarious. He constantly refers to Jawbreaker as if it's either a person, or a masterpiece ..this scene is the heart of Jawbreaker he constantly spurts. He also gives handy hints on film techniques this is called a dissolve!pSometimes the sweetest candy can be a sour as death - if you find that the height of philosophy then you may enjoy the film as it is, but if you can see through the pathetic pretension you'll have an absolute hoot at the surreal extreme badness of this film!

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