Jawbreaker (1999)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Darren Stein

Writer:

Darren Stein (writer)

Release Date:

19 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The sweetest candies are sour as death inside.

Plot:

Three of the most popular girls at Reagan High accidentally kill the prom queen with a jaw-breaker when a kidnapping goes horribly wrong.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Best Friend | Popular Girl | High School | Prom

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Alexandra Adi	...	Cheerleader #1
Tatyana Ali	...	Brenda
Joni Allen	...	Make-Up Monger #1
Charlotte Ayanna	...	Liz Purr (as Charlotte Roldan)
Julie Benz	...	Marcie Fox
Marita Black	...	Dreamsperson #1
Billy Butler	...	High School Stud
Chad Christ	...	Zack
Claudine Claudio	...	Drama Student #2
Jeff Conaway	...	Marcie's Father
Jane Leigh Connelly	...	Wannabe #2 (as Jane Connelly)
Ethan Erickson	...	Dane Sanders
Vylette Fagerholm	...	Make-Up Monger #2
Brian Gattas	...	Drama Student #1
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Julie Freeman

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and violence, all involving teens.

Runtime:

87 min | Germany:78 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #36269) | Australia:M | France:-12 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Crossroads Films

Trivia:

Rachael Leigh Cook auditioned for the role of Julie, reading the scene where the three girls discover Liz is dead.

Goofs:

Continuity: While at the lunch table, Vylette's purse repeatedly from under her arm to the left of her arm between shots.

Quotes:

Julie: It's just weird how time erases things.
Fern: Time doesn't erase things, people erase things.
Julie: Yeah, people erase people.

Movie Connections:

References Grease (1978)

Soundtrack:

Rock You Like A Hurricane

A wicked, funny, twisted flick... I think not

As Heathers did, this film tries to do. It is supposed to be a clever black comedy that is twisted, sick, and you have a hell of a fun time viewing it. Jawbreaker succeeds in nothing. Absolutely nothing. I like Rose McGowan but as you're supposed to, you don't love her. Rebecca Gayheart is the one you're supposed to root for, I couldn't stand her in this role. And the rest of the cast besides the school's principal, fell flat. That's not their fault, it is the faulty script. Unwitty dialogue and unclever antics make this film a downer. After accidently killing a friend they hatch a cover up scheme yet obviously someone is uncovering it. Now one friend must find a way to prove that her friend killed this girl. I didn't get that factor. It was an accident, yes it turned sick, but Courtney didn't actually, purposefully kill the girl. The ending is predictable, and there is crappy casting. I say this because Marilyn Manson is cast as a man that well... does... his real-life love interest Rose McGowan. It's odd, unfunny, and with a black comedy, it should be witty. This isn't. D-