Jawbreaker

19991999
RR
1h 27m

Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, and Julie Benz in Jawbreaker (1999)

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

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, and Julie Benz in Jawbreaker (1999)

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In a no-holds-barred birthday prank, three of Reagan High School's most popular girls - Julie, Marcie, and Courtney - pretend to kidnap the most popular, Liz Purr. Courtney shoves a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth ostensibly to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl accidentally swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. The cool and calculating Courtney tries to cover the crime but is found out by school geek Fern Mayo. In return for her silence, Courtney transforms the gawky Fern into the stylishly beautiful Vylette, leaving the conscience-stricken Julie out in the cold, threatening to set her up for the girl's murder if she breaks her silence. —Jonathan Ruskin (updated by R.M. Sieger)

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Taglines
- The sweetest candies are sour as death inside.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for sexuality, language and violence, all involving teens
Parents guide

Trivia
Pam Grier's contract states that she must be in charge of doing her own hair for her films. For this film, she's wearing about three wigs blended together.

Goofs
In the scene where the girls are carrying Liz's corpse up the stairs, when Marcie plops Liz on the bed you can clearly see Liz's eye's blink twice.

Quotes
Courtney: I killed Liz. I killed the teen dream. Deal with it.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1999)

Soundtracks
I See
Written by Kay Hanley and Greg McKenna
Performed by Letters to Cleo
Courtesy of Dot-Rat Records

Top review

4/10

less than Heathers and too old for school

Liz is a nice girl and the most popular in her school. Her three friends accidentally kills her playing a birthday prank when she chokes on a jawbreaker. Mean girl Courtney (Rose McGowan) takes over the leadership. Marcie (Julie Benz) is willing to follow, but Julie (Rebecca Gayheart) is troubled with the death. When geeky Fern (Judy Greer) finds out by chance, she's remade into a popular girl to keep her in line.

This has several problems. The most obvious are the girls in their mid 20's, and the Heathers comparison. The girls are all gorgeous. Rose McGowan has a great mean girl persona. But the girls are so visibly too old for high school. It is extremely distracting. And the Heathers comparison doesn't help. The writing and the dialog can't stand up to the comparison. It doesn't have the snappy dialog or the memorable lines. It isn't as funny, and drifts into boring.

This movie excels in one thing, and that is the music. It's fun and candy coated which fits the story perfectly. Sure the supermodel walk down the hall is great, but that's a pittance. There's not enough here to recommend this movie.

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Release date
- February 19, 1999 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Caramelo asesino
Filming locations
- Johnie's Broiler - 7447 Firestone Blvd., Downey, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $3,117,085
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,603,425
- Feb 21, 1999
Gross worldwide
- $3,117,085

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Runtime
1 hour 27 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- SDDS
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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