Heathers
Dir: Michael Lehmann
Star: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannon Doherty, Lisanne Falk
[4] Veronica (Ryder) is in with the in crowd, but
doesn't want to be. Egged on by JD (Slater), she poisons one and
then finds things are getting out of hand. Described everywhere as 'black',
I felt it was a little tastefully done; only one sequence hit really low,
where Veronica and JD execute two jocks and make it look like a homosexual
love pact, after the jocks claim to "have had a sword-fight" in Veronica's
mouth. How much of this is due to studio intervention is uncertain - they
insisted on a less bleak ending than the director wanted, where Veronica
blew herself up! Still, nicely acted Slater's been watching old Jack
Nicholson movies and Ryder is fine too, but Shannon Doherty as Green
Heather out-acts (and out-cutes!) her, transforming from meek to bitchy
when opportunity knocks. Teenage angst with a body count. 7/10
[6] Suffering deja vu? Yes, it was reviewed in TC4, when I expressed disappointment that it wasn't black enough. I recently saw it again, and enjoyed it a lot more, possibly because I had different, more accurate expectations; although I'm still not happy with the ending, and dialogue that borders on the unintelligible occasionally, the lovely camerawork, good acting and a vicious streak a mile wide more than compensate. If perhaps I'm being swayed slightly by lust for Shannon Doherty and Winona Ryder, who cares? Upgraded to...
9/10
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