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Jawbreaker: The hot bitches run the high school. The top hot bitch is kidnapped by her three cohorts as a prank. She is accidentally killed in the process. The murder must be covered up. And the veneer of high school politics must be exposed in the process.
This is an update of the Winona Ryder-Christian Slater satire "Heathers." "Heathers," however, was funny. Jawbreaker is merely nasty, which is not all bad, but close. The insights are sledgehammered into your skull, the acting is over-the-top, and the film has a
self-satisfied manner, constantly congratulating itself on its "in" perceptions. That said, Rebecca Gayheart, as
one hot bitch with a conscience, is none too hard on the eyes. And Marilyn Manson's girlfriend, Rose McGowan
(as the most insidious of the hot bitches), while she can't act a lick, she can lick. Her scene with the high school
quarterback, where she makes him fellate a popsicle in a manner he would like emulated upon himself, is pretty clever.
And she's wearing a see-through baby doll nightie that works for me.
I also like the Japanese title of Jawbreaker - Hard Candy.
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