Heathers (DVD) Reviews

Westerberg High school has something other schools don't, 'Heathers'. They are a clique of the most popular girls in school who all happen to be called Heather. Veronica is their newest recruit, although for various reasons, including not being called Heather, she feels as though she doesn't exactly fit in. The Heathers use Veronica as a kind of ...  Read the complete review

Heathers, a teen black comedy, was released in 1989 by New World Pictures. It is rated 18 and is 102 minutes long. The film was a complete flop at the box office, making just over $1 million, only half of it's budget. Heathers is now a cult classic and went on to do really well with VHS and DVD rentals and sales and gained a spot on the top 50 ...  Read the complete review

Of all of the many High School films out there, from John Hughes' The Breakfast Club, to Superbad, there's only a few that are truly unique. Heathers, starring Christian Slater and Winona Ryder, certainly fits that bill - this is an intelligent, dark comedy about the nature of the high school paradigm, examining the clique structure, and the ...  Read the complete review

Heathers is one of my favourite films. It is a black comedy set in an American high school. The main character Veronica (Winona Ryder) is a smart girl who is on the fringes of the most popular clique in school, the Heathers, even though she hates their superficial bitchiness. When badboy loner JD joins the school he involves Veronica in his plan ...  Read the complete review

It's widely acknowledged that there is nothing in the world more cruel or more vicious than a teenage high school girl. Establishing your place in the 'in crowd' is a cut-throat business - a business that the Heathers are all too familiar with. The Heathers are Westerburg High's most exclusive clique - a group made up of three girls all called ...  Read the complete review

Heathers (1989) Winona Rider plays Veronica Sawyer, a sassy, popular high school girl, who hates her best friend, and becomes attracted to a dangerous, sardonic outsider, Jason Dean, played by Christian Slater, as a Jack Nicholson impersonation. Heathers was not the only school drama that mattered in 1989. Say Anything and ...  Read the complete review

I kept hearing about this film but somehow only saw it for the first time a few months ago. I've since watched it twice more. This is high school movies and black comedy at it's absolute best, complete with ridiculous 80s clothes and hair. Perfect! This now cult classic tells the story of the three Heathers - Chandler (Kim Walker), Duke ...  Read the complete review

Christian Slater has always been a favourite actor of mine; ive enjoyed watching all this movies with his cheeky smile. I think in this film he show his cheeky smile off to a T, personally for me this is one of his best early movies. Filmed in 1989 and directed by Michael Lehmann. Heathers is a film about a popular high school group ...  Read the complete review

A nineteen eighties classic. Rated 15 it could still be considered too dark for that age. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater look great together in this teen flick. It shows the efforts one girl, Veronica, goes to impress the "in" crowd - a group of three girls all called Heather. However, she falls for the bad boy in school, JD, and soon ...  Read the complete review

This is one of my all time favourite films. The comedy, the irony and the gorgeous Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, what more does a film need? The plot seems very simple. We?re at Westbridge High School, 1988. Winona?s character, Veronica, is slightly quiet and reserved but has made it into the clique of ?popular girls? at school all ...  Read the complete review

For me there is nothing like a good high school movie. Yes I do like the light comedies of Ferris Bueller?s Day Off and Clueless but I also like the darker more cynical ones such as Ghostwold and I suppose (although it is not a movie) Daria. My favourite though has to be Heathers. I love this movie and never tire of it. ...  Read the complete review

At Westerberg High there is a very tight social class system. At the top are the Heathers, a small clique consisting of the leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk)and Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) who is never without her copy of Moby Dick. They all come from rich backgrounds, all dress to impress, ...  Read the complete review

Please note my star rating is for the DVD and not for the film (which I would give 4 stars). The Film Certificate: 18 Director: Michael Lehmann Writer: Daniel Waters Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty Runtime: 102 minutes Made: USA 1988 In a decade when teen drama ...  Read the complete review

"Heathers" is an absolute 80s classic of a film. It's provides a whole new outlook on the traditional American high-school comedy genre that was practically on it's last legs at the time. It does what "Clueless" was to do six years later - completely rip to shreds the typical cliques (in particular the popular ones) ...  Read the complete review

I'm sorry to admit it, but I am completely obsessed with this film. That's a very sad thing, especially coming from a sixteen year old Christian Slater fan. I can happily sit in front of this, despite the fact that I must have seen it enough times to drive the average person watching the average film to the point of insanity. ...  Read the complete review