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Jawbreaker





Theme: Movies 5.9 and under on IMDB


I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but our next theme after the break-up section is now movies under 5.9 on IMDB. Jawbreaker here qualifies with a 5.7...

Clueless meets Heathers in this dark comedy about three friends who accidentally kill their friend when a jawbreaker gets lodged in her throat. So instead of calling the police, they simply stage her death to look like a sex act gone wrong. They get got in the act by a "loser" girl and come up with the plan to keep her quiet by giving her a make-over and making her popular.

A decent idea that could work if it really leaned into the darkness of the subject matter but it doesn't land the execution. Julie Benz does a great job of the blonde airhead follower, but the rest of the cast isn't over the top enough. Rose McGowan is particularly bland despite trying her best to be "evil".

This film has awkward transitional scenes with out-of-place sound effects and despite wearing its influences on its sleeve (Carrie for example) it never reaches those high heights. I can see why the film has somewhat of a cult status though as the film falls into the guilty pleasure category pretty quickly.