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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : The underlying dynamic in ''Heathers'' comes out of movies like ''Bonnie and Clyde,'' where the lovers back into crime almost absentmindedly, using it as a backdrop for the truly important things in their lives. Another movie that comes to mind is ''The River's Edge,'' based on the true story of a teenager who killed his girlfriend and then displayed her body to his friends, who did not inform authorities for three days. more...
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2.5/
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www.filmcritic.com - : Never before has murder been so much fun than at the hands of Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, perfectly cast as foils for one another in one of the blackest comedies on film. A must-see for the Gen-X set, Heathers is a scathing lambasting of the American teen in the late 1980s, but its presence will be timeless. more...
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4.5/
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www.filmthreat.com - : How can you resist a movie whose high school is named after Replacements' singer Paul Westerberg? ''Heathers'' wants a kinder gentler world...it just has no idea how it's going to happen. The wonder isn't that this movie might have been imitated, it's that it's creators went on to make ''Hudson Hawk'' and ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane''. more...
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5/5
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