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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Jan 2000

Fun at the start, but can turn into a chore to complete…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for Philadelphia City Paper (235) on 01 Jan 2000

Jawbreaker offers no new insights into teen hell…

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By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

Manages to capture the mix of murder and teen social observations, but misses three crucial elements: sharp dialogue, witty characters and…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Jan 2000

This pathetic rip-off of that paragon of early nineties cult flicks is a tepid, turgid, disaster of a film that carries no substance with it…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Nitrate Online (381) on 01 Jan 2000

I'd rather suffer root canal that burden myself with another viewing of Jawbreaker, or as I call it: Battle of the High School Bimbo Bitches…

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By Joe Baltake (424) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 01 Jan 2000

Plays like the unhealthy spawn of Carrie and Heathers…

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By Bryant Frazer (316) for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (294) on 01 Jan 2000

For all its posturing, and despite an odd cameo by McGowan's fiance, Marilyn Manson, Jawbreaker is missing anything resembling its own sensibility…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Jan 2000

Desperately wants to be an edgy, ultra-hip black comedy along the lines of 'Heathers,' with the 'Grand Guignol' aspects of 'Carrie' thrown…

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By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 01 Jan 2000

Jawbreaker is the kind of film that makes you want to kidnap the director and lock him in a trunk, bound and gagged, so he doesn't make any…

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By Gary Brown (224) for Houston Community Newspapers (245) on 01 Jan 2000

I'd just as soon have my jaw broken than to sit through this one again…

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By Rob Blackwelder (857) for SPLICEDWire (872) on 01 Jan 2000

Too dark to be funny and plagued by abyss-sized holes in the plot, slavish dialogue and sketch-quality acting, Jawbreaker is a 15 minute idea…

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By Kevin Maynard (208) for Mr. Showbiz (475) on 01 Jan 2000

Director Darren Stein is so busy throwing in pop icons and arch, self-conscious references to the high-school-is-hell subgenre that he forgets…

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By Rose Martelli (1) for Citysearch (305) on 01 Jan 2000

A prettier but less witty retread of that Winona Ryder vehicle…

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By Ernest Hardy (466) for Film.com (1,892) on 01 Jan 2000

One-liners tumble over one another, dulling their own impact. Plot points hurl from the screen with velocity, but fizzle from a lack of inspiration…

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By Cheryl Dewolfe (20) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 01 Jan 2000

If you are up for a dark teen comedy, you could do much worse than Jawbreaker…

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By Elvis Mitchell (489) for The New York Times (9,847) on 13 Mar 1999

The film's bright look and visual energy are much more liberating than the machinations of its teen queens…

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