Review of Jawbreaker (1999) by Cancelled U — 20 Feb 2008

"this is high school.. what is a friend anyway?".

This review of Jawbreaker (1999) was written by Cancelled U on 20 Feb 2008.

Jawbreaker has generally received mixed reviews.

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Everyone always talks about Mean Girls, when they really ought to be giving this one a shot. (US DVD is fullscreen only though)…

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One of the funniest, shrewdest dark comedies to come along in a long time. I killed Liz, I killed the teen dream deal with it…

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Wow, only 7%?! Sheesh, I liked this dark comedy infinitely more than I liked Mean Girls…

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