Review of Jawbreaker (1999) by Bryanna H — 10 Oct 2007

Marilyn Manson is in this for like a second without make-up on. This was the big draw of this movie when I went to see it. Its kinda like a Heathers for a new generation. But it also kinda sucks. Its major problem is that it is too alternatingly fickle and over-heavy with its subject matter.

This may be a stylistic choice to show how today's youth cares more about status and shoes then the life of their best friends. Or it could be a complete cop-out by the director to get his hands dirty.

And I just gotta say, these girls should have told the police what happened. They are pretty, middle-class white girls and would have probably got a slap on the wrist. Instead, one of them allows herself to contract AIDS by have sex on her dead friend's bed with a stranger, while her dead friend's body is lying under the bed.

And she made him jizz on the sheets... Actually, if the whole movie was that sex scene it probably would have been a lot more satisfing...