Heathers
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
What critics thought
Heathers landed as a genuinely nasty piece of work that contemporary critics mostly admired but didn't fully agree on — the central tension was whether its mix of dark murder comedy and cynical morality play cohered into a legible point of view or slipped into studied meanness for its own sake. Over time, its reputation has only grown, recognized as a pivot point that turned high-school popularity from aspiration into satire, and its invented slang has proven durable enough to leave a mark on the dictionary.
“may be the nastiest, cruelest fun you can have without actually having to study law or gird leather products. If movies were food, Heathers would be a cynic's chocolate binge.”
Desson Thomson·The Washington Post
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Michael LehmannDirector
Winona RyderVeronica Sawyer
Christian SlaterJason 'J.D.' Dean
Shannen DohertyHeather Duke
Lisanne FalkHeather McNamara
Kim WalkerHeather Chandler
Penelope MilfordPauline Fleming
Glenn ShadixFather Ripper
Jennifer RhodesVeronica's Mom
Patrick LabyorteauxRam Sweeney
David NewmanComposer
Daniel WatersWriterHeathers
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
What critics thought
Heathers landed as a genuinely nasty piece of work that contemporary critics mostly admired but didn't fully agree on — the central tension was whether its mix of dark murder comedy and cynical morality play cohered into a legible point of view or slipped into studied meanness for its own sake. Over time, its reputation has only grown, recognized as a pivot point that turned high-school popularity from aspiration into satire, and its invented slang has proven durable enough to leave a mark on the dictionary.
“may be the nastiest, cruelest fun you can have without actually having to study law or gird leather products. If movies were food, Heathers would be a cynic's chocolate binge.”
Desson Thomson·The Washington Post
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Michael LehmannDirectorWinona RyderVeronica SawyerChristian SlaterJason 'J.D.' DeanShannen DohertyHeather DukeLisanne FalkHeather McNamaraKim WalkerHeather ChandlerPenelope MilfordPauline FlemingGlenn ShadixFather RipperJennifer RhodesVeronica's MomPatrick LabyorteauxRam SweeneyDavid NewmanComposerDaniel WatersWriter