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1988 Certificate 18 Certificate 18 (TBC)
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The Westerburg High School has an elite quartet called the 'Heathers' which consists of three girls called Heather and one called Veronica who pick on the weak and less fortunate. One day Veronica becomes tired of the 'Heathers' and goes off with the male school bully Jason Dean and together they plan the demise of the .. Read more

Starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker
Director Michael Lehmann
Genres Comedy, Drama

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The Westerburg High School has an elite quartet called the 'Heathers' which consists of three girls called Heather and one called Veronica who pick on the weak and less fortunate. One day Veronica becomes tired of the 'Heathers' and goes off with the male school bully Jason Dean and together they plan the demise of the remaining trio.

Starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk
Director Michael Lehmann
Studio ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Watch now: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate DVD: Certificate 18, Watch Online: Certificate 18 (TBC)
Collections 100 Eighties Greats
Genres Comedy, Drama
Language DVD: English
Watch Online: English
Released DVD: 11 Feb 2002
Watch now: 18 Sep 2009
Production year: 1988
Watch now £2.49
Format DVD

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Don't allow the fact that Michael Lehmann directed Hudson Hawk put you off his stunning debut — a prime cult movie about an all-girl high-school clique that terrorises fellow students. Their actions prompt Winona Ryder and Christian Slater (firing on all cylinders like a young Jack Nicholson) to engineer a rash of deaths to break the clique's hold on their schoolmates who are a clueless bunch of college “Swatchdogs” and “Diet Coke-heads”. Beneath the hip, lip-glossed surface of this devastatingly witty black comedy lurks a serious satire on peer-group pretensions and other teen movies. But the message never gets in the way of the snappy dialogue or on-target jabs at the in-crowd lunacy of high-school life.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • A wicked black comedy about teenage suicide and pernicious peer-group pressure, this refreshing parody of high-school... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 10 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Nasty, bitchy, funny and so 'very'

    The premise of a teen comedy starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty may seem about as irresistible as a 'Blossom' Reunion Tour, but this is a surprisingly dark and cynical satire that is sharper than anything released since.

    The 'Heathers' are a select clique of croquet-playing meanies all called Heather. Winona Ryder's character is desperate to join the group - strange considering she spends most of the film complaining about them - but it's not until she meets Christian Slater's mysterious outsider that she finally decides to use murder as a means of social cleansing.

    It's slow to start with, but once Slater and Ryder begin their Bonnie and Clyde-style antics, the true power of 'Heathers' is achieved. It delivers wickedly funny jabs at middle-class students, laid-back parents and fluffy-minded educators; its real target is hypocrisy and self-importance, and even though the high school setting ties it down a bit at the beginning and the end, the film as a whole is brilliantly effective.

      • Lionel Laurent from London
      • Posted 03 Aug 2004 01:54

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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Possibly my favourite

    I think this may be my favourite film ever. I really adore satire and black comedy, this film does both exquisitely well. Straight off from the croquet balls to the head, the lunch room poll topic and the epic word of the use myriad.

    Beautifully written, well acted for the young cast who 3 of have carried their film careers on till now. Still slightly chilling when you have a popular person doing something then being mimicked by an uncool person, and being mocked for it.

    The one liners are thick and fast, still quotable today. Essentially this film is about a geek done good-bad-good-bad-good in a confusing circle, god love Veronica.

    If you like high school, black or satirical comedies then this is a definite for you. If you were ever victimised as a kid or ever wanted to get your own back then this film gives some great ideas of how not to get caught dealing out the dish best served cold.

      • Paulous from manchester
      • Posted 15 Jun 2004 22:02

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    Heathers

    Ryder's Heathers set for TV

    • 28 Aug 2009

    Winona Ryder's cult hit Heathers is lined up for a modern makeover - the film is set to be adapted for the small screen as a series. The 1989 film is set to be made into a TV show 20 years after it originally became an cult classic, and the programme will feature all the original characters - including Ryder's Veronica Sawyer, a popular girl who rebels against her clique of mean girls, all named Heather. Bosses at Lakeshore Entertainment film company, who hold the rights to Heathers, have... Read more

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