Fresh
Heathers locates the emotional totalitarianism lurking in a prom queen's heart.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Heathers
Best friends, social trends and occasional murder.
1989 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Michael Lehmann
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Heathers
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Michael Lehmann Director
- Winona Ryder as Veronica
- Christian Slater as J.D.
- Kim Walker as Heather (Chandler)
- Shannen Doherty as Heather (Duke)
- Lisanne Falk as Heather (McNamara)
- Aaron Mendelsohn as Nerd in Pauline's Class
- Andrew Benne as Fat Cynic
- Betty Ramey as Teacher in Conference Room
- Bess Meyer as Female Stoner
- Adrian Drake as Gruff Teacher
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A super-smart black comedy about high school politics and teenage suicide that showcases a host of promising young talents.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Two decades later, Heathers is so on the money, with its vague but unmistakable parallels to several school shootings, that it could never be made today.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
A super-smart black comedy about high school politics and teenage suicide that showcases a host of promising young talents.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
Its inanities and glib pretensions are so thick that it mainly comes across as tacky and contrived.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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