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.
Its inanities and glib pretensions are so thick that it mainly comes across as tacky and contrived.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
18 Jul 2007
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A super-smart black comedy about high school politics and teenage suicide that showcases a host of promising young talents.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
18 Jul 2007
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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,
15 Jul 2008
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A super-smart black comedy about high school politics and teenage suicide that showcases a host of promising young talents.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
31 Aug 2010
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Heathers locates the emotional totalitarianism lurking in a prom queen's heart.