Heathers

A girl who half-heartedly 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.

• Director: Michael Lehmann
• Genre:Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance
• Runtime:103 minutes

Cast

Winona Ryder : Veronica
Christian Slater: J.D.
Shannen Doherty : Heather (Duke)
Lisanne Falk : Heather (McNamara)
Kim Walker : Heather (Chandler)

The film centers on high school student Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), who is part of the most popular clique at Westerberg High School (named for singer Paul Westerberg)[citation needed] in Sherwood, a fictional suburb of Columbus, Ohio. In addition to Veronica, the clique is composed of three wealthy girls with the same first name: the spiteful leader of the pack, Heather Chandler (Kim Walker); the unappreciated Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty); and the weak-willed Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk). These three malevolent girls rule Westerberg through cruelty, contempt and sexual manipulation. Although they are the most popular students at Westerberg, the Heathers are feared more than they are adored, and their reluctant handmaiden, Veronica, has had enough of their vicious behaviour and longs to return to her old life where she was happy with her former friends, who the Heathers view as “nerds” and “geeks.”

When a new student, a rebellious boy named Jason Dean (Slater), or J.D. for short, pulls a gun on school bullies Kurt (Lance Fenton) and Ram (Patrick Labyorteaux) and fires blanks at them, Veronica is intrigued. To avenge herself on Heather Chandler, who mistreated her the night before, Veronica and J.D. jokingly prepare a cup full of drain cleaner to bring Heather as a morning wake-up drink. Veronica decides on milk and orange juice as a suitable form of revenge, as the combination can induce vomiting. J.D. distracts Veronica with a kiss and Veronica takes the wrong cup to give Heather. J.D. notices the mistake, but does not inform Veronica; Heather Chandler drinks the drain cleaner (her last words are “CorNuts!”) and dies in front of them.

J.D. urges Veronica to protect herself from suspicion of murder by forging a suicide note in Heather Chandler’s handwriting. Based on this note, the school and community look on Heather Chandler’s death as a dramatic, yet somehow hip, decision made by a popular but sadly troubled teenager. Heather Duke soon steps into Heather Chandler’s former role as clique leader, and begins wearing a red Scrunchie that had belonged to Chandler. Read more

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