Clueless

3.50
    Clueless
    1995

    Synopsis

    Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.

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    Cast

    • Alicia SilverstoneCher Horowitz
    • Stacey DashDionne Davenport
    • Brittany MurphyTai Frasier
    • Paul RuddJosh Lucas
    • Donald FaisonMurray Duvall
    • Elisa DonovanAmber Mariens
    • Breckin MeyerTravis Birkenstock
    • Jeremy SistoElton Tiscia
    • Dan HedayaMelvin "Mel" Horowitz
    • Aida LinaresLucy

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Los Angeles Times

      Effervescent, unflappable, supremely pleased with herself, Cher (delightfully played by the much-publicized Alicia Silverstone) is the comic centerpiece of Clueless, a wickedly funny teen-age farce from writer-director Amy Heckerling that, like its heroine, turns out to have more to it than anyone could anticipate. [19 July 1995]
    • 80

      The New York Times

      Even if Clueless runs out of gas before it's over, most of it is as eye-catching and cheery as its star. [19 July 1995]
    • 80

      Washington Post

      Ultimately, [Heckerling's] portrait is affectionate and, in places, even sweet, enabling us to laugh at them and embrace them at the same time.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      Clueless is no "Fast Times" when it comes to character development or the merging of comedy and drama, and it might have worked better if it had been more story-oriented and plot-centered. But thanks to Heckerling's spirited direction and cutting-edge script, it is, "like . . . majorly and furiously golden." [19 July 1995]
    • 70

      Time

      It's like a restaurant where you go for the food and go back for the atmosphere. Or for the waitress. [13 July 1995]
    • 70

      Rolling Stone

      OK, the plot is inane, Val-gal-speak is a clichT, and Heckerling was more incisive covering similar hormonal ground 13 years ago in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." But there's still wicked good fun to be had.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      The cinematic equivalent of cotton candy: certainly not unpleasant, but not especially satisfying despite the sweet taste.
    • 60

      Chicago Reader

      Though this drifts at times as storytelling, it's mainly lightweight but personable fun.

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