John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Arielle Kebbel, Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Penn Badgley, Brittany Snow
Producer: Karen Lunder, Bob Cooper
Composer: Richard Gibbs
Director: Betty Thomas
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 4, 2008
DVD Features:
- Note: This release features both the theatrical and extended versions of this film.
- Keep Case
- Dual Side
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 - French, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentary - Betty Thomas - Director; Matt Friedman - Editor; Jeff Lowell - Writer
- Disc 1/Side A: JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE - Full Frame
- Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
- Additional Footage - People in Planes - "Instantly Gratified" (live performance)
- Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
- Disc 1/Side B: JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE - Widescreen
- Widescreen - 2.35
- Behind the Scenes - 1. Making Of
- 2. On Set Tour with Jesse Metcalfe
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Reviews
Rarely has a title promised so much, and delivered so little. John Tucker Must Die is toothless, gormless, witless, and, worst of all, deathless.
A high-school revenge comedy that aims at a teen audience yet manages to be witty without being snarky or sophomoric.
Betty Thomas's sloppy storytelling and comic incompetence can be forgiven but to portray young women as flighty airheads obsessed with boys over all else is downright offensive.
Buoyed by its good looking cast and entertaining script, John Tucker Must Die is witty and funny, as it reminds us that it is cool to be yourself - whoever you are.
Had it mined edgier territory and stuck to its guns, it would've proven a more engaging vehicle than the mild laugher we have here
A load of formulaic nonsense that should still turn a few young heads thanks to its fantasy plot and Jesse Metcalfe's chest.
Not the worst of its kind, but few over the age of 14 will find it worth forking out for.
Not quite in the league of Mean Girls but this is still an enjoyably silly teen revenge comedy with strong performances and a witty, likeable script.
It functions well as a guilty pleasure that has some smile-worthy gags alongside the occasional Farrelly Brothers style gross-out moment.
John Tucker Must Die will undoubtedly fade into obscurity like so many silly and sentimental teen comedies before it. It’s no wonder that the genre has turned to sex with apple pies and the like in an effort to distinguish itself.
Here's an average teen movie with a predictable, but often entertaining, spin on revenge.
Criticizing a summer teen movie for not being high art is like yelling at a sociopath for being a serial killer.
Tucker is strictly for the teen crowd, but the intermittent waves of witty fun are to die for.
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