John Tucker Must Die Reviews
Zertinet Movies
If we're going to abandon any sense of storytelling or intelligence, couldn't we at the very least do it with cheerful cardboard cutouts? Nice people can be dumb too.
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| Original Score: 0.5/4
Filmcritic.com
very slight ... predictable
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| Original Score: 2/5
Three Movie Buffs
Cliche ridden and bland
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| Original Score: 2/4
Film Threat
Its storyline is very predictable and cliché but teen girls will no doubt have a good time with this movie anyway. Parents on the other hand (especially dads out there), who get stuck in theater with their kids, may want to bring a flask with them to help
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| Original Score: 2/5
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
This one suffers from a bad case of predictability. It's also hard to believe, mostly because cast members look too old to be high school students.
Spirituality and Practice
A teen comedy version of a woman scorned that turns out to be a celebration of a chauvinist who triumphs in the end.
TheMovieChicks.com
John Tucker doesn't really have to die but he should be relegated to obscurity on the video shelf.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Movie Eye
Idiotic, unimaginative, lazy and tedious to boot, John Tucker Must Die should be more of a wishful command than a simple-minded title to a klutzy comedy.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Modamag.com
Tepid teen revenge fantasy
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| Original Score: 4/10
Shadows on the Wall
A slightly warped edge keeps us engaged with the simplistic characters and goofy situations.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticThe jokes are obvious and unfunny, the storyline goes nowhere that's interesting or unexpected, and the only chemistry happens in a science lab.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
John Tucker Must Die is trying to be Mean Girls with a more pointed purpose, but it's less fun than it sounds.
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| Original Score: 2/4
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Teen comedies are notoriously predictable, and screenwriter Jeff Lowell isn't out to rock the genre boat, but his smartly written dialogue and the infectious charm of the cast, particularly Snow and Metcalfe, add up to a winning combination.
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| Original Score: 3/4
... a dreary female revenge timewaster that steals from so many and returns so little.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Despite the hypocrisy at its core, John Tucker is entertaining in a synthetic way: The script is funny and knowing.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
... longtime director Betty Thomas shows that she's still got the pulse of teenage angst, bringing out strong performances from every one of the ensemble cast.
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| Original Score: 3/4
This one will probably appeal to its target audience, which is young enough not to have tired of watching cat fights and food fights.
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| Original Score: 2/4
... a timid, screamingly unfunny rip-off of Heathers ...
| Original Score: 0/4
Reel.com
Unless an hour and a half of fart jokes, catfights, sexist gags, and boys in thongs is your thing, do humanity a favor and don't give the producers of this crud a dime.
| Original Score: 0/4
