John Tucker Must Die (Blu-ray)
Don't Get Mad. Get Even.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 10, 2012
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Arielle Kebbel & Jesse Metcalfe | |
Performer: | Ashanti, Penn Badgley, Brittany Snow, Sophia Bush & Jenny McCarthy | |
Directed by | Betty Thomas | |
Edited by | Matt Friedman | |
Screenwriting by | Jeff Lowell | |
Composition by | Richard Gibbs | |
Produced by | Karen Lunder & Bob Cooper | |
Director of Photography: | Anthony B. Richmond |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1.5/4 --
... a dreary female revenge timewaster that steals from so many and returns so little.
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Toronto Star
Rating: 3/4 --
... 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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Seattle Times
3 stars out of 5 -- [E]njoyable escapism...with Metcalfe and Snow proving themselves more than capable comic leads.
Ultimate DVD
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.
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Urban Cinefile
Rating: C --
Designed as an ultimate revenge fantasy "John Tucker Must Die" is a moderately funny teen comedy with a few flashes of bawdy humor.
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ColeSmithey.com
Rating: 1.5/4 --
The 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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ReelViews
A high-school revenge comedy that aims at a teen audience yet manages to be witty without being snarky or sophomoric.
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Film Journal International
Product Description:
John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) is a high school basketball star dating three different girls at the same time: the activist vegan (Sophia Bush), the over-achieving blonde journalist (Arielle Kebbel), and the sassy cheerleading squad captain (Ashanti). They all find out about each other and with the help of the shy new girl in school, Kate (Brittany Snow), they plot a devious revenge. After various other plots fail (such as spiking his protein powder with estrogen), the girls decide to combine their knowledge to make Kate into the perfect seduction machine and break Tucker's heart. In classic DANGEROUS LIAISONS/CRUEL INTENTIONS style, Kate becomes the talk of the school, but may end up becoming everything she used to hate. It's an amalgam of patented teen comedy formulas, but director Betty Thomas (BRING IT ON, 28 DAYS) keeps the story jumping along in fine order: no pop song montages of trying on different outfits, no soap opera angst and no parental moralizing. It's all chocolate, bra-cams, basketball games, food fights, and a wealth of quotable put-downs. The cast are lovely to look at, and Metcalfe makes a perfect Tucker, a character who--to the movie's credit--is not as bad as all that. Penn Bagdley quietly steals some scenes as John's less popular brother, a music snob/slacker who falls for Kate while assisting her in science experiments. MTV alum Jenny McCarthy is in fine form as Kate's hot mom, cursed with her own weakness for smooth talking men.