Clueless [1995 film]
by Amy Heckerling (Director/Screenwriter)
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Still as smart and charming as ever, Clueless gets a fresh, sassy makeover for this new 'Whatever!' Collector's Edition. Alicia Silverstone sparkles as Cher, the matchmaking 15-year-old Beverly Hills High schooler who has shopping and boys on her mind.Tags
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enjoyable romp thru the "Valley girl" world of high school romance, a little "spicey" at times--it is PG-13; once I realized it was a parody of Jane Austen's "EMMA" it was more fun to watch and see how the writers updated the events-- in the modern perspective.
Fun, but lightweight, modern version of Austen's Emma.
A rich, popular girl tries to use her powers for good.
Harmless. I imagine it would have been perceived differently in 1995 - so much about it was infused into popular culture, stuff that might have been quirky and a little weird back then just seems today like the 90s.
Concept: F
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: C plus
GPA: 2.0/4
(Apr. 2013)
Harmless. I imagine it would have been perceived differently in 1995 - so much about it was infused into popular culture, stuff that might have been quirky and a little weird back then just seems today like the 90s.
Concept: F
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: C plus
GPA: 2.0/4
(Apr. 2013)
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. (source: TMDb)
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. (source: TMDb)
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- Canonical title
- Clueless [1995 film]
- Original title
- Clueless
- Alternate titles
- Clueless [film]; Clueless "Whatever!" Edition; Clueless - Special Collector's Edition
- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Cher Horowitz
- Important places
- Beverley Hills High
- Related movies
- Clueless (1995 | IMDb)
- Quotations
- Cher: Searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie
Cher: I have direction.
Josh: Yeah, towards the mall.
Cher: Would you call me selfish?
Dionne: No. Not to your face.
Amber: Ms. Stoeger, my plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose.
Dionne: Well, there goes your social life.
Tai: I could really use some sort of a herbal refreshment.
Dionne: Oh, well, we do lunch in ten minutes. We don't have any tea, but we have Coke and stuff.
Tai: No shit! You guys got coke here?
Dionne: Cher is saving herself for Luke Perry.
Tai: Cher, you're a virgin?!
Cher: God! You say it like it's a bad thing.
Dionne: Besides, the PC term is "hymenally challenged."
Cher: I am just not interested in do... (show all)ing it until I find the right person. You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet.
Murray: Are you bitches blind or something? Your man Christian is a cake boy!
Cher and Dionne: A what?!
Murray: He's a disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding friend of Dorothy, know what I'm saying... (show all)?
Tai: Why am I even listening to you to begin with? You're a virgin who can't drive.
Cher: [pause] That was way harsh, Tai.
Cher: So like, right now for example. The Haitians need to come to America. But some people are all, "What about the strain on our resources?" Well it's like when I had this garden party for my father's birthday, right? I put... (show all) R.S.V.P. 'cause it was a sit-down dinner. But some people came that like did not R.S.V.P. I was like totally buggin'. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, and squish in extra place settings. But by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier. And so if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians. And in conclusion may I please remind you it does not say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty. Thank you very much.
Cher: I am totally butt crazy in love with Josh.
Cher: Sometimes you have to show a little skin. This reminds boys of being naked, and then they think of sex. - Original language
- English US
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.43
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