Still shocking after 30 years... this definitive blast of teenage nihilism is strong medicine indeed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 10, 2018

If there's a weakness of motivation in Heathers, it may be because the whole film is rather dream-like, a product of Veronica's fevered writing and imaginings, with a consequent chaos and interchangeability of roles.

| Aug 10, 2018

Heathers really is odd, like a mix of something by Stephen King and Bret Easton Ellis...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 9, 2018

'Heathers' still pulses with the visceral thrill of getting away with something - both on- and off-screen.

| Jun 18, 2016

Heathers locates the emotional totalitarianism lurking in a prom queen's heart.

| Aug 31, 2010

A super-smart black comedy about high school politics and teenage suicide that showcases a host of promising young talents.

| Aug 31, 2010

Two decades later, Heathers is so on the money, with its vague but unmistakable parallels to several school shootings, that it could never be made today.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 15, 2008

A super-smart black comedy about high school politics and teenage suicide that showcases a host of promising young talents.

Full Review | Jul 18, 2007

Its inanities and glib pretensions are so thick that it mainly comes across as tacky and contrived.

| Jul 18, 2007

The film uses an intimate knowledge of teen-movie clichés to subvert their debased values from the inside.

| Feb 9, 2006

Scathing and hilarious.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 15, 2005

As snappy and assured as it is mean-spirited.

Full Review | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 24, 2002

Lehmann ... made a stunning debut with this sharp satire of teen cliques.

| Jan 1, 2000

For a long time, we're not even sure of the point of view: Is this a black comedy about murder or just a cynical morality play? The traveler in the foreign country is not sure, but he knows the film inspires thought.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

More than just one of the best movies so far this year, it is a revolution in young-adult entertainment.

| Jan 1, 2000

May be the nastiest, cruelest fun you can have without actually having to study law or gird leather products.

| Jan 1, 2000