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John Tucker Must Die, 2006

John Tucker Must Die

English

USA, Canada

Rating:5.5
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Profile of John Tucker Must Die

John Tucker Must Die can be described as humorous. The plot revolves around womanizing, teenage love, and high school life. The main genres are comedy and romance. In approach, John Tucker Must Die is realistic. It takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a date night and teens. Note that John Tucker Must Die involves profanity.

Summary of John Tucker Must Die

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.

Details

Language: English
Country: USA, Canada
Release date: 28 July 2006
Runtime: 89 min

Cast and Crew

Arielle Kebbel as Carrie in John Tucker Must Die
Arielle Kebbel

as Carrie

Jesse Metcalfe as John Tucker in John Tucker Must Die
Jesse Metcalfe

as John Tucker

Photos

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Critics Reviews

The New York Times
Penn Badgley is wildly charismatic in the role of John Tucker's younger brother. The entire picture could hang on his cheekbones alone. If only Mr. Metcalfe shared his talents.
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  • by: Jeannette Catsoulis
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Revenge movies often end with the message that vengeance is empty and futile, but it's never encouraging when revenge seems pointless from the start.
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  • by: Nathan Rabin

Users Reviews

I'll try to be gentle
it's a pretty disappointing chick flick. was supposed to be a crazy comedy but it wasn't really a comedy and not extremely crazy one either. maybe young girls has the slightest chance of liking it (maybe). all the rest- stay away.
  • 31.October.2008
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  • by: Anita.Hoffman
  • Anita.Hoffman rated this movie0/10
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