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John Tucker Must Die

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With little to do in an unfamiliar town, I found myself sitting in a familiar place: a movie theater. My only choice was seeing John Tucker Must Die, which I'll admit I was less than thrilled to see. I just hoped that I hadn't wasted 8 bucks to eat overpriced popcorn. And I was pleasantly surprised: John Tucker Must Die is actually funny and cute. Granted, the title gives off an edgy feel, something this movie is completely devoid of, instead being a chick flicky, teen comedy in the same vein as 10 Things I Hate About You.

Kate (Brittany Snow) is the new girl at school. Her mom (Jenny McCarthy) has a tendency to skip town when things get rough in her love life (a la Hilary Duff's mom in The Perfect Man), so Kate is pretty clueless when it comes to love. Which is what makes her the perfect vessel for three girls to use in order to get back at John Tucker, who had been dating all three of them. So they set their seemingly evil plan in motion: get John Tucker to fall for Kate and then break his heart. But what happens when Kate begins thinking that there is more than meets the eye with John Tucker? That maybe, just maybe, he actually DOES like her and she actually likes him? Don't get too excited about a possible romance between Kate and John because there's another Tucker that Kate has her eye on. And he has his eye on her.

Instead of teetering between edgy and cute, the movie really should've picked a side and owned it. Edgy or cute. Pick one. Brittany Snow is absolutely adorable. She has that Reese Witherspoon quality about her, making you like her no matter what she does. And Jesse Metcalfe as John Tucker? Well, he's nice to look at, but I wonder why he left Desperate Housewives to, well, act in a movie that could be called Desperate Teenagers. Oh well. Good movie, cute plot, surprisingly un-cliche ending... RECOMMENDED!

John Tucker Must Die is just like all the other teen comedies of our time. We have the wallflower, Kate (played by Brittany Snow), who feels invisible because her mother is constantly moving them around on her search for the perfect man. Because she moves around so much, she feels invisible in school and finds it hard being the new girl. She desperately wants to fit in and decides to try harder.

At her new school a guy named John Tucker is the most popular guy--captain of the basketball team, loaded parents, the whole shebang. Her job as a waitress at the local restaurant lets her see the fact that John wines and dines a different girl every night of the week, all of them completely oblivious to the fact that he's cheating on them. He dates one of each high school stereotype: the pretty head cheerleader, Heather (Ashanti), the smart reporter, Carrie (Arielle Kebbel), and the vegan activist/whore, Beth (Sophia Bush). When they discover that they're getting played, the triumvirate bands together with Kate's help to give John a taste of his own medicine.

This movie is fun and cute, but just another teen movie. Think of any of the elements that made high school cinema great and they're present in this movie. The team of popular girls who get together to make the wallflower cute and popular (Heathers, Jawbreaker); the cute quirky guy who can never seem to get the girl (10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On); and the moral that popularity isn't really everything and you should just be yourself (Clueless, Mean Girls). It was a lighthearted comedy with plenty of laughs and some nice shots of Jesse Metcalfe in a thong. I think this would be fun for the same people who liked the movies mentioned above and those who don't take it too seriously.

This is a cute movie, more for young girls. I loved it, i am a kid at heart. This movie shows to not mess with women that what goes around always come back around. I highly recommend this movie

This is a great movie to sit down and watch with my teenager. We both found it to be quite hilarious!

this is a must see movie. me and anyone else that i have asked has felt the same way. it is PG-13, and about 90 minutes long. if you like this movie, i would recommend she's the man, with amanda bynes and channing tatum. john tucker must die is a movie about how 3 girls think they have the best boyfriend, only to find that they are all dating the same guy, john tucker, star of the basketball team. then when an amazing girl comes along, they send her on a mission to break john tucker's heart, and the movie is just the journey and drama along the way. once again, it is a must-see.

This is such a good movie! It keeps me laughing all the way through. I think that it is definitely a "chick flick" though. But ladies, if you need a good laugh, grab yourself a bowl of popcorn and pop it in the player. You'll be giggling in no time!

I admit I am a gay guy and I love Jesse Metcalf. That's why I bought this film. A truely funny and engaging teen-romp, the film is about a guy (Metcalf) who plays around with a bunch of girls, that is until they find out they have been duped into thinking he is being loyal to all of them. They devise a plan of revenge, and this is where the movie takes off.
Not Academy Award winning material, the film is light-weighted and is aimed at female teens, and I have to say gay men! If your a gay guy reading this review there is an amazing scene of Jesse Metcalf in a pair of bikini briefs that shows every inch of his body!
I first discovered Jesse in the daytime soap opera "Passions", and have followed him to "Desperate Housewives", then to this film. I am hoping Hollywood producers will use him more frequently in their movies.
The DVD comes with full-length director's commentary, the cut and uncut versions of the film, and Jesse takes us on a behind the scenes view of the making of the film.

This is a fairly average teen comedy involving a rich, athletic, handsome hunk of manhood (Jesse Metcalfe), the three hot girls he's dating concurrently, and a quiet, nondescript new student (Brittany Snow).

John Tucker (Metcalfe) is playing three girls at the same time, carefully choosing them from different spheres of school activity so they don't normally come into contact with each other. Heather (Ashanti) is the head cheerleader, Carrie (Arielle Kebbel, also from Aquamarine) is the brainy one with lots of extra-curricular activities and Beth (Sophia Bush) is all for saving the animals and free love. By chance the three find out about each other during a volleyball game, and the sparks begin flying.

Kate (Snow) knows all about fickle men, having witnessed her mom (Jenny McCarthy) go through more than her fair share of them, but when she tries to play the peacemaker, the three battling beauties persuade her to take part in a revenge scheme which transforms her from being invisible to something more in their own image.

Unfortunately, their early schemes don't quite work out as planned, forcing the four to change strategy in mid stream and hatch a master plan carefully calculated to bring the enemy to his knees.

Funny in places, but largely predictable, this one is a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours when you've nothing better to do.

Rated: 3.5 stars


Amanda Richards, November 26, 2006

Director-Betty Thomas 90 minutes
Screenwriter - Jeff Lowell DVD
John Tucker Must Die PG 13
14.95



John Tucker ( Jesse Metcalfe) is the amazing high school, superstar. All the guys want to be him and all of the girls want to date him. However, this "great" guy is cheating on three girls. Beth (Sophia Bush) the main flirt, Carrie (Arielle Kebble) the brainy girl, and Heather (Ashanti Douglas) the prep snotty cheerleader. Kate Spencer (Brittany Snow) finds out about John while working as a waitress at the restaurant he always goes to. When Kate meets the three girls, she tells them all about John's scheme. And they are definitely not going to let him off the hook. Its time for some payback to crush him. When John meets Kate, he falls in love with her. But the girls are telling her to stay strong and to never give in. Don't forget, while all of this is happening John is still going out with Beth, Carrie, and Heather. Here it comes, John breaks up with all three of them just for Kate. Now they are kicking it into over drive! But everything they did just seemed to make the girls like him even more. But one event changes everything. Even thought John and Kate have been on one date together, and didn't even say her own words but what the girls wanted her to say John still did it. John gave Kate his watch and asked her to be his girlfriend. But I can't tell you her answer. At Johns Birthday party... Just watch the movie!

I recommend this movie to girls and boys (it may be a chick flick but boys, you can learn a lesson here!) ages 12 and up. But remember this movies rating is PG 13.

This movie is my all time favorite movie ever. I just love it. It kept me laughing all night long. I have been talking about this movie nonstop ever since I have seen it. Which was three months ago. My friends are about to slap me because I wont be quite. In short, watch the movie!!!

John Tucker is the high school hero that every girl wants to date - he's on the basketball team, is good looking, his family is rich, etc. Tucker dates different girls at the same time. When the girls come to know of it, they decide that they are going to show him what it feels like to have your heart broken.

If you like high school comedies about popularity, this is a good movie. Some cons were that the movie was too short and I didn't feel the main character's personality changed that much when she underwent her apparent transformation. If you are looking for some laughs or just want to pass sometime, this is a good movie.