"Clueless"

"Clueless" is a cult classic from my teenage years - the 90's - and that's why I own it. I probably haven't watched it since I bought it, but how can someone my age not have it in their collection?!

So if you've just crawled out from under a rock or are young enough to have been born after the turn of the century, you'll be needing a bit of a synopsis;
Cher is the only daughter of a wealthy lawyer in LA. Along with her equally snobby best friend Dionne, they rule the school. Looking for a new cause they befriend newcomer Tai and work on making her over from drab to fab. She has her very own gay boyfriend and very handsome ex-step-brother, not to mention two teachers she needs to distract with each other so she can improve her grades. It's just your normal teenage life isn't it?!

This is the movie that launched Alicia Silverstone onto the silver screen and she was a big hit. Unfortunetly for her, she isn't actually that great of an actress and hasn't done many favours for herself with movie choices. She coasts on the popularity of this first movie in which she was lucky enough to find a part that actually benefitted from her natural dumb blonde capabilities.

"Clueless" also starrs Donald Faison (who went on to star in the TV show "Scrubs"), Paul Rudd, the late Brittany Murphy, Breckin Meyer and Elisa Donovan (who seems oddly familiar).
I love Paul Rudd. He's a great actor, totally adorable and always funny. He always manages to pull off good comic timing and he seems to pick good movies that suit him well.
Donald Faisons character strikes me as a young version of the character he plays on "Scrubs", not a stretch of the imagination on our behalf or a stretch of his acting abilities. I think he's got some skills, but I'm not sure that I've really seen them. Have you?
Breckin Meyer is another personal faveourite. He's goofy and funny. Love him. He's in all sorts of different movies - you'll see him pop up all the time in these movie reviews - and like Paul Rudd, he's good in almost everything he does. He's probably not the most brilliant actor around, but he picks good movies that suit him and he abilities. Just like Paul Rudd remember.

This movie reeks of everything that was typical about the 90's. You can't go past the brick-like cell phones, the high waisted jeans and catchy phrases like the very sarcastic "Whatever". Or the hilarious 90's music and ridiculous problems teenagers tend to have. You get sucked in to this strange, wealthy kids lifes, but always with an outsiders view because the whole thing is so funny or is that ridiculously unrealistic?!

Watch it because it's a cult-classic. You have too! Especially if you're my age :)