Clueless

 

Clueless 1995

• Director: Amy Heckerling
• Seen by this director: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Based on the book: it’s a spin-off of Jane Austen’s Emma
• Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Ruud, Donald Faison, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Dan Hedaya, Wallace Shawn, Twink Caplan, Justin Walker
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Alicia Silverstone – The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Love’s Labour’s Lost
• Brittany Murphy – The Dead Girl, 8 Mile, Riding in Cars with Boys, Girl Interrupted
• Paul Ruud – Ant-Man, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Cider House Rules, Romeo & Juliet
• Breckin Meyer – Kate & Leopold
• Jeremy Sisto – Six Feet Under, Suicide Kings, Moonlight and Valentino
• Dan Hedaya – Alien Resurrection, A Life Less Ordinary and others
• Why? A spin-off of Jane Austen’s Emma.
• Seen: 10 December 2022

        If you haven’t read Emma, at least go read the Cliff Notes.

       Cher (Silverstone) is a rich white Beverly Hills high schooler who helps people. Aka is a do-gooder, taking the clueless under her wing to turn them into a popular clone of herself. Aka a matchmaker. Aka a busybody. Aka an outrageous interferer and manipulator.

       But somehow things don’t quite go as planned. To her dismay she discovers that even more than her projects, she herself is completely clueless.

       It could be dreadful but it’s a charming, humorous parody of high school films. And it blessed us with the wondrously disdainful phrases ‘as if’ and ‘not even’.

3 ½ * of 5