John Tucker Must Die (2006)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Betty Thomas

Writer (WGA):

Jeff Lowell (written by)

Release Date:

28 JÚLIUS 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Don't Get Mad, Get Even

Plot:

Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater (Metcalfe) set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken. |

Plot Keywords:

Birthday | Friendship | Camera | Computer | Sexual Humor

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Jesse Metcalfe	...	John Tucker
Brittany Snow	...	Kate
Ashanti	...	Heather
Sophia Bush	...	Beth
Arielle Kebbel	...	Carrie
Penn Badgley	...	Scott
Jenny McCarthy	...	Lori
Fatso-Fasano	...	Tommy
Kevin McNulty	...	Basketball Coach
Patricia Drake	...	Coach Williams
Amanda Li	...	Spelling Bee Girl
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Cute Boy (as Jeff Ballard)
Taylor Kitsch	...	Justin
Steve Bacic	...	Skip #1
Dean Wray	...	Skip #2

Also Known As:

John Tucker doit mourir (Canada: French title)
Dögölj meg, John Tucker (Hungary) [hu]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42266) | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:7 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Azure Lounge & Grill Bar - 770 Pacific Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

John US Productions

Trivia:

Betty Thomas referred to the film as The First Wives Club (1996) for teenagers. Sophia Bush subsequently partially based her character on Goldie Hawn.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Kate gets drenched with the sprinklers, in the next scene when she is talking to her mother, her hair looks bone dry.

Quotes:

Kate: I don't get it. I mean, these girls all seem so confident and cool. How do they not know that John's cheating on all of them?
Crying Waitress: He's a total operator. He goes out with girls from different cliques so that they never actually talk to each other.
[chuckles]
Crying Waitress: And then he tells them that his father won't let him date during basketball season so they'll have to keep it a secret.
Kate: How'd you learn all this stuff?
Crying Waitress: [sobbing] I don't know, just a guess.
[runs away crying]

Movie Connections:

References Chasing Papi (2003)

Soundtrack:

Never Had a Dream Come True

John Tucker in a thong

What do you get when three ex-gfs get together to take on a man who calls himself a "player"? The answer is a chick flick and by far it is one. Is there really a good reason for saying otherwise? Three chicks get dumped from different cliques. So they align themselves together and hoist up a new girl and create her new persona to attract him. Things then happen where she gets him, but she changes her mind. And in the end, everybody seems to me happy. Even the scheming girls tend to have found peace.

Some funny things happen occasionally. The thong thing at the hotel was nice and so was John Tucker taking estrogen and acting feminine. But then the movie gets slow again.

Overall, its OK. But nothing special. "C"