StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Raymond Sierra
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Cristal
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Matt Greene
Ready for a shock? Pinnacle teen-comedy Clueless is over 20 years old. Before Silverstone was a retired-actress-turned-naturist; before Dash was just another Fox News pundit; and when Rudd was young, funny and good-looking...as opposed to now, when he's middle-aged, funny and good-looking. They were part of a cultural phenom that was so thoroughly 90s we wondered if its greatness could hold over time. Well, either my nostalgia is strengthening, or the film is actually getting better with age. Clueless is as funny as ever, lovingly laughing at its characters with a timeless sense of teenage naivete.
The story of posh high-schooler Cher (a never-better Silverstone) and her gang of hilariously un-self-aware cohorts is a segmented film. Befriending and making-over a lower-class classmate. Falling for the James-Dean-esque new kid. Playing matchmaker to some lonely teachers. Learning how to drive. Dealing with your mopey, know-it-all college stepbrother. It's a collage of teenage moments; nonetheless, there's a beautiful cohesion throughout. The colorful dialogue of obnoxious colloquialisms and the beyond-perfect casting ground the film at every boa'd, saggy pants'd turn.
Sure, Clueless is a "chick flick", but to write it off because of that would be to ignore how smart and subtly subversive the movie is. Based on the Jane Austen book Emma, the story parallels are not only fun and unexpectedly exact, they give the plight of these decidedly unsympathetic characters a rare gravitas. Neither praising adolescents or standing at a distance to laugh at them, it instead simply accepts them, warts and designer clothes and giant cellphones and all. That uncynical love makes this colorful and lively gut-busting comedy every bit as successful as it was in 1995.
sudiniup
All I can say is Clueless is a happy, innocent and fun movie. I love the clothes, the friendships, the growth and the awareness and compassion the characters evolve into. And also the 1980's were a wonderful time for fantastic music. The ending with the song "Tenderness" by General Public is perfect! Perfect!!!!!
jamariana
"Clueless" is a wonderful, delightful comedy with excellent dialogue and memorable events. It is amazingly nostalgic - all the clothes, the slang, the electronics - it's what I love about movies, they capture the spirit of the time so beautifully. Tai is very amusing, as is Dionne's boyfriend. I also love how the film seems to happen in chapters or parts - first Cher tries to raise her grades by setting up a romance between her teachers, then Josh is introduced into the mix, then Tai shows up and the new focus of Cher's life is to "fix" her, then there's the party, then Christian, and so on and so forth. I've watched this film time and time again over the years and it never gets old. I could watch it a dozen more times and I don't think I'd grow tired of it.
Sancy Jeg
This story is about a rich girl who is popular in her school. She wants the new girl to be happy, so she helps to find her love. She also helps her two teachers to fall in love to one another. As a young teenager I think this movie is for people like me but I think this movie can be watched by anybody.
