Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it invented a generation's vocabulary.
Costume
Plaid suits and feather pens that define 90s excess.
Acting
Silverstone's comic timing is pitch-perfect cluelessness.
Director
Amy Heckerling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heckerling invented 'whatever' hand gestures and had to teach the cast how to use them.
Brittany Murphy's Tai was originally written as depressed; her sunny reinvention made the film's satire bite harder.
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