Jawbreaker
10:30PM
Movies M In what was meant as a harmless birthday prank, three of Reagan High School's most popular girls, Julie, Marcie, and Courtney pretend to kidnap their friend, the latter shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl accidentally swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. The cool and calculating Courtney tries to cover the crime but is found out by school geek Fern Mayo. In return for her silence, Courtney transforms the gawky Fern into the stylishly beautiful Vylette, leaving the conscience-stricken Julie out in the cold, threatening to set her up for the girl's murder if she breaks her silence.
In this witty, affectionate parody of the high school comedy and horror films of the past 20 years, Courtney (Rose McGowan), Julie (Rebecca Gayheart), Marcie (Julie Benz) and Liz (Charlotte Roldan) are all best friends. Or, to be more precise, they are drawn together by their status as the most popular and beautiful girls at Reagan High. They are at the height of their popularity when an innocent birthday prank played on Liz, the sweetest member of the clique, results in her accidental death. When class nerd Fern Mayo (Judy Greer) stumbles across their frantic attempts to cover up, Courtney makes a deal, they will make Fern beautiful and popular beyond her wildest dreams in exchange for her silence. The result is a dark comic tale of corruption, redemption and the life-or-death matter of teenage popularity.
