John Tucker must die

Year of release : 2006

 

Run time : 1h 30min

 

Genre : Comedy / Romance / Teen

 

Cast : Brittany Snow, Jesse Metcalfe, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush, Ashanti, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy

 

 

The teen movie is based on William Shakespeare's 1602 play, "The merry wives of Windsor".

 

Working at a restaurant, Kate realizes that the school's heart-throb is a player,as each and every night,he comes to the same table with a different girl. One day,as faith would have it,the girls he dates find themselves at the same gym class and find out about each other.

 

Kate, who knows the truth,tells them that instead of fighting each other, they should get their vengeance on him. Intrigued,the 3 girls he goes steady with,ask Kate to become their project,the perfect woman John could fall in love with,so they could break his heart,and know what's like.

 

The movie was funny and entertaining, I personally enjoyed it. Kate first does this because John reminds her of the men her mom dates,whom she hates, and gets lost in the game,but then,as things progress,she wants out of it,as she thinks things went too far. Unluckily for her it's too late.

 

The girls grow as characters and remain friends. The same thing doesn't happen for John though, who seems unchanged by whatever he felt for Kate, as he goes right back to his old ways, of dating more girls at the same time, the only difference being, he tells them he dates multiple women at the same time!

The acting was good. Taylor Kitsch makes a cameo appearance in the beginning of the movie.

The soundtrack was good.

 

The movie received mixed to negative reviews, while Cinema Score audiences gave it a B+, and grossed 68.8 million dollars at the box office, against a budget of 18 million.

Jenny McCarthy was nominated for a Razzie Award for this, but I personally liked how she acted.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !