Movie Review of Clueless

Movie review of Clueless

”So, OK, you’re probably like – what is this a Noxzema commercial?” Those are the first words of Clueless and that is exactly what you would think the first time you see the movie. The hand-held camera is tilting crazily and showing the sun-blessed teenagers of Southern California hanging out by the pool, and if you did not know it was a movie, you would probably be like – is this a MTV video? Then the main character Cher breaks the ice, by telling us she has a pretty normal life.
The movie Clueless is based on the 1816 novel Emma written by Jane Austen. However, they have turned the novel into a fresh look at a couple of rich teenagers in Beverly Hills high school. The main character Cher and her friend Dionne are a pair of upper-class girls, who are friends because they both know what it is to have people, be jealous of them. Cher lives in a mansion with her tough father, who is a lawyer and who is always working on big cases. Together with them lives Cher’s former stepbrother, at least when he is not in college. As I said Cher is an upper-class girl, but that does not mean, she is the mean kind of type. Cher has an urge to help the less fortunate people. Like the two teachers she brings together, so she can get better grades, and her new friend Tai, who starts out as a geek and ends up being just as popular as Cher. Besides Cher’s urge to help less fortunate people, we also follow her love life. Cher instantly gets a crush on the new kid Christian. However, it turns out he is gay, so they just become shopping friends. Then Cher realizes she has a crush on her former stepbrother and tries to show him that she is more than just the popular girl.

Therefore, as you can see the movie gets around many themes. Not only is there the classic theme drama, which there is in almost any chick flick, but there is also themes like love, sexuality, family, school and so on. And the best part is that it is not one of those movies you cry about and get pity with the main character. It is one of those movies you can laugh about and think how stupid what she just said was. I mean you learn what not to do and you are having a blast seeing the movie. And is that not what it is about? Learning while having fun? If that is what you, want Clueless is the movie to watch. And even though you are not a teenage girl, who the movie is mostly aimed at, you can still watch it. Because like any other comedy, it will appeal to anyone who has a good sense of humor. I personally think Clueless is a great movie. It is one of those movies you can watch over and over again without getting tired of it.