Martin Scorsese's controversial 1988 film is perhaps the director at some of his most spiritual.
★★★★★ TW: abuse, suicide, murder, rape. "And now prepare to die." Michael Lehmann's 'Heathers' is an excellent black comedy that manages to incorporate social commentary, usage of colour to tell a story, abuse, suicide, and the glorious cruelty of popular teenage girls. It has gained a cult status, and is strikingly different from just about [...]
As complicated an entire culture can be, and never uninteresting. (✯✯✯✯✯)
Goes beyond the case it depicts in order to expose a darker statement about the society inhabited. (✯✯✯✯✯)
Heightens itself all the more within its setting and always opens for room to breathe. (✯✯✯✯✯)
Can't find a perfect balance between comedy and tragedy and shifts far too much. (✯✯✯)
As innovative as it is entertaining, even to this day. (✯✯✯✯✯)
