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starstarstar Emanuel Levy - Variety
starstarstar Gene Seymour - Newsday
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstar Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
starstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Norman Green - Film.com
starstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
star Todd Lothery - News & Observer
  Rob Elder - Portland Oregonian
  Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
  Mick LaSalle - SF Chronicle

The notions of excessive conformity, the terror of peer pressure and the ostracizing of outcasts are effectively illustrated with a giddy visual style

- Emanuel Levy

It’s the lowest piece of garbage to hit screens in months . . . dull and ultimately pointless

- Mick LaSalle

Jawbreaker

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Black comedy about a group of high school girls who turn against each other when they accidentally kill one of their friends. Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, Chad Christ, Ethan Erickson, Charlotte Roldan, Carol Kane, Pam Grier. Director: Darren Stein (1999, R)

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