rickydanger45 The 1990s were certainly an interesting cultural moment. Hip-Hop and Grunge were some of the most dominant cultural forces in the world, Micheal Jackson had finished his race transition, and the OJ Simpson trial was raging on. I suppose that other, more important sociopolitical things were happening at the time, but all I care about is western pop culture and so should you.At the first glance, Clueless can seem like a double parody of both teen culture at the time and Jane Austen (who I hold out wrote what were effectively the original Hallmark movies). And it mostly is just that. Yet at the same time Clueless did something very interesting. While teen movies leading up the this relied on the trope of various cliques (Jocks, Nerds, Burnouts, Goths, Cheerleaders, etc...), Clueless both parodied and subverted those archetypes by humanizing them.While there were certainly scenes and jokes that played on those stereotypes (Travis asking if his kids would view Nine Inch Nails in the same way that he views the Rolling Stones, Murrays speech on the non-misogynistic use of "woman"), Clueless managed to make these stereotypes feel less like the two-dimensional cutouts of films like Can't Buy Me Love and more like the actual people they were based upon.Another thing I really like about this movie is how crystal clear and sharp it all seems: from the camerawork to the dialogue, the movie has a clean, witty, and polished feel that actually really adds to the feel

joemorgan-01462 What a load of drivel. I was introduced to this film by my partner, and she promised me that this was a brilliant film. I was sadly disappointed, but then my partner and I have very different tastes in what classes as a good film. This for me was not one of them.

rubydragonfly88 I don't understand why this movie is such a big deal. I was only 7 when it came out, but I've tried to watch it several times and I just can't. It's so boring I've never made it through the whole thing. The plot is pointless and the scene where Cher gets mugged is completely unrealistic; or maybe that's the point? It has a low-budget feel to me which may be due to it's age, or bad acting. It almost seems like the whole thing was supposed to be a cheap parody of something else.

generationofswine Like so many others we have...The Taming of the Shrew...updated...this time for the '90s...and this time with a little bit of a twist.But that is not at all the appeal of the movie.The appeal is sort of the decade. or rather it is the ever-present running commentary about the culture of the time filtered through the eyes of a surfacely shallow teen that has more depth than even she gives herself credit for.What saves the movie is the narration and how wonderfully clever and insightful it is that done in a way that makes the viewer forget that, in essence, all the plot is, is yet another Teen orientated adaption of the bard's The Taming of the Shrew set once more in a new decade in a high school near you...or rather in California.In any case, the charm that makes this film so great comes from a commentary that is once a focused lens on the teenage culture of the decade and comedic enough to not at all take itself too seriously.All in all a great film for its time and place.