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Heathers, this is a film that resembles a journey into a foreign world. We hear the natives, but do not understand exactly what they want to tell us and must take them at their word. A morbid comedy about exclusive high school cliques, teenagers who can't stand the pressure and commit suicide. Was life really easier at school? What's it mean to grow up? Perhaps the ability to be shocked by events that do not affect a student at all? Anyway, the heroine in Heathers is so horrified by the snobbery of her classmates that she decides to murder her classmates. Of course, in a way that makes it look like suicide. Heathers is different from other high school comedies, because the heart of this movie is macabre and desolate. Heathers is simply the cynical downside of high school comedies from the 80s! The title refers to a group of four girls from a high school in Ohio. Three of them are called Heather, the fourth Veronica (Winona Ryder). They make fun of everything and everyone, they are above things. It disgusts Veronica, but she keeps her feelings to herself. Until she falls in love with J.D. (Christian Slater). He rides a motorcycle, wears a leather jacket and is outside high school. Veronica has to keep her affair secret in order not to endanger her "standing". Finally J.D. proposes to murder the first Heather and Veronica agrees (probably because she doesn't take the idea so seriously). However, the body is recovered and everyone believes in suicide. Veronica reacts in shock and leaves J.D. - but he now begins his games with his ex... Heathers keeps this completely different tone - compared to the genre of high school comedy. We are given strong tobacco here in candy colours! Is this even a black comedy or a moral play? Where exactly does Heathers stand? But we are in a foreign country and still cannot translate what we have seen. Maybe tealangers understand the movie better?