John Tucker Must Die (2006)

Director:

Betty Thomas

Writer (WGA):

Jeff Lowell (written by)

Release Date:

28 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Don't Get Mad, Get Even

Plot:

Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater (Metcalfe) set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken. |

Plot Keywords:

Cheerleader | Bare Chested Male | Teen Movie | First Date | Boyfriend

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Jesse Metcalfe	...	John Tucker
Brittany Snow	...	Kate
Ashanti	...	Heather
Sophia Bush	...	Beth
Arielle Kebbel	...	Carrie
Penn Badgley	...	Scott
Jenny McCarthy	...	Lori
Fatso-Fasano	...	Tommy
Kevin McNulty	...	Basketball Coach
Patricia Drake	...	Coach Williams
Amanda Li	...	Spelling Bee Girl
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Cute Boy (as Jeff Ballard)
Taylor Kitsch	...	Justin
Steve Bacic	...	Skip #1
Dean Wray	...	Skip #2

Also Known As:

John Tucker doit mourir (Canada: French title)
Dögölj meg, John Tucker (Hungary) [hu]
Il mio ragazzo è un bastardo (Italy) [it]
John Tucker doit mourir (France) [fr]
John Tucker peab surema (Estonia) [et]
Kosto on suloinen (Finland) [fi]
Le beau gosse (France) (DVD title) [fr]
O John Tucker prepei na pethanei (Greece) [el]
Rache ist sexy (Germany) [de]
Todas contra él (Spain) [es]
Todas contra John (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
Wir kriegen dich John Tucker (Austria) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42266) | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:7 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Norway:10 (TV rating) | Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Azure Lounge & Grill Bar - 770 Pacific Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Brittany Snow (Kate) and Sophia Bush (Beth) have both played girlfriends of John Hensley's character Matt on the show "Nip/Tuck" (2003).

Goofs:

Continuity: John scales the balconies to get to Kate's room, so he must be on the same side of the building as she is. He comes out of Coach Williams' room on one side, and then he goes into a bedroom on the other side of the hall.

Quotes:

Guy at Party #4: Holy Jamma Lamma. Kiss her again... Do it...
Kate: [turns on the headlights on John's Jeep] Get out of here, you little perv!

Movie Connections:

References Bring It On (2000)

Soundtrack:

Time after Time

Plenty of eye candy although not much in terms of entertainment and laughs.

John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) is a guy who can't be trusted by women and when three of his ex-girlfriends, all from different high school cliques, team up for revenge, they do so with the help of the new girl in town, setting her up with Tucker, with the plan to ruin his reputation and break his heart.

John Tucker Must Die offers plenty of eye candy and a good premise yet the final product is pretty forgettable and standard. I'm actually a little surprised that the film didn't turn out to be better since the trailer was entertaining and the premise offered something a little different. I guess I was expecting something as good as Mean Girls and it was really just direct to DVD material. The script was weak and it used so many clichés. Jeff Lowell should stick with sitcoms since he can't come up with enough interesting material to cover a 90 minute running time.

Director Betty Thomas was equally useless and she just used a generic direction. She didn't capture the teen spirit at all and she was just the wrong person for the job. The dialog was predictable and some of it was really corny. Some of the scenes just tried way too hard to be funny. However, the worst part about it was that the majority of the movie was just dull. Sure it looked nice but it only held a little entertainment value.

The acting was, like the film, standard and forgettable. Jesse Metcalfe was average, neither bad nor great. He should stick to supporting roles since he doesn't have the screen presence to carry a film. Arielle Kebbel may not be a fantastic actress but she does have an engaging quality about her and she had a few good lines. Ashanti was so annoying and over the top. She gave the worst performance out of everyone. Jenny McCarthy was just disturbing to look at and her performance was awful. Brittany Snow was cute although she was also enormously bland. Her character was supposed to be bland at the beginning of the movie but even after she went through a change, she was still pretty un-notable. Sophia Bush was pretty good and she had many funny lines. The one good thing about the cast was that they appeared to be having fun and this helped out a little. Overall, John Tucker Must Die is familiar material and it's not really worth checking out. Rating 5/10