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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's shockingly funny - you don't sit there deciding to laugh. Your own laughter catches you by surprise. [14 Apr 1989]
- 100Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonWickedly funny. In fact, Heathers may be the nastiest, cruelest fun you can have without actually having to study law or gird leather products. If movies were food, Heathers would be a cynic's chocolate binge.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkIt's a tough entry into the tough black-comic genre; don't be surprised if it becomes a classic. [31 March 1989]
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrThe sheer outrageousness of its attitude is enough to make Heathers a very welcome relief in a field dominated by sanctimonious and second-hand virtue. [31 March 1989]
- 70TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissIf Michael Lehmann's direction were a bit more astute, the movie could be the classic genre mutation it aims to be: Andy Hardy meets "Badlands." [17 April 1989]
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat sets Heathers apart from less intelligent teenage movies is that it has a point of view toward this subject matter - a bleak, macabre and bitingly satirical one.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe flamboyantly filmed story makes some telling points about adolescent life. But despite its oh-so-cynical mannerisms, it falls all over itself to flatter an allegedly self-absorbed and self-pitying teen audience. [7 April 1989]
- 50The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelYes, it's a collection of barbs and sick jokes, but it's not fun, and it lacks a punch line...The young, inexperience director, Michael Lehmann, doesn't find the right mood for the gags. [17 Apr 1989]
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumSucceeds at least in being offbeat, but its inanities and glib pretensions are so thick that it mainly comes across as tacky and contrived.
- 40Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonUnfortunately, director Michael Lehmann's point of view is swivel-mounted: He doesn't have the courage of his cynicism. [31 Mar 1989]