Back to Back Heckerling!
What can I say, the lady gets High School! Here, she weaves Jane Austen's Emma into the ritzy life of Southern California High Schools and comes away with Clueless.
To summarize, Cher (Alicia Silverstone) wants to make everyone happy, for purely selfish reasons, and so begins to attempt to match-make for many people in and around her life. From the teachers to her friends, she just can't help herself.
Unfortunately, Cher can't seem to find that elusive Mr. Right for herself, although he may be much closer than she can even begin to imagine.
The dialogue and situations are tremendously funny, and the actors all do a great job.
Much like Fast Times, Clueless unleashed a group of young actors on the public who were just making their starts in the business, or who had not received much exposure on the Silver Screen.
Alicia Silverstone is the most obvious. Some TV movies and some music videos were her claim to fame. Then there was the late Brittany Murphy and Stacey Dash as her two best friends.
On the guy side of things Breckin Meyer and Donald Faison played love interests in the tale, but my favorite was Paul Rudd in the first role I ever saw him in. Hilarious in his part as an ex-son-in-law, he was an overnight sensation...almost a decade after his appearance in this movie. : )
Following Fast Times lead of a strong supporting cast of older character actors, Dan Hedaya won my favorite character as Cher's put upon father, and I've already listed my favorite line from the film.
One I'm saving for the guys that show up on my doorstep to court my daughters.
>: )
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