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Clueless (English)
Dir : Amy Heckerling
Starring : Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy


Amy has done her homework all right. her savvy, witty, astute, deft social observations of teenagers are deadly accurate. the movie is an enchanting chunk of sociology which speaks the 90's lingo - what the teenagers think, their dress codes, secret adolscent rituals, beliefs and their sinfully rich lifestyles.

Alicia who plays Cher, the totally 'clued-in' 'with-it, super rich school girl is simply terrific!, as the airhead who discovers in the end, that she is actually teh one who is completely clueless. Cher, popular and always in vogue, goes around doing good deads for less fortunate in her school. she only has to spot a girl looking clueless and she rubs her hand with glee and says 'Project'.

The movie is not mean, it is the kind of movie that we need to make in india - a movie that acutely shows indian pop culture.

Stand-out scenes :

1. Cell phone shot as tho they were the monoliths from 2001 - the space odyssey, as the theme music rises..

2. Cher falling for that cute gay guy and she doesn't get it!

My Fav : Alicia is riding with her smart college going cousing and his girlfriend who says "Like Hamlet says : To your own self, be true!" and cher from the back seat says "Hamlet didn't say that". The Arty type girlfriend frowns and "Excuse Me! but i think i know my hamlet" Cher "Yeah? and I know my mel gibson and he never said that! that polonius guy did!
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