| Jawbreaker | |
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| Directed by | Darren Stein |
| Written by | Darren Stein |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Amy Vincent |
| Edited by | Troy T. Takaki |
| Music by | Stephen Endelman |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.5 million |
| Box office | $3.1 million[1] |
Jawbreaker is a 1999 American teen black comedy crime film written and directed by Darren Stein. The film stars Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, and Julie Benz as girls in an exclusive clique in their high school. Charlotte Ayanna has a non-speaking cameo role as the murdered fourth member of the group. The film was inspired by the 1988 film Heathers, and is often compared to it, particularly the use of bright pastels, the plot involving a popular female clique, and the ostensibly accidental killing of one of its members.
Stein explained his concept for the film as, "The jawbreaker just came to represent the duality of the poppy sweetness of the girls, of high school and of youth, versus the whole idea that this thing could break your jaw."[2] The film was released on February 19, 1999, and was a critical and commercial failure, although it has come to gain a cult following.
- ^ "Jawbreaker". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (February 19, 1999). "'Jawbreaker': Teen Queens of Mean". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.