John Tucker Must Die

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John Tucker Must Die

PG-13

Released Jul 28, 2006

1h 29m

Romance

Comedy

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After discovering they are all dating the same same guy (Jesse Metcalfe), three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.

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Critics Consensus

This derivative teen comedy tries to go for cute when it could use more bite.

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Robert Hanks

Independent (UK)

Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2006

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Empire Magazine

A load of formulaic nonsense that should still turn a few young heads thanks to its fantasy plot and Jesse Metcalfe's chest.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 18, 2006

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Anna Smith

Time Out

Not the worst of its kind, but few over the age of 14 will find it worth forking out for.

Aug 17, 2006

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The only one who's getting screwed over in this film is the audience.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 12, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Succeeds in being passable romance comedy entertainment.

Apr 29, 2009

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Designed as an ultimate revenge fantasy "John Tucker Must Die" is a moderately funny teen comedy with a few flashes of bawdy humor.

Rated: C

Apr 22, 2009

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Soleil R

So underrated. Such a funny movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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David D

High school films are a weird one. The went from mildly pornographic in the 80's with the Lemon Popsicle and Porky's series to almost intelligent in the late 80's and 90's with films like John Tucker, Heathers etc. This is certainly one of the better ones. Being based on Shakespeare it would be up to the production to mess up a modern adaptation. Thankfully, in this case, the Rings of Power team were nowhere in sight.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Daniel S

Another "highschool" movie in a sea of highschool movies. It's fine, just fine.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/13/24

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Cameron C

This is stupid but funny as fuck John Tucker is an indestructible LEGEND!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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Luke S

I found this a lot of fun. There is some humor in trying to destroy someone who just won't get destroyed that isn't explored as often as it should be! To think a high school reputation is like that is hilarious at times. Other teen comedies are better but that doesn't make this anywhere near the area of "bad".

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/23

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Nyah P

It's was ok. It got boring and it was kinda problematic. Not the best movie, it was kind of misleading at times…especially with the trailer. Also a lot of unfinished thoughts…. Also one last thing, why can the love interests in movies actually be good looking?

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/01/23

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Synopsis

After discovering they are all dating the same same guy (Jesse Metcalfe), three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.

Director: Betty Thomas
Producer: Bob Cooper, Michael Birnbaum, Karen Lunder
Screenwriter: Jeff Lowell
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 28, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.0M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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