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John Tucker Must Die

Play trailer Poster for John Tucker Must Die PG-13 Released Jul 28, 2006 1h 29m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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This derivative teen comedy tries to go for cute when it could use more bite.

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Stella Papamichael BBC.com John Tucker will surely die and be quickly forgotten. Rated: 2/5 Aug 15, 2006 Full Review 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 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Succeeds in being passable romance comedy entertainment. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Funny in 1 hour and 29 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Sexual Content and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $41,000,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/25 Full Review Claudio C John Tucker Must Die (2006) Cute Movie (11,833 – 15 Jul 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) The teenager Kate (Brittany Snow) feels invisible at school since she has no friends. When her mother Lori (Jenny McCarthy) moves to another town with her, she meets the handsome and popular captain of the basketball team John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) from her high school with three different girlfriends at the restaurant where she works. When the girls Heather (Ashanti), Carrie (Arielle Kebbel) and Beth (Sophia Bush) learn that John Tucker cheats them, they team up with Kate and asks her to seduce John and damage his reputation. “John Tucker Must Die” (2006) is a cute movie by Betty Thomas. The plot is highly funny and entertaining, with Brittany Snow delightfully sweet in the role of Kate, who changes ger behavior and becomes popular at school. John’s girlfriends are very beautiful actresses and perform funny roles. For those who think that this film is for teenagers only, please be advised that old people will enjoy too provided they want to see a funny romantic comedy. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): “Todas Contra John” (“All Against John”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/15/25 Full Review Marcus T I'll admit it. I only watched a third of it. When he started acting like a girl in the basketball game because he was given estrogen I turned it off. I didn't like any of the characters. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/24/25 Full Review Luis Otavio F It's so bad it's good, it's so disgusting it's good. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/25 Full Review Soleil R So underrated. Such a funny movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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