| | | Don't Get Mad. Get Even.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Pan and Scan (TV Format)
Hollywood's hottest young hunk, Jesse Metcalfe (TV's Desperate Housewives), delivers big laughs on campus in this "hot, hilarious film!" (NBC-TV, Miami). When three gorgeous gals discover they've all been duped by smooth-talking stud John Tucker (Metcalfe), they hatch a devious revenge scheme to turn the tables on him. Now Tucker is going to have to change his ways...or the school jock will soon become the class joke! Can the tantalizing teen trio turn this "serial dater" into a one-woman man? Find out in the hit movie that proves revenge isn't just sweet, it's hysterically funny.
"What it does have is the laughs." Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun
"A briskly-paced, refreshing kick in this season of draggy, two-hour-plus movies." Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
"A slumber-party classic that belongs on the same shelf as "Bring It On" and "10 Things I Hate About You."" Kyle Smith, New York Post
Editor's Note
John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) is a high school basketball star dating three different girls at the same time: the activist vegan (Sophia Bush), the over-achieving blonde journalist (Arielle Kebbel), and the sassy cheerleading squad captain (Ashanti). They all find out about each other and with the help of the shy new girl in school, Kate (Brittany Snow), they plot a devious revenge. After various other plots fail (such as spiking his protein powder with estrogen), the girls decide to combine their knowledge to make Kate into the perfect seduction machine and break Tucker's heart. In classic DANGEROUS LIAISONS/CRUEL INTENTIONS style, Kate becomes the talk of the school, but may end up becoming everything she used to hate. It's an amalgam of patented teen comedy formulas, but director Betty Thomas (BRING IT ON, 28 DAYS) keeps the story jumping along in fine order: no pop song montages of trying on different outfits, no soap opera angst and no parental moralizing. It's all chocolate, bra-cams, basketball games, food fights, and a wealth of quotable put-downs. The cast are lovely to look at, and Metcalfe makes a perfect Tucker, a character who--to the movie's credit--is not as bad as all that. Penn Bagdley quietly steals some scenes as John's less popular brother, a music snob/slacker who falls for Kate while assisting her in science experiments. MTV alum Jenny McCarthy is in fine form as Kate's hot mom, cursed with her own weakness for smooth talking men.
| Features | Audio Commentary By Director Betty Thomas, Editor Matt Friedman & Writer Jeff Lowell | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Featurette: The Making Of John Tucker Must Die & On Set Tour With Jesse Metcalfe | | Includes Theatrical & Extended Versions! | | Interactive Menus | | Live Performance By People In Planes: Instantly Gratified | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | John Tucker Must Die By: Anne Gilbert - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/17/2006 12:32 AM | | John Tucker is a really lucky kid. Not only is he the king of his high school – a real "man's man, ladies' man, man about town" for the under-18 set – but he also has the advantage of being the top dog at the movie version of high school, one filled with an endless stream of hot girls, gobs of money, and no adults in sight....read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 6/12/2007 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 2239064 | | UPC: 00024543390640 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard/Widescreen 1.33:1 [4:3]/2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]njoyable escapism...with Metcalfe and Snow proving themselves more than capable comic leads." 03/01/2007 p.97Variety 8 of 10
Less bloodthirsty than its title would suggest, the feisty teen revenge comedy "John Tucker Must Die" follows the "Heathers" and "Mean Girls" mold of teaming an impressionable heroine with a trio of imperious high school babes; this time, however, they're united in their mission to eradicate not mean girls, but a boy who's broken one heart too many...Metcalfe, last seen as Eva Longoria's botanical boy-toy on "Desperate Housewives," could hardly be more ideally cast as a smooth operator who, even at his most caddish, is almost too charming to loathe. - Justin Chang
San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
The film is given a boost by Brittany Snow ("American Dreams'' and "Nip/Tuck'') in the lead role of Kate, the new girl at the school where John rules. Snow plays her with the spunk of Jennifer Aniston. You're compelled to listen to Kate's woeful story of being raised by a sexy single mom (former Playmate Jenny McCarthy, who can do sexy in her sleep) who has a trail of men in and out of her life...Metcalfe is kind of stiff -- whatever charisma he has on the small screen doesn't translate. But R&B singer Ashanti, cast as an avenger, is a natural on the big screen. - Ruthe Stein
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