A 'hideous' young student decides to get revenge on all those who bully her, in this surprisingly dark revenge fable. These days, any such complaint from the protagonist on Twitter that she was being targeted in such a way would most likely make her the flavour of the month, and her accusers social lepers for the rest of their lives in public education. But this was, as they say, the 70's and such behaviour was apparently commonplace, if not outright encouraged.
Sex, sex, sex and getting a boyfriend. That's all the cast in this film talk about and do, to a nauseating degree. Every minor action seemed geared to achieving one of those ends, too. Fortunately, what with this being a satire, character development is not a necessity for the genre. So, as long as you're happy to laugh at cardboard cut-outs with no substance getting their comeuppance at the hands of our p*ssed off heroine, you should enjoy it just fine.
Speaking of her, she really isn't that bad looking. Not horrible enough to have every man physically wretch when she walks past, I mean. Again, one of the hallmarks of good comedy: Over-exaggeration. Once the make-up is removed, she becomes 'beautiful' and the killing spree starts, we're on her side all the way. Burn, cardboard people! BURN! There's even an ending which brings back memories of The Lavender Hill Mob. Now, how many people can say they've seen both of those movies? Not a lot, I'd wager. 7/10
Sex, sex, sex and getting a boyfriend. That's all the cast in this film talk about and do, to a nauseating degree. Every minor action seemed geared to achieving one of those ends, too. Fortunately, what with this being a satire, character development is not a necessity for the genre. So, as long as you're happy to laugh at cardboard cut-outs with no substance getting their comeuppance at the hands of our p*ssed off heroine, you should enjoy it just fine.
Speaking of her, she really isn't that bad looking. Not horrible enough to have every man physically wretch when she walks past, I mean. Again, one of the hallmarks of good comedy: Over-exaggeration. Once the make-up is removed, she becomes 'beautiful' and the killing spree starts, we're on her side all the way. Burn, cardboard people! BURN! There's even an ending which brings back memories of The Lavender Hill Mob. Now, how many people can say they've seen both of those movies? Not a lot, I'd wager. 7/10