Clueless (1995)

I have said it many times before that I am not akin to watching ‘chick-flicks’, in fact, if they’re well done, I like them a lot. Movies that are made for girls that I love insanely are (500) Days of Summer, Juno, Annie Hall, Crazy Stupid Love, Easy A, Hairspray, and a bunch of other wonderful films, and they are all great films about relationships and love. And another great film to add to that list is Clueless, a 1995 film that does not feel like a movie made in the 90s. I actually had to recheck every single source I had (Wikipedia, IMDb, and the DVD box) to confirm that this movie wasn’t made in the 80s, because it feels so much like an 80s film. And to mention-from what I’ve seen, my version of Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris would be me time-traveling back to 1980’s Hollywood. But enough about gushing on a time period, I need to gush about this movie. And since I just got done with watching Lady in the Water, I need something to remind me that good movies can still be made. Based off of the 1815 Jane Austen novel Emma, Clueless is the tale of Cher (Alicia Silverstone), a shallow, superficial, but extremely good-natured teen who acts as the unofficial match-maker for the school she attends, as she manipulates and matches people to get her way, and despite everything I say, she is a completely lovable protagonist, mostly because everything works out, and she is so good-natured in what she is doing. But she and her fellow super-rich and super-popular friends Donnie (Stacey Dash) and Tai (the late Brittany Murphy) set out to basically try to find their happy endings. The best thing about Clueless is that while there are some scenes where I was completely laughing out loud, it strives as a sweet film, it’s a film that makes cynics turn to lovers, a film that makes haters turn to kings. When someone like me, who constantly repeats the phrase “there are two types of people in this world-idiots, and the lonely” looks at a film with pure happiness and love, that is a wonderful thing. This movie is just a wonderful fun teen romance, one that is completely highly recommended.
8.5/10