John Tucker Must Die (2006): Dir: Betty Thomas / Cast: Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Sophia Bush, Ashanti Douglas, Penn Badgley: Stupid teen comedy about revenge. High school basketball player John Tucker is dating three women at once without them knowing it. Only waitress Kate seems to notice since she has waited on their tables. When the truth reveals itself they plot revenge by turning Kate into a cheerleader to break his heart. Mean Girls is so much better and funnier than this cheap trash. Total formula with an insincere ending. Directed by Betty Thomas who once made the great Howard Stern comedy Private Parts. This is a major decline of quality. She knows her subject but chooses mediocre projects that compare to earlier misfires such as I Spy and Doctor Dolittle. Jesse Metcalfe as Tucker is never likable, and Brittany Snow is suppose to be seen as a nerd until they whore her up. Sophia Bush and Ashanti Douglas play dumped girls. Its theme of taking advantage of people and retaliation was better placed in the superior Mean Girls. Penn Badgley plays John Tucker's brother who is the nice one who will get the girl in the end. What he doesn't get is a decent film role here. This is totally phony teen trash aimed at teenage girls who are no doubt smarter than this. But John Tucker should not be the one to die here. The film should die from several blows via sledgehammer. Score: 2 / 10

Kate (Brittany Snow) is an awkward invisible teen with a hot mom (Jenny McCarthy). John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) is the rich captain of the basketball team, and a real player off the court. When all the girls are forced into the same PE, it comes out that everybody (Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel) is dating John Tucker. The three girls enlist Kate into their schemes for revenge.It's a silly little comedy. I stress the silly, and downplay the comedy. The jokes don't really work. It doesn't have anything real. The girls are perfectly nice. Maybe that's the rub. There isn't any edge to the humor. They're not taking any chances.

So I seen this movie a couple of times before on TV so I decided to buy it on DVD a few days ago as it had Just My Luck(which sucks) and My Super Ex Girlfriend) with it. John Tucker Must Die tells the tale of 3 girls(played by Sophia Bush from One Tree Hill,Ashanti who was a former pop starlet and Arielle Kriebel from Aquamarine)who all have one thing in common,they all dated a guy called John Tucker(played by the gorgeous dude from Dallas Jesse Metcafe)who has a certain charisma with the ladies. But when a new girl called Kate(played by Hairspray star Brittney Snow)starts school,the 3 girls decide to use her to get back on the man that cheated on them so that Kate can cheat on him and pay him back for all the things he did to the 3 girls he cheated on.On top of that you've got hilarious moments with the 4 girls getting even with some hot dude.Overall this movie was actually not that bad,its been done to death of course over and over again but this is very funny stuff. My only concern was the title John Tucker MUST Die. I mean why not call it John Tucker Gets Revenge or whatever because frankly he DOESN'T DIE IN THE MOVIE seriously???Anyway from the director of Alvin & The Chipmunks and Dr Dolittle John Tucker Must Die is a funny teen comedy for those who love a good laugh.Overall I would give it a 6 and out of 5 a 3 out of 5.

I thought this film was a genuinely funny, daft teen comedy. While there are parts of the film that the plot weakens and this is covered by the attractive cast members (Metcalfe taking his shirt off for example) there are also many moments that are really laugh-out-loud funny. It is quite clearly aimed at teenagers and may not appeal to people outside this age bracket but personally i thought that it accepted it was only a daft teen comedy and didn't try to take itself too seriously and become anymore than what it is. I found this hilarious and still do when re-watching it. I would recommend it, but only to people who aren't looking for anything serious or deep and just want a good laugh.