2019 Film Reviews – 21: Clueless [dir. Amy Heckerling; 1995]
Ten minutes into watching Clueless for the very first time, I got the distinct impression that I’d seen it before. But that’s precisely because of how terrifically influential this US high-school-set update of Emma turned out to be, not just on the countless cinematic pretenders that came after it, but on an entire generation’s use of language. “Whatever” (with requisite w-shaped hand gesture). “Loser.” “As … Continue reading 2019 Film Reviews – 21: Clueless [dir. Amy Heckerling; 1995]