Clueless               4 stars

It’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of the nineties teen comedy, Clueless, so I decided to rewatch this classic.  The movie stars Alicia Silverstone as rich teen high school student Cher, who attends an upscale Beverly Hills high school, lives in a mansion with her lawyer father and spends her time getting the right clothes, convincing others to give her what she wants and hanging out with her upper-class friends.  Her best friend is Dionne (Stacey Dash), another rich girl.  The two of them are named after “great singers of the past who now do infomercials”.  She also likes to play matchmaker to the less fortunate like she does with two of her high school teachers (Wallace Shawn and Twink Caplan).  Her latest project is new student Tai (Brittany Murphy), a nerdy girl that Cher takes a liking to.  She quickly befriends the girl and seeks to get her matched up with the right boy.  One of the fun things about watching an old teen movie is seeing early roles of successful actors.  Here we have a young Paul Rudd playing Josh, Cher’s step brother and longtime friend.  There are also roles for young Donald Faison and Jeremy Sisto as high school students. New relationships form and are broken, and there is one of the usual teenage house parties that gets out of hand.  Ultimately, the characters will each end up with the right partner after going through some pain to get there.  Clueless was an enjoyable break from the reality of being stuck and home and all ages should enjoy it.  One interesting fact: The new movie Emma, has the same basic plot as Clueless and was apparently based on the movie!  Hello! As If!  Whatever!  Uh uh. No Way.