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...Clueless...
Welcome to the world of Cher and Dionne, "both named for great singers of the past who now do infomercials." It's the world of Clueless, the surprise comedy hit of the summer, in which Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and Dionne (Stacey Dash) have Beverly Hills High School wrapped around their perfectly manicured little fingers...
...Clueless opened a few weeks ago as the most popular new movie in America, which is completely in character for the movie's cast of impossibly hip teenagers who spend their lives on cellular phones and in a perpetual race to see who has the latest designer outfit. All the attention is well warranted--Clueless will have you laughing out loud through every misadventure of Cher's life...
Paying to see Clueless is not really mandatory. You can learn most of the jokes by surfing the TV and newspaper reviews and get a hint of Silverstone's blithe luster by watching mtv's relentless promotions. Taking this Cliffs Notes route, moreover, saves you from sitting through several slow stretches of plot sludge. During these scenes, Clueless has the feel of some mild sitcom purring in a far corner of the living room. You don't watch it so much as notice it, from time to time, in a genial miasma...
...best taken as a thing of bits and pieces, attitude and gestures. It's like a restaurant where you go for the food and go back for the atmosphere. Or for the waitress. Silverstone is a giddy delight, a beguiling performer and an icon for her generation. Catch Clueless quickly, though: in the MTV era, a generation lasts about a nanosecond...