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...knows what makes them miserable and what makes them bad: that they are already adults but can't accept the fact. "Why are you such a megabitch?" Veronica asks a surviving Heather, and the reply is, "Because I can be." Heathers locates the emotional totalitarianism lurking in a prom queen's heart. If Michael Lehmann's direction were a bit more astute, the movie could be the classic genre mutation it aims to be: Andy Hardy meets Badlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Teen Life Ain't Worth Livin' | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN. A college star (Dennis Quaid) peaks early; his prom- queen wife (Jessica Lange) piques often; a star-struck bookworm (Timothy Hutton) peeks into their problems. Taylor Hackford's entertaining soap opera polishes the cliches until they shine like movie truths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Nov. 28, 1988 | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...years, and for only one brief spell in 1981 had they attained the No. 1 spot in the college rankings. Head coach Gerry Faust, who during his tenure from 1981 to 1985 racked up a lackluster 30-26-1 record, had let the Irish unravel. Once courted like a prom queen in postseason play, Notre Dame appeared in just two bowl games: Liberty (1983) and Aloha (1984). The team, it seemed, was fading from national prominence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A New Crusade at Notre Dame | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN. A college star (Dennis Quaid) peaks early; his prom- queen wife (Jessica Lange) piques often; a star-struck bookworm (Timothy Hutton) peeks into their problems. Taylor Hackford's entertaining soap opera polishes the cliches until they shine like movie truths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Nov. 21, 1988 | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...luminous actress returns to the screen in two challenging roles: a prom queen turned suffering wife in Everybody' s All- American; a daft and dutiful daughter in Far North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Nov. 7. 1988 | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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