i love how she was a spoiled rich girl with a heart of gold. she was pretty, popular and kind who cared about others before she got closer to josh. she's a good person who uses her privilege for good.
I think she did such a great job with this movie. Playing that role was tough because she could easily come off very negatively. She found a way to make the character super endearing and human. I love her and this movie lol
I remember I rented a new movie called Emma about 25 years ago and I’m like “ hey this reminds me of clueless “ lol. What’s the funniest is that I like Cher’s version better. I do remember seeing it was by Jane Austen though.
@@coffeeaddictexpress5038 it's supposed to be based off the story. of course i didn't know that until my mid 20's because well there wasn't much internet helps back in 1995. my friends and i in middle school used to watch this like on repeat and every sleep over. so from time i was 13 and in 7th grade, i pretty much memorized the whole movie i have quoted it before along with my friends back in day too. i have never seen the movie emma,though.
@@tinabastarache2674 lol me too! I’m 40 now and I can’t still quote it. I miss the 90’s lol. I’m so glad my kids love all the movies I loved as a child.
I think in life that’s the most important thing about a person being smart and knowing hard work is an extra and get anyone ahead in life but for people to be good is the not the most easiest to be all the time…
@@ladyangelique3868 She started off superficial but as the movie went on she started actually doing things for good intentions. Eg. When Tai fell down the stairs at the dance party, she rushes across the room to help immediately and stops dancing with her date Christian to help her. When she and Josh are coming back from the party, she comes up with the idea to buy the lawyers food since they are probably exhausted and tired after working all night on the paperwork. Everything Cher does for her father is also for good intentions too. Also, even in her superficial phase although she was self-serving nothing she did was for mean or malicious reasons. I think overall she's very human and she became genuinely pretty nice by the end of the movie
My favourite line in this movie is when the dad says "You divorce wives, not children." I love it that he still cares about Josh and helps him with his legal career even though he divorced his mother.
3:31 This is based on Jane Austin's Emma. In the absence of a mother, Emma runs the entire household herself, and does it well (not an easy task). This is a reference to that aspect of her character: she is hard working, smart, and cares for others.
@Valeria Zelaya O is based on Othello, Get Over It was (loosely) based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, She's the Man for Twelfth Night, She's All That was a modern adaptation of Pygmalion... Seems like a lot of teen movies from mid 90's to early 00's were literary adaptations of one form or another!
Hi Cece, It's based on the book Emma, by Jane Austen. Paul Rudd's character is based on Mr Knightley, a long time family friend, who is very close to her dad. Mr Knightley knew Emma since she was young child, he was 16 years older than Emma, so she was like a little 'sister'. In the book Emma was 20 years old and Mr Knightley was 36yrs. I think that's why Josh was a stepbrother, this places emphasis on the family connections and mirrors the Emma/ Mr Knightley relationship. Josh isn't that much older than Cher and definitely not her brother. If you haven't read the book I highly recommend it. Pride and Prejudice is another Jane Austen gem and there are some movie adaptations you may like.🙂
They made it clear from the start that he doesn't even qualify as a step-brother because her dad was only married to his mom for a few weeks. Her dad just likes him and has taken him under his wing. Like an apprentice. Plus her dad totally knows what's going on, which is why he gives the smirk after telling josh he can go keep an eye on cher when she goes out on her date.
@@lilianab4756 In the book he's her in law because his brother is married to Emma's sister. So they're basically family. Being her stepbrother in the new version transitions well since in those times an in law especially a brother in law was like family, there was no distinction.
Cher's father is such a good parent. She helps her, lets her help him and feel useful, thinks of her as a sincere, good and beautiful person and reminds her of her good qualities when she is feeling insecure. It's a beautiful father/daughter relationship! I love this!
One thing I love about the adaptations is that they tend to make the father character--better. Austen clearly loved her father, but was aware he was weak. His death left her, her mother and her sister homeless and penniless. In the adaptations, the father is more fatherly, less self involved. The father Austen deserved.
I adore Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennett. The last scene with him and Keira Knightly was touching. My mom and dad quarrel because my mom is the main breadwinner. Whatever his faults, my dad has a good heart and when I had a bad dream, he was there to comfort me.
The thing I loved about Cher the most was that she was rich, beautiful and popular but she was never narcissistic or mean like how most earlier movies portrayed the popular girl. She was caring and kind and that made her very likeable.
But I think "Cher" has aged a quite a lot (well, not meant to be a negative assertion), while "Josh" pretty much looks the same, except being a more matured version of himself. Sad thing is Alicia, despite having full potential, hardly ever managed to re-capture the success of Clueless with other projects.
i love how she’s a rich popular girl who isn’t a total bitch which is so common in movies and tv shows. like she genuinely cared for others and was a nice person to those who deserved it.
I feel like it's just easy to make a character like that unlikeable. Austen herself said that Emma would be unlikeable. Thing is, she felt relatable as opposed to unlikeable. 😂 Not the rich part, but everything else pretty much.
In “Emma,” which this is based on, Emma realizes that she’s in love with her sister’s brother-in-law, Mr. Knightley. He’s like 20 years older than her and lives on a neighboring estate. So, when they adapted it, they needed someone who was kinda related to Cher and knew her really well. They kinda grew up together, so they have a familial-type relationship that becomes something more. I know it’s weird, but it is in the book too.
in those days it was normal for a man to be quite a bit older than his wife. Men would first need to establish themselves in society and as a landlord before they married. Some men also chose not to marry because of the expense- but then would change their minds when they realised they needed an heir.
I hope your father abandoned your family in your early childhood. Otherwise sad to hear that. This is like if your father would say that he wants daughter like her
This movie is based off of Jane Austen‘s Emma. They did a great job with each character. You have Cher as Emma, josh as mr. knightly, Tai as miss smith, amber as Mrs. Elton, Travis as the farmer miss smith ends up with (I forget his name) Christian as Mr. Elton. It’s all done brilliantly.
Well you almost got it right, you've unwittingly paid homage to the film by being a tiny bit clueless, Christian is Frank Churchill and of course Elton is Mr. Elton lol.
The BBC four-part series, Emma, is really fun to watch. You can find it at the library. I saw the movie with Paltrow many years ago; I did not see the more recent movie.
ARGH THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SCENE IN THE WHOLE FILM Paul's smile in the slow-mo car scene, the way Cher's Dad talks about her when she helps him work. Ohhh, I'll never get enough of this film
"I thought they declared peace in the middle east" is like perfectly one liner ever. Funny, awkward, cute and relevant at that time! 😙 The screenplay are genius and lucid till today. I hope many scripts are like this and not cater the generic tone of superhero ones. Need to add depths
This movie is up there as an iconic teen movie. Just like anything Molly Ringwald has ever starred in and anything directed by Chris Columbus and John Hughes.
That was true. Polonius was the one who said “To thine own self be true.” And the fact that a 16 year old got that right over a college girl who breathes Hamlet is hilarious.
This was an excellent scene. You can be sure that anyone who's ever had a crush on someone would sympathize with Cher. This was Alicia Silverstone's best role.
The 90's were the best years of my life. Watching these movies makes me wish I could go back in time and relive my childhood days, not a worry in the world just school and watching TV everyday before cellphones and social media existed. I miss those days when the world and the people were different, life was simple before all the technology came along and forever changed the world for the worse.
I wasn't even born in the 90s but reading this makes me want to go back to that time too. Definately think that social media and phones came to ruin everything sad thing is itll keep getting worst instead of better.
@@kimberlygonzalez1211 I say the exact same thing all the time. Let's be honest today's society is disgusting! Why? Because people are eating at a table right, and they got their phone in their hand while eating, texting or they're on one of the social media apps. They're working out at the gym they're texting or posting it on Instagram, they're out with their family it's posted on social media. I get on RU-vid to watch videos when I'm bored I also listen to narrator telling stories on their channel, it helps me sleep when I'm laying down in bed. Social media has ruined a lot of people they can no longer socialize like keeping a conversation going for long and making new friends has became an issue for many people.
@@veronicao4643 The 90's was by far the best decade of all time. I was born in the late 80's so I had a chance to be there just before it ended and then came the early 90's it was so good especially the music.
1:39 is sooooo relatable, the tension “cher” is holding in her eyes & shoulders….when you realize you REALLY like/love someone you spend a lot of time with & now dont know how to act around them 🤣🤣🤣
Love this movie. A classic! Alicia Silverstone was freaking beautiful in here, her hair was everything. And Paul Rudd- the most attractive man I have ever seen. Love Paul❤️❤️
I always thought this was one of the best fathers in cinematic history and totally unexpected from this actor as he didn't really do roles like this, he did a superb job.
She is so beautiful inside and out. Incredible pure and of course naive. This girl is such a rarity. BTW, her sense of fashion is totally on point. Can still use some of her pieces even today.
Thr guy who plays the father is a great character actor. He's a no-nonsense, demanding prick in business but he's loving and supportive to his daughter, and even to his former stepson. Well done, Dan Hedaya.
3:04 This movie is so iconic but truthfully this scene right here is my favorite scene share goes to her father as we know is a loud boisterous man but when it comes down to his daughter's feelings and issues he's a gentle giant even with his reply with yes
I love Josh! No wait, that's not right.. I love Cher! She was a plastic Barbie but even Cher was a caring, intelligent girl when it mattered. And she had to cutest fashion sense. I loved her outfits.
@@chisomo8088 Because she couldn't see past herself, she was as the title says.. Clueless. It took going through some personal struggles to realize what matters in life. She treated Travis like they'd never be friends, but after Tai had started turning plastic Cher realized how badly she herself, had treated Travis trying to turn Tai onto Elton. She tried to date Christian based solely on how he looked, not realizing he was gay making a complete fool of herself. She never even bothered to get to try and get to know the real Christian and later, when she did, he did become one of her best friends, looking out for her and Tai. She set up her teachers for good grades, not to see them happy. So, yes, she was a plastic barbie at the beginning of the film and by the end she was something she was not at the start, something that she even admitted. A big part of her change was because of how Josh saw her. Superficial and Vain and his opinion really bothered her because as we all know, she was really in love with him.
@@urmom4618 Yes, she was very mean at the beginning of the film. She was horrible to Travis for no reason just because they were from different social groups.
I love how well this film captures, realizing you're in love. Sometimes, it's not obvious. Perhaps because we give into popular conceptions of what love is (just like cher), or we're not willing to "go there" with certain people based on what we think about them, or we're just not willing to put ourselves "out there," and because of all this we don't recognize it even when it's right in front of us. Her introspection of why she cares so much who josh is dating, and then realizing it's because she's in love with him, is so relatable. Only in my story, my "Josh" didn't love me back, lol 😂
As a kid this was one of my favorite movies. At the time, I didn't pay much attention to Cher's dad, but looking back he was pretty amazing. You could tell he was really supportive of her. And although he worked a lot, he made time for her. That's a quality dad right there!
I thought I'd hate this movie because she loooked like a stereotypical dumb blonde rich girl but it was nothing like it. She was a beautiful kind teenager with a soul of gold. Also Paul Rudd just doesn't age. He looks almost just like this now 😅