Soles starred in one of my childhood favorites, Rock 'n' Roll High School . Marilyn Manson sans makeup as the slimy man who gets setup for the rape of Liz Purr. Alicia Silverstone made the film the classic it is. What it did right was that it didn't set out to satire anything, really. Instead, it upheld high schoolers as being intelligent and bright, all while being apparently ditzy and stupid.
Jawbreaker does nothing like that.
Instead, it pays homage to the classics of the 70s and 80s without coming off as original. Just calling the film an homage doesn't make it a good movie. Here is proof. Jawbreaker is rated R for language, violence, sex, and nudity. The sight of a girl with a jawbreaker stuck in her neck is quite gruesome, and the film is dark in its overall tone.