I remember watching this movie with my folks when I was in high school. My mother was slightly appalled and my dad chuckled all the way through. This is the first movie I can remember seeing Stockard Channing in, and I remember thinking at the time I wanted to remember her because she was going to be great. I was right. Every part I have ever seen that actress play has been memorable. Every insult received in high school or college (real or imagined) was avenged in this movie. I am not sure I would have gone as far as bodily harm...but the snobby witch of a cheerleader flipping out the window had me cheering.

I remember thinking at the beginning how horrible everyone was to Miriam. After her transformation when people began treating her differently, she could so easily have turned into one of the plastic, perfect, beautiful people. Instead she warped a little too far the other way. At first you are just happy for her, and then it gets a little twisted. That is the part that appalled my mother. (She watched all the way through to the end, by the way.) This movie needs to be re-released. I have a scout troop that needs to see what can happen when you are too mean (or too nice) to people in school. LOL