John Tucker Must Die is a 2006
American high school c<!--THIS FILM IS NOT BLACK COMEDY! ANY CHANGES TO LABEL AS SUCH WILL BE REVERTED! DISAGREEMENT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON THE TALK PAGE FIRST!-->omedy
romance film, directed by
Betty Thomas. The film is about a trio of girls (played by
Arielle Kebbel,
Sophia Bush, and
Ashanti) who plot to break the heart of manipulative
basketball star John Tucker (
Jesse Metcalfe) after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is "the one". They recruit cute wallflower Kate (
Brittany Snow) in their scheme to publicly humiliate the cad. Released in North America on July 29, 2006. The film reached number 3 in the US and number 1 in Australia.