Clueless 1995
Amy Heckerling’s 1995 comic retelling of the Jane Austen classic Emma shot Alicia Silverstone to fame, playing Cher, an image obsessed Beverly Hills high school matchmaker.
Clare said: “We watched this again during lockdown. I loved it when it first came out, but I’d forgotten how funny it was. It’s also got that little bit of cleverness about it and it’s a great coming-of-age story.
“I remember it inspired a whole generation of fashionable Alicia Silverstone wannabes and I still walk around and see girls with the plaid skirts and long socks.
“A big part of teenage life is the period of self-discovery and thinking that you kind of know it all and the charm of it is when she recognises that she is maybe different to the person she thought she was. Overall, it’s a real laugh and I love the silliness of it, and there are great quotes and one-liners.”