Jesse Metcalfe bares his chest rather than his soul as the eponymous John Tucker in this pedestrian high-school comedy. But in a departure from his role as a lovesick gardener in TV's Desperate Housewives, Metcalfe shows his range by playing a calculating womaniser. Brittany Snow supplies the cute factor as the new girl who's so keen to fit in that she's co-opted into breaking Tucker's heart by a trio of his vengeful ex-girlfriends (including singer Ashanti). Their plans to make Tucker "undateable" include tricking him into fronting an awareness campaign for a sexually transmitted disease. Still, at least gags like this help to offset the gushing sentiment that puts a dampener on everything. Despite the film's attention-grabbing title, director Betty Thomas can't supply any of the bitchy social satire that made the Lindsay Lohan vehicle Mean Girls so enjoyable.

After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.