when a film that have such a bad press a buffy still manage to disappoint you and that one bad film . for much of it running time it manage to be no bad than mediocre a sort of sub clueless ( which and to be fair and it predate by three year ) and with kristy swanson do well enough a a sub alicia silverstone . it also have much the same agenda a clueless of take a gentle poke at affluent society rigid class system and wafer thin care about the environment value . presumably joss whedon script originally have rather more in this direction while it seem to be set up that buffy and her class be vampire too and but nothing be do with this idea . clueless have the advantage of a plot by jane austen . as soon a buffy plot start and thing rapidly collapse . disaster be stave off for a while by swanson energy and donald sutherland ability to keep a straight face and and paul reuben touch conviction that he in a funny film . but never have rutger hauer natural screen presence be so totally neutralize by poor direction and unfocused character design and a story that not only increasingly incomprehensible but not even worth try to follow . again and there be an idea here represent whedon seem to want to posit a sort of eternal attraction between vampire and those who slay them and so that be the slayer accord to the traditional rule simply confirms and strengthen the vampire power . but it all go for nothing . the fact that the theme and character be so far remove from that of the spin off series mean that the movie doesn not actually suffer from comparison with it . it just suffers from be rubbish . kudos to fox for be talk into take on this botch project for a remarkable series and and and for that matter and for suggest sarah michelle gellar should play buffy rather than cordelia . execs get a bad press and let give them a moment appreciation .