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For the original 1994 TV series see, see Heartbreak High.

Heartbreak High
Promotional poster
GenreComedy drama
Created by
  • Hannah Carroll Chapman
Starring
  • Ayesha Madon
  • James Majoos
  • Chloe Hayden
  • Asher Yasbincek
  • Thomas Weatherall
  • Will McDonald
  • Josh Heuston
  • Gemma Chua-Tran
  • Bryn Chapman-Parish
  • Sherry-Lee Watson
  • Brodie Townsend
  • Chika Ikogwe
  • Scott Major
  • Rachel House
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Producers
  • Carly Heaton
  • Sarah Freeman
  • Jeroen Koopman
  • Tarik Traidia
  • Brian Abel
  • Michael Jenkins
  • Megan Palinkas
Production locationsSydney, New South Wales
CinematographySimon Ozolins
Drew English
Running time45–52 minutes
Production companyFremantle Australia & NewBe[1]
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) –
present
Related
Heartbreak High (original 1994 TV series)

Heartbreak High is an Australian comedy drama streaming television series created for Netflix, by Hannah Carroll Chapman. It is a reboot of the 1994 series first screened on Network Ten.[2][3] The series follow the students and teachers of Hartley High as they navigate racial tensions in Australia, high school romances, and all sorts of teen angst.[4] The show premiered on 14 September 2022.[5]

Two weeks after the it was released the show was renewed for a second season [6]

Premise

After a map detailing the sexual exploits of Hartley High's students is discovered graffitied on the wall of the school, all of the students whose names were on it are forced to attend a new sexual education course called the Sexual Literacy Tutorial (SLT, pronounced "sluts" by the students). The map's creator, Amerie Wadia (Ayesha Madon), becomes a social outcast after taking the fall for its co-author, Harper McLean (Asher Yasbincek), who has stopped talking to her following a tragedy at a music festival they attended.

Cast

Main

  • Ayesha Madon as Amerie Wadia, a brash, working-class Indo-Australian girl who becomes a pariah at Hartley High. [7]
  • James Majoos as Darren Rivers, a queer and non-binary student who befriends Amerie.
  • Chloe Hayden as Quinni Gallagher-Jones, Darren's lesbian best friend who is autistic[8][9]
  • Asher Yasbincek as Harper McLean, a punk girl who has a falling out with Amerie
  • Thomas Weatherall as Malakai Mitchell, a bisexual Bundjalung basketball jock new to Hartley[10]
  • Will McDonald as Douglas “Ca$h” Piggott, an asexual eshay, drug dealer and food delivery driver
  • Joshua Heuston as Dustin “Dusty” Reid, a bisexual musician involved with Harper[7]
  • Gemma Chua-Tran as Sasha So, a Chinese-Australian lesbian student
  • Bryn Chapman-Parish as Spencer “Spider” White, the class clown
  • Sherry-Lee Watson as Missy Beckett, an Indigenous student involved with Sasha
  • Brodie Townsend as Anthony “Ant” Vaughn, an affable, big-hearted student
  • Chika Ikogwe as Josephine “Jojo” Obah, English teacher at Hartley High
  • Scott Major as Peter Rivers, Darren's father, who reprises his role from the 1994 series
  • Rachel House as Principal Stacy "Woodsy" Woods, the performatively woke school principal at Hartley High

Recurring and notable guest stars

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [11]
1"Map Bitch"Gracie OttoHannah Carroll Chapman14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
2"Renaissance Titties"Gracie OttoMatthew Whittet & Hannah Carroll Chapman14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
3"Eetsway"Neil SharmaMarieke Hardy14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
4"Rack Off"Neil SharmaMeyne Wyatt14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
5"Bin Chicken"Adam Murfet & Jessie OldfieldThomas Wilson-White14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
6"Angeline"Adam Murfet & Jessie OldfieldNatesha Somasundaram14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
7"The Sheriff"Gracie OttoMegan Palinkas & Matthew Whittet14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
8"Three of Swords"Gracie OttoHannah Carroll Chapman14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)

Production

The series was announced in December 2020, and filming began in November 2021.[12][13][14]

The TV series was mostly filmed in the suburbs of Marouba and Matraville of New South Wales between late 2021 and early 2022.[15]

A second season was announced on 19 October 2022.[16][17]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the series an approval rating of 100%, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10, based on nine critics.[18] On the review website IMDb, the series holds an average score of 7.7 out of 10, as of October 15, 2022.[19] The show received praise for its racial, sexuality, gender and neurodivergent representation, realism towards modern teenhood, costumes and visuals.[20][21][22] It was also positively compared to other popular modern teen dramas (which viewers found it very similar to), including Euphoria, Never Have I Ever and Sex Education. Alex Henderson of The Conversation said that the show addressed serious topics like substance abuse, discrimination or youth crime, but still uses comical moments and avoids cliché moments whilst showing mistakes made by the characters.[23] Mitchell Adams of The Sydney Morning Herald commented on the representation of autism, saying "scenes where Quinni feels overwhelmed just sitting on a bus, or being at a party while forcing herself to mask how she feels in order to better fit in and not upset people, depict a pain neurodivergent people know all too well".[24]

References

  1. ^ Kanter, Jake (7 December 2020). "Netflix Reboots Australia's "Iconic" Young Adult Series 'Heartbreak High'". Deadline. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ma, Wenlei (23 November 2021). "Heartbreak High 2022: Netflix reveals cast, characters and story for reboot". news.com.au. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ Slatter, Sean (22 November 2021). "Cast revealed for Netflix's 'Heartbreak High'". IF Magazine.
  4. ^ Malas, Rhianna (16 September 2022). "How 'Heartbreak High' Adapts Its Reboot For Modern Audiences". Collider. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ Pullar, Jess (2 August 2022). "Netflix Just Dropped The First Trailer & Release Date For The 'Heartbreak High' Reboot". Marie Claire.
  6. ^ "Heartbreak High: Australian hit renewed for a second season on Netflix". The Guardian. 21 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Meet the Cast of Netflix's Heartbreak High". Netflix. 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Autistic actor Chloe Hayden lands role in "Heartbreak High" remake". Living on the Spectrum. 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ Zadro, Zara; Sargeant, Thomas (12 September 2022). "Smart, sexy, and very Sydney". Honi Soit. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Heartbreak High reboot to feature First Nations characters". National Indigenous Television. 24 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Shows A-Z – Heartbreak High (Netflix)". The Futon Critic. 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  12. ^ Ma, Wenlei (23 November 2021). "Heartbreak High 2022: Netflix reveals cast, characters and story for reboot". news.com.au.
  13. ^ "Netflix announces Heartbreak High reboot for 2022: 'We haven't had a teen show like it since'". The Guardian. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  14. ^ Ramachandran, Naman; Ramachandran, Naman (7 December 2020). "Netflix Sets Reboot of Australian Young Adult Series 'Heartbreak High'". Variety. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  15. ^ Pullar, Jess (7 October 2022). "This Is Where Netflix's 'Heartbreak High' Reboot Was *Actually* Filmed". Elle Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Be Still My Beating Heart - Netflix Announces Heartbreak High Season 2" (Press release). Netflix Media Center. 19 October 2022.
  17. ^ Frater, Patrick (19 October 2022). "Netflix Gives Second Season to Australia's 'Heartbreak High'". Variety.
  18. ^ "Heartbreak High: Season 1 (2022)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Heartbreak High". IMDb. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  20. ^ Couper, Elena (27 September 2022). "The best looks from season one of Heartbreak High". Vogue Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  21. ^ Ruben, Emma (3 September 2022). "Heartbreak High is back with First Nations mob in front and behind the camera". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  22. ^ Henderson, Alex (26 September 2022). "Heartbreak High is a bright new piece of television". The New Daily. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  23. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Teenage misfits, messy emotions and joyous discussions on consent: Heartbreak High is a bright new piece of television". The Conversation. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  24. ^ Adams, Mitchell (21 September 2022). "Heartbreak High has the best representation of autism I've ever seen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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