Editing Clueless (section)

===Critical reception===
The film was well received by critics. On the [[review aggregation]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], it holds an approval rating of 81% based on reviews from 120 critics, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A funny and clever reshaping of ''Emma'', ''Clueless'' offers a soft satire that pokes as much fun at teen films as it does at the Beverly Hills glitterati."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clueless/ | title=Clueless | website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | date=July 19, 1995 | access-date=March 16, 2023 | archive-date=March 19, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319003621/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clueless | url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a 71 out of 100 rating based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/clueless | title=Clueless | website=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=January 1, 2025 | archive-date=July 10, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710080859/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/clueless | url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=[[CinemaScore]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 19, 1995 |title=Clueless Movie Review & Film Summary (1995) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/clueless-1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722013259/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/clueless-1995 |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2022 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted, "Even if ''Clueless'' runs out of gas before it's over, most of it is as eye-catching and cheery as its star."<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=July 19, 1995 |title=Film Review; A Teen-Ager Who's Clear on Her Priorities |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/19/movies/film-review-a-teen-ager-who-s-clear-on-her-priorities.html |access-date=March 26, 2022 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723114532/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE7D6163AF93AA25754C0A963958260 |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' contrasted the film to a more adult-oriented movie about teenagers released around the same time, ''[[Kids (film)|Kids]]'', stating, "The materialism in ''Clueless'' is almost as scary as the hopelessness in ''Kids''", but concluded ''Clueless'' is "wicked good fun to be had [and] Silverstone is a winner."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |date=July 19, 1995 |title=Movie Review: Clueless |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/clueless-19950719 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721055904/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/clueless-19950719 |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>