PHOTO PROVIDED The poster for “John Tucker Must Die” is shown.

Everyone has one. Some may even have a multitude — a guilty pleasure movie.

It’s the movie that, although it isn’t the great and may be lacking in any form of substance or classic entertainment value for you, is still good anyway.

I stumbled across one of mine the other day on YouTube — “John Tucker Must Die.”

This movie is a cookie cutter classic for the 2000s. I’d even caution to say it’s more so than other well known movies from the era like “Mean Girls” or “Legally Blonde.” (I’ve reviewed both by the way.)

From its classic “turning the quiet girl popular” trope to its use of All-American Rejects “Dirty Little Secret” it has so many cliche’s to check off its list.

The movie was released in 2006 by 20th Century Fox and directed by Betty Thomas. The title may elude to some sinister happenings, but I can promise it’s extremely lighthearted.

The movie follows a group of girls — Kate Spencer (Brittany Snow), Heather Montgomery (Ashanti), Beth McIntyre (Sophia Bush) and Carrie Schaeffer (Arielle Kebbel) — as they set out to destroy the most popular guy in school, John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe).

See, John was secretly dating Carrie, Beth and Heather all at once, using the fact they’re in different social groups to his advantage. This all comes crashing down when the girls find themselves in the same gym class, with quiet Kate too, and get into an all out brawl over the guy. Kate, having seen her fair share of players like John date her mom, thinks all three of them are stupid for fighting over him. All four girls end up in detention where, with the help of Kate, decide to band together and plot John’s downfall.

After their first attempts, although hilarious, fail they decide to mold Kate into the perfect girl for him — and have her break his heart.

Obviously this scheme isn’t going to be easy. Kate has never really dated anyone before, so it’s all hands on deck to make her the perfect, mysterious cheerleader who won’t fall for the star athlete’s charm.

“John Tucker Must Die” is absolutely not the most top notch movie. And like many that were made in the 2000s, certain aspects have totally not aged well. But overall it isn’t too bad.

The plot itself isn’t groundbreaking or even requires much thought. Which is why its a guilty pleasure for me. I enjoy a good movie with funny one-liners that can serve as background noise for me when necessary.

And, at its core the message isn’t too bad. Although Kate finds herself suddenly popular with John on her arm, she soon realizes the scheme she’s cooked up with Beth, Heather and Carrie isn’t a noble one and wants to set things right.

This message falls a little flat in the end, when it seems that John manages to come out of it unscathed. Most would hope that he at least has some type of fall from grace after playing half the girls in the school. (Seriously though, how big is this school that none of them know?)

But it’s a rom-com from the 2000s so what do you expect? If you want something with deeper meaning, definitely look somewhere else.

But, if you want a relatively light hearted film with a good cast — including Penn Badgely during his “Gossip Girl” days — look no further than “John Tucker Must Die.”

The movie is rated PG-13 and runs at a quick 90 minutes. It can be viewed on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Google Play, AppleTV and Vudu.

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Laura Jameson is managing editor of The Express.