Girls Just Want to Have Fun may be one of those horribly geeky dance themed 80s movies, but it's still a comedy that has maintained much of it's entertainment value.
Sarah Jessica Parker is back in something of her Patty Green like phase from "Square Pegs." Here, she portrays Janey Glenn, an army brat who is the new student at an all girl's Catholic school. Her best friend, and the one with the greatest style in this movie, is Lynne Stone (Helen Hunt), a semi-wild child, who doesn't mind breaking a few innocuous rules in order to have some fun.
Lynne encourages Janey to enter the tryouts for new dancers on a television show called 'Dance TV' which looks Dance Party USA. And actually, Janey makes it through the trials to compete in the finals and probably have her shot of being a "tv star." Only problem is, she was teamed up with Jeff Malene (Lee Montgomery) a cute fellow who is supposed to be her competition partner through the rest of the auditions. That'd be fine with Janey, except her father, being far too unrealistic about the situation, doesn't want Janey invovled in the comeptition in the first place and second, doesn't want her getting invovled with boys, and especially not Jeff Malone, who I suppose is supposed to be something like a street tough, but a clean version (as most of the characters in this movie are).
Janey's all set to give up, but Lynne advises her to stay in the competition and helps her keep the tryouts and Janey's burgeoning relationship with Jeff a secret. But, Natalie Sands (Holly Gagnier), a richie misfit who's jealous of Janey's quality time with Jeff, is determined to expose Janey, hoping her dad will find out and put an end to her participation in the tryouts so that Natalie will be able to dance with Jeff instead.
It sounds really corny, and for the most part it is. Even the story is trite (a better version of this story you may recall is 'Bend It Like Beckham'). But, nonetheless, this movie is good for a couple of reasons. Helen Hunt as Lynne Stone is great. Stone is really a girl with great style and she's a real fun loving goof. I think she steals the show more than the rest of the characters. The movie is good, too, if you like 80s movies, even corny ones based around even cornier dancing. The music isn't so bad, either. I have a feeling 80s teen fans should enjoy it, though I suspect, probably more girls will than boys. But what the heck, give it a shot.
Sarah Jessica Parker is back in something of her Patty Green like phase from "Square Pegs." Here, she portrays Janey Glenn, an army brat who is the new student at an all girl's Catholic school. Her best friend, and the one with the greatest style in this movie, is Lynne Stone (Helen Hunt), a semi-wild child, who doesn't mind breaking a few innocuous rules in order to have some fun.
Lynne encourages Janey to enter the tryouts for new dancers on a television show called 'Dance TV' which looks Dance Party USA. And actually, Janey makes it through the trials to compete in the finals and probably have her shot of being a "tv star." Only problem is, she was teamed up with Jeff Malene (Lee Montgomery) a cute fellow who is supposed to be her competition partner through the rest of the auditions. That'd be fine with Janey, except her father, being far too unrealistic about the situation, doesn't want Janey invovled in the comeptition in the first place and second, doesn't want her getting invovled with boys, and especially not Jeff Malone, who I suppose is supposed to be something like a street tough, but a clean version (as most of the characters in this movie are).
Janey's all set to give up, but Lynne advises her to stay in the competition and helps her keep the tryouts and Janey's burgeoning relationship with Jeff a secret. But, Natalie Sands (Holly Gagnier), a richie misfit who's jealous of Janey's quality time with Jeff, is determined to expose Janey, hoping her dad will find out and put an end to her participation in the tryouts so that Natalie will be able to dance with Jeff instead.
It sounds really corny, and for the most part it is. Even the story is trite (a better version of this story you may recall is 'Bend It Like Beckham'). But, nonetheless, this movie is good for a couple of reasons. Helen Hunt as Lynne Stone is great. Stone is really a girl with great style and she's a real fun loving goof. I think she steals the show more than the rest of the characters. The movie is good, too, if you like 80s movies, even corny ones based around even cornier dancing. The music isn't so bad, either. I have a feeling 80s teen fans should enjoy it, though I suspect, probably more girls will than boys. But what the heck, give it a shot.