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Valley Girl (1983)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 4

With engaging performances from its two leads, Valley Girl is a goofy yet amiable film that both subverts and celebrates the cheerful superficiality of teen comedies.

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With engaging performances from its two leads, Valley Girl is a goofy yet amiable film that both subverts and celebrates the cheerful superficiality of teen comedies.

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A satiric romantic comedy, Martha Coolidge's Valley Girl is a testimony to the short-lived Southern California '80s craze. Julie (Deborah Foreman) is a good-natured teenager following a swarm of pastel pink valley girls, who utter "gag me" at every opportunity. To her friends' dismay , Julie breaks up with her egotistical boyfriend, Tommy (Michael Bowen), while shopping at the mall. All the valley kids go to a party that night, and Tommy immediately tries to bed one of Julie's friends. Randy

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Martha Coolidge

Written By: Wayne Crawford

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Aug 5, 2003

Vestron Video

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Cast

Nicolas Cage
Randy
Deborah Foreman
Julie
Elizabeth Daily
Loryn
Michael Bowen
Tommy
Cameron Dye
Fred
Heidi Holicker
Stacey
Michelle Meyrink
Suzie
Tina Theberge
Samantha
Lee Purcell
Beth Brent
Colleen Camp
Sarah Richman
Frederic Forrest
Steve Richman
Joanne Baron
Prom Teacher
Joyce Hyser
Joyce
Karl Johnson
Club Bouncer
Chris Murphy
Ralphie
Tony Plana
Low Rider
Richard Sanders
Driving Education Teach...
Andrew Winner
Customer at Counter
Michael Wyle
Arthur
Wayne Crawford
Lyle
Tony Markes
Brad
Laura Jacoby
Peggy
David Ensor
Skip
Fredric Forrest

Critic Reviews for Valley Girl

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (4) | DVD (13)

For a change, there aren't any cartoon problem adults on hand as there often are in these pictures.

July 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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This movie is a little treasure, a funny, sexy, appealing story of a Valley Girl's heartbreaking decision: Should she stick with her boring jock boyfriend, or take a chance on a punk from Hollywood?

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

With characters as dimensionless as these, the film needs either greater irony or greater sympathy than it demonstrates.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Director Martha Coolidge turned a short-lived fad into a genuine sleeper, an exploitation film that thoroughly transcends its origins to become a highly appealing romantic comedy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

A classic from a bygone era, Valley Girl has been given the special edition treatment.

September 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Ryan Cracknell

Apollo Guide

While it's easy to get caught up in the nostalgia of Valley Girl, this datedness also puts some limits on how you can watch the film.

September 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Ryan Cracknell

Apollo Guide

Insightful and genuine.

July 24, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Cage is very good in the role that got him noticed.

June 13, 2005 Comment

Jonathan W. Hickman

Entertainment Insiders

Dated yet infectious.

April 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

One of the better '80s teen comedies.

September 18, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Mark Robison

Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Color it pastel and cute

August 15, 2003 Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com

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John A. Nesbit

ToxicUniverse.com

It's a measure of how, like, totally influential this little film was 20 years ago that there seems to be nothing special about it today.

August 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Coolidge slips some darkness into Valley Girl that never resolves itself with the surrounding sunny void

July 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Ugh! Ick! Gag me with a spoon! This film is an embarrasment.

May 13, 2003 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

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Cooly awesome movie Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage have great chemistry together!!!!! This is an awesome cult classic. I'm So Sure! (:

February 24, 2008

Cassie Hill

Super Reviewer

The quintessential val movie! This hilarious comedy is an essential for 80s teen movie fans. The plot is like a modern day Romeo and Juliet, but more subtle, as the conflict is that her friends don't like who she's dating (her parents are hippies who're cool with him). I love this movie, it's a fun romantic comedy drama, and I highly recommend it.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

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