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Valley Girl (1983)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:20

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.7/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: It's a "totally tubular" scene as a "grody-to-the-max" punk from the wrong side of the Hollywood Hills, Randy (Nicolas Cage), falls for Julie (Deborah Foreman), a mall-dwelling Valley Girl, in this... It's a "totally tubular" scene as a "grody-to-the-max" punk from the wrong side of the Hollywood Hills, Randy (Nicolas Cage), falls for Julie (Deborah Foreman), a mall-dwelling Valley Girl, in this time capsule of 1980s teen vernacular. Julie and Randy become passionately involved; yet, despite her feelings for Randy, Julie succumbs to the peer pressure of her mall-obsessed friends, and gets back together with her Valley dude boyfriend, Tommy (Michael Bowen), who whisks Julie off to the Senior prom. Randy doesn't give up so easily, however, and chases Julie to the prom, with the help of his faithful friend, Fred (Cameron Dye), in an attempt to wrest her back. The sound track features the music of Men at Work, the Clash, and Josie Cotton in this 1980s teen comedy--an era, and topic, that director Coolidge was fond of chronicling, like her contemporary, John Hughes. [More]

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Frederic Forrest, Lee Purcell

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Frederic Forrest, Lee Purcell, Colleen Camp, Elizabeth Daily, Richard Sanders

Director: Martha Coolidge

Director: Martha Coolidge

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Jan 26, 1999

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05/27/05
Marcy Dermansky
Marcy Dermansky
About.com

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06/16/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

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.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/12/07
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

This is one of the great teen romance movies.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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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?

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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Chicago Sun-Times
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

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06/13/05
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

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

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/29/03
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

Dated yet infectious.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/11/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.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.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/06/03
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

No review available.

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09/21/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy

A cute little feature with Cage showing early promise.

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12/25/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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

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05/13/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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03/24/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

It's an enjoyable flick, and it's often real funny.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/30/04
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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08/09/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
 
 
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