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... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Frederic Forrest, Lee Purcell
Director: Martha Coolidge
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Reviews for Valley Girl
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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 |
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3.5/4 |
Insightful and genuine. Full Review |
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For a change, there aren't any cartoon problem adults on hand as there often are in these pictures. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Cage is very good in the role that got him noticed.
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5/5 |
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4/5 |
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3/4 |
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? Full Review |
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 2/5 |
With characters as dimensionless as these, the film needs either greater irony or greater sympathy than it demonstrates. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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3.5/5 |
Dated yet infectious. Full Review |
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B+ |
One of the better '80s teen comedies. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Color it pastel and cute Full Review |
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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 |
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2/4 |
Coolidge slips some darkness into Valley Girl that never resolves itself with the surrounding sunny void Full Review |
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0/5 |
Ugh! Ick! Gag me with a spoon! This film is an embarrasment.
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This is one of the great teen romance movies. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A cute little feature with Cage showing early promise.
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3/4 |
It's an enjoyable flick, and it's often real funny. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Valley Girl
June 03, 2009:
Jason Moore to Direct Valley Girl Musical Remake 
MGM's updated take on "Valley Girl" is moving forward, with Jason Moore signed to direct what will be a musical remake of the 1983 cult favorite. More...
July 18, 2008:
A Valley Girl Remake -- With a Twist
MGM is prepping a remake of the 1983 Nicolas Cage cult classic Valley Girl. Oh yeah, and this time? It's a musical. More...
April 08, 2005:
The Duff Sisters Find Themselves Some New "Material"
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