Aside from being an amazing time capsule of 1982 Valley Girl fashion, this was also an enjoyable movie. It’s also fun to see how mainstream the “outsider” music has become.* It’s also a nice bit of adolescent exploration: should you give up your friends for a boy you like?**
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home, while painting toenails purple
*There’s a great falling-in-love montage backed by Modern English’s “I Melt With You” which I was fully introduced to as a Burger King commercial. Also Nicholas Cage and his friends have outfits that transcend time much better than the Valley Girls.
**Generally I would say no, but in this case: yes. Also, aside from this being early Nicholas Cage (before he fixed his teeth!) I also enjoyed Elizabeth Daily as the somewhat slutty friend. She’s got a classic 80s look, (this is her in Better Off Dead) and has a great voice and I’m pleased she’s still working. Mostly voice over work.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/1983/valley_girl.html
(This poster features the woman who was in the movie in flashback, for maybe two minutes. It does not feature the main female character.)
Lol, that BK commercial was my first introduction to “Melt with You” as well! I know Elizabeth Daily’s part in “Better Off Dead” is small, but I love her in it. I think she’s so sexy when she’s singing that song. I saw “Valley Girl” once upon a time and remember not liking it. It’s a film that I’d be willing to give a second chance, though, if I didn’t have a million other films to watch.
She’s one of those women who draw the eye. Too bad she didn’t get more screen time.
I just keep thinking how the woman (whose tights are rather divine) looks like Charlese Theron. How interesting that she is really just poster candy. Like, I remember, like how, like Valley Girl, like talk, was like so a thing, like for like a long time, like when we were like younger. 🙂
Like, totally.