Bad memories confirmed

Rating: 2/10 (23 March 2020)

I'm 53 now so I was 12 or 13 when this was a huge hit in the Netherlands. While I liked some of the songs, the movie didn't attract me then. And the kids who liked it somehow seemed shallow to me then. Well, it's 40 years later and the 4K version was a pretty cheap stream so I figured I'd finally watch it.
There are few movies that I've ever rated below 4. But this is an utter piece of drivel to me. It may have been intended to be a parody on the 50ies (was it?) but jeez. What a collection of dumb empty kids. Perhaps people who'd enjoying watching Brad Kavanaugh drink brewskis with his sexist bully friends are fans, but for me this a great reminder of why I hated the stereotypical teenage years. Boy am I glad that the idiotic backwardness that was still prevalent in the 50s-70s will never come back.
Two stars for some decent musical-style music. But I would have rather not seen this. I expected I might have liked it now but no... my kid gut feelings haven't changed.