Product: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Rating: 4.0
Extra Cheese, But It's OK Here
This movie features solid beginning movie roles for Sarah Jessica Parker & Helen Hunt and just fun all around. Hunt is annoying yet loveable with her ability to get the duo out of sticky situations. And Parker can be downright annoying as well with her naivete. But somehow it's OK in this flick. Lee Montgomery comes into the picture as the token "hot guy". He closely resembels actor Joey Lawrence in my opinion, but I digress. It is up to Parker & Montgomery to win a dance contest.Shannen Doherty delivers a spunky lil' performance as the sister of Montgomery. I don't understand how a 17 year old would let his little sister hang around him all of the time, evidently it does happen in Girls Just Want to Have Fun Land. Jonathan Silverman is a fun character as Montgomery's scheming friend who can't get a date.This movie is typical 80s: they go to the mall, there are boys (like, ohmigod, totally!), and an 80s soundtrack in the background (i.e. "Dancing in Heaven" & "Technique"). Not to miss are the 80s fashions, including Helen Hunt's dinosaur barettes. Any pre-teen or teen girl will really enjoy this movie and people older than that may enjoy it for nostalgic 80s reasons.