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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236114321
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: 11432
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 14, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: May 12, 1989
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 06/17/2003
Amazon.com essential video:
This late-'80s comedy-musical from video director Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners) has an infectiously buoyant if dumb charm and plays like a cross between Little Shop of Horrors and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. If you loved either of those movies, you'll have a fondness for this one, otherwise you'll be irritated beyond belief. Geena Davis stars as a San Fernando Valley manicurist who finds herself in charge of three aliens after they crash-land their spaceship in her pool. With said transport broken down, Davis offers them head-to-toe makeovers (it's the least she can do), turns the fuzzy aliens into a trio of attractive guys, and lets them loose on the dating scene. She promptly falls in love with the leader (Davis's then-husband Jeff Goldblum); of course, it helps that her slimy fiancé (Charles Rocket) is cheating on her left and right. Aside from its sunny California charm, the only other thing this film has to offer is a bouncy musical score, in particular two show-stopping numbers performed by costar (and the film's cowriter) Julie Brown: "Brand New Girl," in which Davis gets the requisite makeover ("If you want to be a femme fatale / You can't rest on your L'Oreals!"), and the entirely irrelevant but absolutely hilarious cult hit "'Cause I'm a Blonde." Davis does her standard airhead thing (still a novelty in 1989) and Goldblum is a studly if silent lead. Make sure you pay close attention to Goldblum's alien sidekicks, two then-unknown actors named Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans, both of whom manage to steal scenes with surprisingly understated charm. --Mark Englehart
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Rating:  -
It's hard to say if I'd like this movie if I didn't remember the 80s. But considering the 80s are the decade during which I graduated high school and college, and therefore was quite familiar with the odd way we dressed, wore our hair and socialized, this movie strikes a fond chord for me.
Evoking those days might be painful, but this movie does it in such a light hearted way, that even memories of shallow posturing at shallow nightclubs is charming when seen through the eyes of these ... Read More
Rating:  -
A great crazy little movie,if your in the mood for a movie that you don,t have to think and to help get your mind off of your day. Has great actors lots of fun and singing to. Geena Davis is supurb as a flake. I really enjoyed it hope you do to.
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I got the DVD in good condition and played it that night. I remember what a silly movie it was when I watched it and loved every moment of it.
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This is a quite funny movie which strangely many people are not familiar with. Jim Carrey has a small role as well, and you see hints as to why he became such a big star in "physical comedies." Geena Davis plays a 20 something "Valley Girl", living with her boyfriend, when a spaceship crashes into her backyard swimming pool. She and her best friend befriend "eventually" human looking three men, who have various adventures in the Valley. Geena Davis spends quite a bit of the movie in a bikini which ... Read More
Rating:  -
How so many people could give a positive review to a movie that is written, directed and especially acted as badly as this is beyond me. My guess is that most of them were teenagers when this came out and have a kind of soft for it. Unfortunately, that soft spot is in their heads.
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