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Bookmark this pageGirls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Director: Alan Metter
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sundry youth picture stand-bys one imagined were fossilised by the mid-'60s get an '80s spin in this piece of celluloid candy-floss, which has Parker outwitting the high school vicious circle to carry the day at a TV dance contest. All very mild indeed; and significantly less hard-hitting than the jaunty video for the Cyndi Lauper smash that gives the movie its title (this being a penny-pinching New World production, it's a soundalike version we actually get to hear). While Parker's lead is on the vapid side, Hunt's fizzing performance as her go-ahead best pal makes you wonder why the actress subsequently took so long to break through to the Hollywood front rank.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Alan Metter
Producer: Chuck Russell
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Helen Hunt, Morgan Woodward, Jonathan Silverman, Ed Lauter, Holly Gagnier, Shannen Doherty full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 89 mins
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