Valley Girl

Casting: horrible. Starting with the 30 year old high schoolers casting!!! I didn't buy the chemistry between randy and Julie for one second. Sad. Liked the Alicia Silverstone tie in. That's it. This was a truly poor movie.

Put simply, this movie is just bad. None of the actors can carry a tune, all the outfits felt cheap, and the girls were not valley girls. This movie in no way needed to be a musical! The middle part was actually okay, they stopped singing and tried to develop the characters and plot; but the beginning and end were just so terrible!! I can't even describe how awful. But, three of the four original valley girls made cameos and I love them for that.

This movie accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, it is strictly for light entertainment with 30-ish actors playing high school teens. There is ample musical numbers throughout, the singers are passable but not particularly talented. It is just an interesting movie with 1980s music and anyone who doesn't particularly enjoy musicals should avoid this movie.

It is told as one long flashback with Alicia Silverstone (uncredited) telling her 1980s story to her own teen daughter. I found it on Amazon streaming movies.

Made by people looking for a quick buck, this pale version of an entertaining 80's flick has some cute moments but it all falls flat without any substance. Like so many things Hollywood, the people behind this are wannabe's thinking all it takes to make a film is hard work and investment capital. The original, also with faults, had charm and a breakout performance from Nicholas Cage to distinguish it. This one has little of anything to add to the original but imitation.

This should have been titled "Valley Girl - The Musical". Probably would have done better. Because it is NOT a remake. So many parts of it are different from the original, because it is really a musical. Standing on its own, it's not bad. They really should have distanced themselves from the original. If you aren't, why not cast Deborah Foreman as Julie's mom? Instead she has one little scene. Too much change from the original to call it a remake It could have been so much better. Just seems like it didn't have the focus to go one way or the other. So enjoy it for what it is - a musical. Not a remake.