Modern Girls

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Modern Girls

PG-13

Released Sep 26, 1986

1h 24m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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Clifford (Clayton Rohner) manages to score a date with beautiful party girl Kelly (Virginia Madsen) despite his lack of social skills. But, when he drives over to her place, she's a no-show. Clifford does not have long to lament this development, as Kelly's roommates (Cynthia Gibb, Daphne Zuniga) convince him to drive them through Los Angeles. Ostensibly a search for Kelly, their journey becomes transformed into a wild joyride through the city's nightlife.

Pat Graham

Chicago Reader

Doing what modern girls do evidently, which consists mainly of making new wave noises according to last month's fashion and listening to the assorted techno-pop bands on the sound track.

Jan 10, 2004

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

It isn't worth seeing, but it might be worth putting in a time capsule, right beside ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off.'' Twenty years from now, no one will believe life was ever lived this way.

May 20, 2003

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Here's a movie without a brain in its head about three young women with no brains in theirs.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Oct 1, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Cheesy little mid-80s fare; lotsa bad music, bad hair, and bad acting.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 26, 2002

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 24 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $264,300.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Steve D

The almost nonstop music is distracting but the script is fun and so is the cast.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/05/23

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Audience Member

This is one of my favorite movies from the 80's! It's cute, it's funny, and has lots of great music. Recommended!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

A fun little movie about a night out on the town in LA with a trio of vapid airheads, who recruit a nerdy boy to chauffer them around. By the end of the wild night the group are inseparable. Great cast, with good chemistry. It's a good time. It also serves as a time capsule of the 80s.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/15/18

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Audience Member

1980's comedy with not much plot and not much intelligence.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

This was a fun little time-waster that I grabbed off cable based on the trio of young ladies playing the titular Girls, and it was a fun look at a night in the life of a trio of women in LA, with one poor schmuck trying desperately to impress one of them and largely getting pawned off on her two friends. Cute stuff, give it a rental.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

Clifford (Clayton Rohner) manages to score a date with beautiful party girl Kelly (Virginia Madsen) despite his lack of social skills. But, when he drives over to her place, she's a no-show. Clifford does not have long to lament this development, as Kelly's roommates (Cynthia Gibb, Daphne Zuniga) convince him to drive them through Los Angeles. Ostensibly a search for Kelly, their journey becomes transformed into a wild joyride through the city's nightlife.

Director: Jerry Kramer
Producer: Gary Goetzman
Screenwriter: Laurie Craig
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 26, 1986, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $264.3K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo