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      Girls Just Want to Have Fun

      PG 1985 1h 27m Musical Comedy List
      40% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score Though she's a talented gymnast, Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) has always followed the orders of her strict Army colonel father and stayed out of the spotlight. However, when she moves to a new town and meets the carefree Lynne (Helen Hunt), she disobeys her father for the first time in her life. With Lynne's encouragement, Janey enters a TV dance competition -- and soon finds herself with both a cute dance partner and an archrival who is dead set on getting Janey eliminated from the contest. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 01 Buy Now

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      Dana J Great 80s feel-good movie! Yes it's a little cheesy but it's worth the watch if yiu like music and dancing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/23 Full Review nicole g One of those movies you can watch over and over again. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member See how "Carrie" got her start by being the most untalented dancer to ever make it big! This is a "dancing in front of your mirror singing into your hairbrush" type fantasy film, which even as a little girl I watched it and thought "This is the best you can do to waste my time for me?". Helen Hunt and crew are so squeaky and adorably young, you might get a kick out of this old time capsule with bad 80s dance moves. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I love it classic 80s movie one of my favs 🙂Sarah Jessica Parker love the dancing and music the whole movie is cool Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member If you grew up taking dance class in the 80s you loved this movie then and love it still today! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A lot of this is pretty cringeworthy, but I'm sure girls that grew up with this, probably love it. There's a couple unintentionally funny bits, but this just feels like a less poignant version of Hairspray... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/19/20 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Almar Haflidason BBC.com Rated: 3/5 Apr 18, 2001 Full Review Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast Got to love these silly dance movies from the 80s Mar 21, 2024 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …(a) wonky pop-culture time-capsule… Rated: 2/5 May 8, 2022 Full Review Heather Boerner Common Sense Media Dance to the cheesy '80s beat with tweens and up. Rated: 3/5 Dec 18, 2010 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed We all know a movie like this isn't appealing to anyone beside the folks who grew up during that time. And even they will be compelled to cringe at its mention... Rated: 1/4 May 14, 2008 Full Review David Cornelius DVDTalk.com It's a total wannabe in the realm of 80s teen flicks. Rated: 1/5 May 6, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Though she's a talented gymnast, Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) has always followed the orders of her strict Army colonel father and stayed out of the spotlight. However, when she moves to a new town and meets the carefree Lynne (Helen Hunt), she disobeys her father for the first time in her life. With Lynne's encouragement, Janey enters a TV dance competition -- and soon finds herself with both a cute dance partner and an archrival who is dead set on getting Janey eliminated from the contest.
      Director
      Alan Metter
      Producer
      Stuart Cornfeld, James G. Robinson
      Screenwriter
      Amy Spies
      Production Co
      New World Pictures
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Musical, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 27, 2011
      Runtime
      1h 27m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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