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Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Play trailer Poster for Girls Just Want to Have Fun PG 1985 1h 27m Musical Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Though she's a talented gymnast, Janey 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, 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.
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Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast 03/21/2024
Got to love these silly dance movies from the 80s Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 05/08/2022
2/5
…(a) wonky pop-culture time-capsule… Go to Full Review Heather Boerner Common Sense Media 12/18/2010
3/5
Dance to the cheesy '80s beat with tweens and up. Go to Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 05/14/2008
1/4
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... Go to Full Review David Cornelius DVDTalk.com 05/06/2008
1/5
It's a total wannabe in the realm of 80s teen flicks. Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net 08/08/2007
3/5
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thiago s @Thiagostone Sep 8 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 20 Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Apr 3 Notice how all the bad reviews are by dudes. "I'm too cool to like a fun movie". Blah. It's a fun 80s flick. If you want a not fun movie, go watch House of Sand and Fog. Let the rest of us who can still feel joy do so. 🤪 See more Michael C 10/06/2024 It was terrible Muriel. See more Thomas D 08/24/2024 It's Hairspray without the wit. It's Dirty Dancing without the charisma. It's every 80s coming off age film without the script or acting. I was truly bored the entire time and cared very little for any of the characters. Helen Hunt was the only glimmer of talent, but her "character arc" is dull and unbelievable; they hold multiple auditions for dancers in a crowd, but a 16 year old girl strolls on stage in a chariot and just makes herself Miss Dance TV? Okay. For a dance movie, the dance and rehearsal scenes did very little to inspire me. It was more like a Midwest aerobics class than a dance hall. But that's the 80s for ya. See more Dinos K 06/28/2024 The song was good, the movie not See more Read all reviews
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Alan Metter

Director

Sarah Jessica Parker

Janey Glenn

Helen Hunt

Lynne Stone

Lee Montgomery

Jeff Malene

Morgan Woodward

J.P. Sands

Jonathan Silverman

Drew Boreman

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Synopsis Though she's a talented gymnast, Janey 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, 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
Chuck Russell
Screenwriter
Amy Spies
Production Co
New World Pictures, Brooksfilms
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2011
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
Surround
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