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You Light Up My Life

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The daughter (Didi Conn) of a show-business star tries to make it on her own as a singer and songwriter.

Critics Reviews

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Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) 05/05/2023
It's not very good. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/03/2005
C-
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 05/15/2004
3/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 08/22/2003
1/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 01/29/2003
1/5
Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) 10/04/2002
1/5
This should not have darkened any theaters. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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12/05/2024 Loved everything about this movie. Didi Conn was wonderful. Loved it so much that we had the song sang at our wedding the following year. See more Gina V 11/22/2024 My favorite grandma memory before she passed. She would play this song every time I would visit her. Not sure about the movie, I was only 10, but will still give it a 5 as everyone else tore it about. C'mon...it was the '70's! See more Jeff M 01/18/2024 This is one of those movies where your dislike for the film itself is only eclipsed by how badly you feel for those involved in making it. Conn seems like such a lovely person in real life, and she's irresistible as Frenchy in the GREASE movies, so it hurts to admit that she fails miserably on every single level of this performance. It's often painfully uncomfortable to watch, but much of the move is as well. The worst scenes are Conn doing stand-up comedy, and her singing is so badly lip-synced that you don't believe for a single solitary second it's actually her belting out that nauseating Oscar-winning tune. The romantic scenes are as badly written as they are acted, no two actors in the whole production sharing an ounce of chemistry together. The screenplay is sub-daytime soap opera material, and the whole thing just has a cheap feel to it. I'm honestly not sure what compelled me to give this a try, but I guess your first instinct isn't always the right one after all. Bad movie lovers may want to check this one out. See more Victor T 09/25/2023 Songwriter meets and falls in love with hunky movie director. He replaces her with a blonde actress. Songwriter picks up the loose ends, leaving California for New York. If you want a happy ending, you'll have to watch Joe Brooks' followup film "If Ever I See You Again." See more 04/29/2019 The best movie song ever sung: the title song! See more 04/27/2016 Came across this on the Sony Movie channel and was immediately drawn in by the singing. It's a saccharine tale and completely unbelievable in every sense but it has enough of a story and the wonderful soaring tunes to make me love it! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The daughter (Didi Conn) of a show-business star tries to make it on her own as a singer and songwriter.
Director
Joseph Brooks
Producer
Joseph Brooks
Screenwriter
Joseph Brooks
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 31, 1977, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 22, 2002
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Stereo