
Janey is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.... (Full plot summary below)
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Janey is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
Leave your thoughts about Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
| The A.V. ClubAlex McLevyI discovered that not only is Girls Just Want To Have Fun a delightful party of a movie, it’s an absolutely bonkers party, like someone dosed the punch with ecstasy and mushrooms. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyNo Footloose. But its synthy soundtrack, heated dance-offs, and Day-Glo leg warmers are guilty-pleasure pay dirt. A mouthy 14-year-old Shannen Doherty doesn’t hurt either. |
| TheWorldJournal.comFrank OchiengMetter's "Girls" may just want to have fun but for the rest of us this concept is just wishful thinking. |
| Common Sense MediaHeather BoernerDance to the cheesy '80s beat with tweens and up. |
| Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundBut even from an objective viewpoint, Girls Just Want to Have Fun isn’t really a bad film, at least not in the ways in which we tend to define bad films. The acting is more than competent, there’s not much glaringly bad dialogue, the humor is inventive, and the song-and-dance is engaging. |
| Miami HeraldSandra EarlyHelen Hunt is a real scene-stealer as a girl who wears things like toy dinosaurs in her hair, in keeping with the film's relentlessly silly mood. The audience at the National Theater seemed giddy enough in its own right. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThe plot is mindless and only an excuse for lots of music video-styled dance sequences. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.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... |
| DVDTalk.comDavid CorneliusIt's a total wannabe in the realm of 80s teen flicks. |
| User ReviewJanine ROne of my all time favourite movies! So happy to have found it on ebay! Love love love it! |