Girls Just Want to Have Fun |  | Director: Alan Metter
Actors: Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Helen Hunt, Morgan Woodward, Ed Lauter
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 15402
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: ANBD11265D
UPC: 013131126594
EAN: 0013131126594
ASIN: B00004Y6BY
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1985
Release Date: January 30, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt dance their way through Girls Just Want to Have Fun, a glorious example of 1980s kitsch. Janey (Parker), the new girl at a Catholic high school in Chicago, dreams of becoming a dancer on Dance TV. With the help of new wave hipster Lynne (Hunt), Janey enters a dance contest and gets paired with Jeff (Lee Montgomery), a rebel in spandex, and the two are soon smitten with each other. Unfortunately, they've made an enemy of a snooty rich girl, who vows to take them down. Everything about Girls Just Want to Have Fun is cheap and cheesy--it doesn't even have the Cyndi Lauper version of the title song--but that doesn't make it any less goofily entertaining, particularly when a debutante ball is wrecked by a bizarre combination of punk rockers and female bodybuilders. Featuring a very young Shannen Doherty as Jeff's little sister. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
Janey is new in town & soon meets lynne who shares her passion for dancing in general & dance tv in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new dance tv regular couple janey & lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that janeys father doesnt approve of that kind of thing. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 09/07/2004 Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker Helen Hunt Run time: 87 minutes Rating: Pg
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 I love this movie February 3, 2010
S B (New York)
This movie is so much fun! Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt are so young. This is a great movie for anyone who "really loves to dance."
FOXEY!!!!!! December 11, 2009
wally gator (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lets just start off here with the triple bill. Two hot foxes in their prime, Sarah Jessica Parker AND Helen Hunt. Oh yeah. Plus Shannon Daugherty, who may only be twelve in the movie, but she totally looks fourteen... even Jonathan Silverman accidentally makes a pass at her at one point.
I despise most of the eighties dance movies, like Footloose (ugh! A town that can't dance, duh!) or DD. But this one has it all! The totally believable military dad (ok, thats a little sarcasm) the wicked realistic acting (hooo, more sarcasm) and great dialougue (yep, "he's uhhh! Just uhhh!") Actually I'm pretty sure that none of the stars in this movie actually know how to dance, but the top notch editing jobs between SJP and the male lead waving their arms about and the stunt dancers is seamless, so it feels like a for real "dancing in the streets" type vibe.
I like the realistic take on the teen scene circa 1985, with the big spiky haired punks and the rich bitch teens. I also like the several blatant product placement spots by Pepsi, and of course the cyndi Lauper title track, along with a few other choice tunes, but really, I can't lie, I'm on board for these foxes... Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker. Go on and have your fun, doesn't bother me a bit! Five stars!
 He's just uh! You know. I mean uh! October 20, 2009
C. CRADDOCK (Bakersfield)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cyndi Lauper had tons of hit singles on her first album, but the most memorable was probably "Girls Just Want To Have Fun." It had a great video and a famous wrestler played her father. Don't ask me who it was, because I don't follow "professional" wrestling, but it was someone well known in that milieau. Was that part of her charm, or was it a career killing mistake, her involvement with the "professional" wrestling world? Whatever. Still, it seems like her first album was chock full o' hits, and her second was a stiff. Anyway, Lauper was quite the quirky character, with an amazing set of pipes, and you would think that a film named after her hit song would have just a little bit of Cyndi in it. In the movie, the song "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" isn't even done by Cyndi Lauper. What a waste. It is like the K-Tell version. In spite of the fact that Cyndi Lauper might have been difficult to work with, the fact that she was excluded kills any credibility the movie would hope to have.
The best thing about it is that Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt are in it, two actresses who would go on to greater stardom. Here they are both very young, but their talent shines through.
Helen Hunt looks like herself, only smaller, younger, but still unmistakibly herself. She plays Lynne, who is kind of the bad girl, the one who flouts all rules and regulations. Besides dancing, her main interest is kissing:
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Lynne: Whenever I'm in a room with a guy, no matter who it is - a date, my dentist, anybody - I think, If we were the last two people on Earth, would I puke if he kissed me?
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Sarah Jessica Parker looks even younger. Who remembers Square Pegs? You can still tell that it is her, but girl does she ever look young. I thought she was a pretty good dancer, and also a gymnast, but they used stand-ins for some of the dance routines. She plays Janey, who thinks mainly of dancing, but she can be swayed, especially when her dance partner is such a cute hunk of beef cake.
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Janey: He's just uh! You know. I mean uh!
Lynne: Is he gonna call you tomorrow?
Janey: Yeah, I think so.
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The funny thing is Lynne knows exactly what Janey means. The boy who exasperates her so is Jeff Malene, played by Lee Montgomery. He went on to have a less than stellar career.
John Silverman was Jeff's pal, Drew Boreman, and he was a social climber, phoney, but endearing nevertheless. If anybody saw a sit com called The Single Guy, well, then, you might recognize Silverman who was the single guy. Here he is so young that you can't guess who he is. He looks familiar, though.
A very young Shannen Doherty was Maggie Malene. I'd call her character 'surley' Temple. She was the bratty younger sister of Jeff Malene, Lynne's dance partner. What if the two most annoying characters got together? Would their annoyance cancel each other's out? Would it be cute and would you go "ahhhhhh"? No. You would not go "aaahhhhhh."
The third most annoying character is Natalie Sands (Holly Gagnier). She is a spoiled rich girl who also wants to win the dance contest and also has designs on Janey's dance partner, Jeff.
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Natalie: [sitting on Jeff's motorcycle] I'm holding this for ransom.
[Jeff gives her a look]
Natalie: Awww, did you and Shirley Temple have a bad rehearsal?
Jeff: Yeah, it wasn't one of the best five afternoons of my life. I'm not really in the mood to shoot the breeze so if you don't mind...
Natalie: *Fine*.
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She gives Jeff an invitation to her Sweet 16 Party, held at the Country Club. Jeff has no interest in going, but Drew Boreman sees it as an excellent opportunity for social climbing, and while getting his tuxedo pressed at the mall he happens upon or is happened upon by Lynne and Janey, who make copies of the invitation and pass them to all and sundry. Not only is Natalie trying to lure away Jeff, she also cheats in the dance contest. So, the prank is more than justified.
There is a montage of Lynne and Janey passing out copies of the invitations to Natalie's party to all kinds of punks and weirdos. Some fall into the gutter, and these women are just coming out of a gym, and they pick the car up so they can get the fallen flyers. Later, at the Sweet 16 the two muscle women pick up a couch with an elderly couple on it and turn it around, for no apparent reason. A boy jumps on the buffett table and kicks a turkey, then wears it like some kind of ugh boot or croc.
If it was meant to be an homage to rebelious youth, it just came off as silly. If girls or boys really want to have fun, instead of this time waster, I would recommend "Absolute Beginners." Directed by Julian Temple, and featuring David Bowie, it is a teen rebellion, music/dance film where the kids are alright.
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Rikki: [carried onto set by 4 muscular guys] Let's all hear it for steroids. And now, the news!
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Sex and the City - The Movie (Special Edition) (2008) Sarah Jessica Parker was Carrie Bradshaw
Smart People (2008) Sarah Jessica Parker was Janet Hartigan
Bobby (Widescreen Edtion) (2006) Helen Hunt was Samantha
Cast Away (Widescreen Edition) (2000) Helen Hunt was Kelly Frears
Pay It Forward (2000) Helen Hunt was Arlene McKinney
Dr. T & The Women (2000) Helen Hunt was Bree
As Good As It Gets (1997) Helen Hunt was Carol Connelly
Ed Wood (Special Edition) (1994) Sarah Jessica Parker was Dolores Fuller
L.A. Story (1991) Sarah Jessica Parker was SanDeE*
Footloose (1984) Sarah Jessica Parker was Rusty
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Janey: Woo!
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well, almost... August 2, 2009
Cameron J. Finlayson (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
okay, so i got the DVD in the shipment before the scheduled date, always a plus, but unfortunately, it was, despite not being clarified, Region 1, not Region 4!
almost happy with it, but not being told what region the DVD was in really put a dampner on the person it was bought for.
PG13 not PG March 5, 2009
P. Padgett
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i remembered this movie from way back when and thought my niece would love it. however, this movie is rated pg13, not pg as stated. i ordered it for my niece who is 7. i would not have ordered it if the rating stated would have been correct. she will now have to wait a few years to watch.
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