Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

kz917-1 Oh me, oh my!The clothes, the hair, the swimwear!Nicolas Cage as a young buck attempting to romance a girl from the other side of the valley!Hysterical...for all the dated gems this movie contains.

Realrockerhalloween Valley girl is an upbeat comedy from the 80s about a girl named Julie who falls in love with a boy named Randy over the course of a year to an awesome soundtrack. A modern Romeo and Juliet set in the heart of the Valley without the suicides.It explores the teen culture with Valley girl talk, fashion trends, music and of course the mall. A vehicle into a time long forgotten the simplicity and the night life in the city drawling you into their mystic world. Being Nicholas Cafe's first film it was a breath of fresh air to see him as a straight leading punk boy instead of the goofy wise acre. Deborah Foreman was a delight as her best friend helping the two love birds behind the scenes in spite of Tommy's protest. Stacy in his break out role before April Fool's day was a true talent lighting up the scenes and letting the script coming alive naturally.The soundtrack was amazing from ill stop the world and melt with you, Johnny are you queer and many more great hits feeling like a character itself.Almost in a unique way its like the karate kid, boy meets girl, old boyfriend wants her back, her friends hate him and you rejoice when they come together in the end.Be sure to check out Valley girl and experience an inspiring. Shakespearean adventure.

edwagreen No, this is not exactly Romeo and Juliet. The ending credits song of we're going to stop the world is most appropriate. Why? They should have stopped this picture.City guy Nicolas Cage falls for a girl from the valley, while on the beach and then meets her at a party.The film is filled with clichés. The girl's ex-boyfriend, looking to win her back, ready to use his fists to do so. The constant using of the word hot to describe the girls at the party.The girl's parents look like they're still trying to emulate the 1960s scene.It's basically a story of a tough guy meeting up with a girl from the suburbs, with her snobby friends. Two different worlds seem to keep them apart. Of course, Cage's friend comes up with a plan to win the girl back. Naturally, it's at the prom.We've had more than enough of these high school nonsensical films.

tomgillespie2002 In the early 1980's the teen sex comedy was a prevalent genre, producing such "risque" works as Porky's (1982), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and The Last American Virgin (1982) - naming just a few of the many varying qualities of film. Despite Porky's being a more juvenile, and therefore lesser entry, it was the fifth top grossing film of 1982 (even though Fast Times is superior). Basically what these teen movies required was parties, booze and tits. And whilst Valley Girl has all of the ingredients, it is a far more mature film than the antics of a Screwballs, Spring Break, or Private School (all 1983), whose narratives involve the pursuit of sex, in what ever droll form that may take. I'm not suggesting these films are awful - they have their qualities - but the level of drama or realism of character is sorely missing.Julie (Deborah Foreman), as the title highlights, is from the rich valleys of California. At a house party, she meets Randy (Nicolas Cage), who is a "punk" from the wrong side of the tracks (in this world Hollywood is that place). They hang out for a time and fall for each other. However, the pressures of rich, privileged life gets in the way, as the conformity of Julie's friends, suggests that she is required to get back with her previous, Jock boyfriend Tommy (Michael Bowen). In the high schools of the valley, the need to stay within the confines of your "class" is essential to keep your reputation in tact, and Randy does not fit in to the generic role of preppy boy.The film does itself conform to romantic comedy tropes, but this does not matter. As with later teen comedies (Clueless (1995) or Mean Girls (2004) for example), Valley Girl highlights, to the mostly teen audience, that it is important not to conform to your peers ideals, fashions and product consumption. Julie's parents are seen by her as lame of course (it's a teenage thing), but Randy sees differently, as they are hippies of the Woodstock age, running a pseudo-fashionable health food shop, their own non-conformist attitude evident, but never pushed onto the daughter. It's a charming little film, that treats its teenage characters with maturity, and they are never simple box-tickers like so many of these comedies of vacuous, shallow, and stereotypical consumer teenagers.www.the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.com