Valley Girl

2020
PG-13
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

4.3K

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Jessica Rothe and Josh Whitehouse in Valley Girl (2020)

Julie (Jessica Rothe) is the ultimate '80s Valley Girl. That is, until she falls hard for Randy (Josh Whitehouse), a Sunset Strip punk rocker, who challenges everything Julie stand for. Despite push-back from friends and family, Julie must break out of the safety of her world to follow her heart and discover what it really means to be a Valley Girl.

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Jukebox Musical Comedy Musical Romance

A pair of young lovers from different backgrounds defy their parents and friends to stay together, set to a New Wave '80s soundtrack. A musical adaptation of the 1983 film.A pair of young lovers from different backgrounds defy their parents and friends to stay together, set to a New Wave '80s soundtrack. A musical adaptation of the 1983 film.A pair of young lovers from different backgrounds defy their parents and friends to stay together, set to a New Wave '80s soundtrack. A musical adaptation of the 1983 film.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
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Videos7

New 'Valley Girl' Stars Recast the '80s

Clip 3:30

Valley Girl: Girls Just Want To Have Fun

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Valley Girl: Mall

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Trivia
Several of the Valley Girls from the original movie make cameo appearances: Deborah Foreman (Julie in the original) plays the "Shopgirl" who comments on the pink prom dress; Elizabeth "E.G." Daily (Loryn in the original) plays Mickey's mom; and Heidi Holicker (Stacey in the original) plays Mrs. H. (the woman at the pep rally who comments, "Check out that bod").

Goofs
"Promposals" are a contemporary tradition. It's highly unlikely that a boy in the early 1980s would've asked his steady girlfriend to prom in such an elaborate way. He likely would have assumed she was going with him.

Quotes
Older Julie: We lived in a total bubble. We never left the Valley; we barely left the mall! We were warned to never go over the hill, where all the weirdos lived. Punks and runaways. It was just a few zipcodes over but seemed like a million miles away.

Crazy credits
Shortly into the end credits, there is VHS-style footage of the characters with captions providing updates on what they did afterward.

Connections
Edited from Valley Girl (1983)

Soundtracks
I Listen to EDM Music
Written by Harvey Mason Jr. and Michael Wyckoff (as Michael "R!OT" Wyckoff)
Performed by Michael Wyckoff (as Michael "R!OT" Wyckoff)
Courtesy of 100up Music

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Featured review

4/10

I had high hopes for this!

As a fan of the original I went in to this with an open mind and I was really excited to see this in a musical format. Great music, fun clothes, 80s, should be a no brainer right?

Wrong! The idea itself is cute and fun and there are some cool dance scenes but the dialogue between the two leads is just terrible. There is no chemistry and the dude who plays Randy is just dull. I love Mae Whitman but she's just wasted here as Randy's BFF. I mean I'm not expecting Oscar performances but even high school musical or descendants has characters that are more interesting. It just kind of feels all over the place and doesn't know what kind of movie it wants to be. It bums me out bc this could have been really fun but it's lacking the heart that makes the orignal so great.