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Valley Girl

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Valley Girl
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R,1hr 35min
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January 1, 1983
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MGM
Synopsis: A satiric romantic comedy, Martha Coolidge's Valley Girl is a testimony to the short-lived Southern California '80s craze. Julie (Deborah Foreman) is a good-natured teenager following a swarm of pastel pink valley girls, who utter "gag me" at every opportunity. To her friends' dismay , Julie breaks up with her egotistical boyfriend, Tommy (Michael Bowen), while shopping at the mall. All the valley kids go to a party that night, and Tommy immediately tries to bed one of Julie's friends. Randy (Nicolas ... Full Synopsis
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A textbook example of an early-'80s teenage romantic comedy, Valley Girl is watchable as a time capsule to 1983 and as perhaps the best representation of the pop culture phenomenon of valley girls. However appealing this particular California attitude is for kitsch value, the language of most of the characters could tend toward annoyance. Fortunately, the titular lead character Julie (Deborah Foreman) ... Full Review
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