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Earth Girls Are Easy
1989
Three furry aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, and Damon Wayans) crash land their ship into a swimming pool belonging to a valley girl nursing a broken heart. After a makeover, the trio emerge as hunks and set out for one wild night on the town with Earth girls. Julie Brown wrote the musical score that features "'Cuz I'm a Blonde." Read more
| Starring | Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey |
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| Director | Julian Temple |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Earth Girls Are Easy
Three furry aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, and Damon Wayans) crash land their ship into a swimming pool belonging to a valley girl nursing a broken heart. After a makeover, the trio emerge as hunks and set out for one wild night on the town with Earth girls. Julie Brown wrote the musical score that features "'Cuz I'm a Blonde."
| Starring | Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey |
|---|---|
| Director | Julian Temple |
| Studio | ANCHOR BAY |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jan 2002 Production year: 1989 |
| Format | DVD |
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In this enormously entertaining musical comedy, three randy aliens crash-land in LA and are given a guided tour through Planet Hollywood's craziness by two beautician Valley Girls. Geena Davis and Julie Brown, an American cult singer/comedian whose songs inspired this “Martian Beach Party”, are terrific in a popcorn movie that's full of bitchy one-liners and frothy fantasy. There's no attempt at a reality check in this hairsprayed Lost in Space, just breezy glitz, garish glamour and Grease-type songs in a contemporary trash setting.
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Crass, silly, tacky: it's not easy to depict the complexities of being a Valley Girl, but in this zany musical,... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Watch if you are absolutely bored or like these sorta funny sentimental movies
Though no match for its nifty title, the moonbeam farce that MTV-weaned director Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners) has concocted from retooled parts of E.T., Splash, Spaceballs and anything else handy, shapes up as an entertaining trifle. Forgive the airhead plot that hinges on a spaceship crash-landing in the swimming pool of a Valley-girl manicurist, played by Geena Davis. The fun comes from Temple's protean visual wit and the irresistible charm of Davis, who just won an Oscar for her role in The Accidental Tourist.
The ship, from the planet Jhazzala, is manned by three fur balls named Zebo, Whiploc and Mac. No sooner do the aliens land than Davis hurries them over to her Curl Up & Dye beauty salon for emergency electrolysis. 'I see split ends are universal,' says Davis's boss, Julie Brown, the singer-comic who co-wrote the script and three of the film's songs. Presto, the ETs are transformed into the hot, hairless bods of Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans and Jeff Goldblum.
The aliens' language -- a mix of space garble and mimicked slang ('We are MTV scum') -- proves ample intellectual stimulation for these Val girls. 'I can't believe you're Frenching an alien in front of all these people,' says a shocked Davis when Brown goes gaga over Whiploc.
Davis astonishes herself later when she lets Goldblum zap her into bed. Given the nonstop silliness, Goldblum and Davis -- husband and wife offscreen -- manage to make an unlikely love story quietly touching. This helps when the movie slips inexorably into stale slapstick. Still, the agreeably tacky Earth Girls earns points for warmth, color and high spirits. -
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Earth girls are easy - its been said
Well I actually agree with a lot of other viewers, this is just a bit of fun, sit down with family, friends, strangers etc its for anyone. Just harmless fun, some good old fashioned comedy with performances from some of the great actors with a few songs and routines which now are outdated but in keeping with the film.
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Earth Girls Are Easy
Three furry aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, and Damon Wayans) crash land their ship into a swimming pool belonging to a valley girl nursing a broken heart. After a makeover, the trio emerge as hunks and set out for one wild night on the town with Earth girls. Julie Brown wrote the musical score ...
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