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Valley Girl

She's cool. He's hot. She's from the Valley. He's not.

1983 · 1h 39m · R Comedy, Romance
Directed by Martha Coolidge

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Overview

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

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Fresh

For a change, there aren't any cartoon problem adults on hand as there often are in these pictures.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

This movie is a little treasure, a funny, sexy, appealing story of a Valley Girl's heartbreaking decision: Should she stick with her boring jock boyfriend, or take a chance on a punk from Hollywood?

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

With characters as dimensionless as these, the film needs either greater irony or greater sympathy than it demonstrates.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

Director Martha Coolidge turned a short-lived fad into a genuine sleeper, an exploitation film that thoroughly transcends its origins to become a highly appealing romantic comedy.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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