Rent Valley Girl (1983)
3.1 of 5 from 67 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Randy (Nicholas Cage in his first major role) and Julie (Deborah Foreman) make an unlikely couple, he's a Hollywood punk, she's a preppy rich girl from the San Fernando Valley. Although all her friends think Randy is totally "grody", Julie's in love and has to choose between her vapid "valley girl" lifestyle and her new boyfriend.
- Actors:
- Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye, Heidi Holicker, Michelle Meyrink, Tina Theberge, Lee Purcell, Richard Sanders, Colleen Camp, Frederic Forrest, David Ensor, Joanne Baron, Tony Plana, Tony Markes, Christopher Murphy, Robby Romero, Camille Calvet, Lisa Antille
- Directors:
- Martha Coolidge
- Producers:
- Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane
- Writers:
- Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- Films & TV by topic, Getting to Know..., People of the Pictures, Remembering Julian Sands and Frederic Forrest, Shakespeare in Disguise, The Coppola Clan: Hollywood's Most Creative Family, Top 10 Films Set in Department Stores, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/09/2023
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary with Maya Montanez Smukler (author of Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970's American Cinema) and Maria San Filippo (editor of After 'Happily Ever After': Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age)
- Audio commentary with director Martha Coolidge
- New interview with Deborah Foreman
- New interview with Colleen Camp
- Valley Girl in Conversation - 2018 interview with director Martha Coolidge and actresses E. G. Daily and Heidi Holicker
- Martha Coolidge and Nicolas Cage on Valley Girl
- A huge selection of archival interviews with cast and crew totalling over 3 hours
- 20 Totally Tubular Years Later-2003 featurette
- The Music of Valley Girl - featurette
- Music Videos
- Storyboard Comparisons
- Original theatrical trailer
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Reviews (1) of Valley Girl
Big Charm, Clunky Dialogue - Valley Girl review by griggs
Teen films chase cool; this one ambles after it and somehow catches a lift. It clearly longs for the zip of Fast Times at Ridgemount High, but the patter can be stiff and some of the cast look drafted in straight from a Dexys Midnight Runners video. The parents seem scarcely older than they kids, yet the whole thing keeps a breezy bounce that’s hard to dislike.
What keeps it afloat is Nicolas Cage, all gangly swagger and shy tell—a proto-Cage Rage performance that plays at being cool to hide the nerd beneath. He’s less LA rebel than awkward romantic, which makes his Romeo-from-across-town pairing with Deborah Foreman’s luminous Juliet land. Their chemistry bridges the postcode and class divide when the script can’t.
The soundtrack is a new-wave mixtape you’d actually keep. Some attitutes to consent haven’t aged well, and the writing can feel sixth-former sketchy. But the blush of a genuine teen romance cuts through, and Valley Girl wins on charm.
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