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Valley Girl

2020

Rachel Goldenberg

Mae Whitman, Peyton List, Logan Paul, Chloe Bennet ...

5.4

303

Musical. Comedy. Romance Julie (Jessica Rothe) is the ultimate '80s Valley Girl. A creative free spirit; Julie's time is spent with her best friends shopping at the Galleria mall and making plans for senior prom. That is, until she falls hard for Randy (Joshua Whitehouse), a Sunset Strip punk rocker, who challenges everything the Valley and Julie stand for. Despite push-back from friends and family, Julie must break out of the safety of her world to follow her ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A slickly produced but rather soulless movie whose only off-formula surprises come in finding slightly different solutions to aspects of the earlier film."	NEU
United States	Natalia Winkelman The New York Times	"[Its] good-natured hokiness is what ultimately makes 'Valley Girl' so entertaining"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] injects fresh fizz into the retro groove (...) 'Valley Girl' succeeds because it doesn't take itself too seriously"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Cute homage to ’80s cult classic (...) An affection for the original is certainly not a requirement for enjoying this new 'Valley Girl'"	POS
United States	Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times	"With intermittent flashes of charm, the new 'Valley Girl' never fully finds its own tune"	NEU
United States	John Serba Decider	"[It] is even flimsier than expected. You could cue up a retro playlist and page through some old Teen Beat magazines and have almost the exact same experience."	NEG
Canada	Hannah Hoolihan Screen Rant	"The remake of 'Valley Girl' ultimately stands on its own two legs as a movie musical with plenty of new aspects to offer present-day audiences (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[It] makes some bad casting and music choices (...) Jessica Rothe and Josh Whitehouse are charming as the leads (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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