Valley Girl (1983)
3/10
Get me John Hughes
26 November 2018
A punk inspired Romeo & Juliet set in the San Fernando valley.

Randy (Nicolas Cage) is a punk who gatecrashes a party with a friend. Randy hits on Julie (Deborah Foreman) who has just broken up with her boyfriend Tommy who is a jerk. However Tommy gets jealous when he sees Randy hitting on Julie and beats him up. Julie's friends do not think much of Randy as well.

However Randy is determined to win Julie's heart.

Valley Girl is a low budget edgy film about teenagers and comes across as rather flat, boring and dated. The soundtrack is ok.

Nicolas Cage in an early role is not really stretched. He gets to play an outsider who also has a sweet, tender side. His character goes to Hollywood High. I have seen that school, it has a mural featuring its famous ex pupils, one of whom is Nicolas Cage.
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