Plot
In this madcap comedy, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). At the Curl Up and Dye beauty salon where she works, Valerie enlists the help of her boss, Candy Pink (Julie Brown), for some style advice to try and win back Ted's affections. After undergoing a brand-new hairstyle, Valerie learns that Ted is having an affair and she kicks him out of the house. Soon, while lounging around in her bikini, a spaceship from the planet Jhazzalan crash-lands in her swimming pool. Curious, Valerie befriends the ship's inhabitants -- three horny aliens covered in fur named Mac (Jeff Goldblum), Whiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans). Introducing her new friends to Candy, the aliens get a shave and a total makeover transformation into hot, available dates. They all go out dancing at L.A. nightclubs and party. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, RoviReview
A cinematic trifle of science fiction and romantic comedy, Earth Girls Are Easy is a harmless delight with bold production design and a likeable star. British director Julien Temple, who helmed the Sex Pistols documentaries The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury, is at his best when directing the musical numbers. Featuring bright colors and exuberant set decor, these music video-style segments are good trashy fun, co-written by and starring the self-parodying Julie Brown. The narrative is a lightheartedly satiric view of the disposable life in the valley, made endurable with the good-natured and quirky main character, Valerie (Geena Davis), who carries the movie through some rough spots with her naïve charm. Having the captain of the alien ship played by Davis' real-life husband at the time, Jeff Goldblum, brings some genuine warmth to what is otherwise just a silly love story. As the other two aliens, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans (stars of the early-'90s Fox TV series In Living Color) get some predictable laughs in their misappropriations of pop culture, warping of TV commercials, and alien-ized valley slang. Their behavior doesn't matter, however, in the madcap throwaway logic of this movie, as long as they look hot and datable. Featuring a late-'80s pop soundtrack including Brown's hit "'Cause I'm a Blonde," Earth Girls Are Easy is enjoyably entertaining fluff. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, RoviCast
- Geena Davis - Valerie Dale
- Jeff Goldblum - Mac
- Julie Brown - Candy Pink
- Jim Carrey - Wiploc
- Damon Wayans - Zeebo
Credit
Dina Danielson - Art Director, Dins Danielsen - Art Director, Terrence E. McNally - Associate Producer, Wallis Nicita - Casting, Sarah Elgart - Choreography, Linda M. Bass - Costume Designer, Julien Temple - Director, Richard Halsey - Editor, Nile Rodgers - Composer (Music Score), Ray Colcord - Songwriter, Richard Arrington - Makeup, Dennis Gassner - Production Designer, Oliver Stapleton - Cinematographer, Tony Garnett - Producer, Duncan Henderson - Producer, Nancy Haigh - Set Designer, Anna Behlmer - Sound/Sound Designer, Julie Brown - Screenwriter, Charlie Coffey - Screenwriter, Terrence E. McNally - Screenwriter, Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc - Pilot| Earth From Above: Stunning Water (2006 Film), Earth From Above: Life (Film) | |
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