Good concept, poorly executed.
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
View MoreAmazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
View MoreLet me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
View MoreRELEASED IN 1988 and directed by Julien Temple, "Earth Girls are Easy" chronicles events when three aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans) befriend a woman in Los Angeles (Geena Davis) and go out on the town. Julie Brown plays the woman's friend at work while Charles Rocket plays her roaming-eye fiancé. Michael McKean is on hand as her stoner brother. This movie's goofy, but often hilarious and always fun & entertaining. Don't expect the howling bad crapola of future duds "2001: A Space Travesty" and "What Planet Are You From?" (both from 2000). Unlike those flicks, the unsavory sleaze is kept in check; it's almost innocent by comparison. I've never seen Julie Brown before, but she's definitely a bright spot. The score is fun & energetic in a decidedly 80's way. THE MOVIE RUNS 100 minutes and was shot in the Los Angeles area. WRITERS: Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey & Terrence E. McNally. GRADE: B+
View MoreEarth Girls Are Easy is an outlandish 80's comedy classic with large doses of cheese. A good woman is hard to find. So much so that even aliens from outer space travel the galaxy to find them. Our three intergalactic space studs crash their spaceship in Geena Davis's swimming pool after catching a glimpse of her sunbathing. Our three furry friends can't party in the valley while looking like oversized stuffed animals. So they get haircuts and California makeovers that drive the ladies of the 80's wild. Our three extraterrestrial superhunks are Jeff Goldbloom, Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey. Geena Davis is not without her problems. She is about to marry a doctor that is more interested in playing doctor with nurses that look half as good as she does. She soon finds that Mr Right is from another planet. Earth Girls Are Easy is a very over the top, funny and blatantly 80's sci fi comedy. For what it is, it is a good movie and is very amusing, insane and campy entertainment.
View MoreThis is one of Jim Carrey's earlier movies, and it also stars Damon Wayans, which why I hired it. The thing is, if you are expecting either a smart talking negro or a typical Jim Carrey character, then you will be a little disappointed, because the actors do not play the type of characters we have come to expect of them. Instead they are sex craved aliens cruising the galaxy and happened to crash on earth after seeing on Geena Davis.I personally thought that there could be a little more to this movie than there was. It was cute watching these aliens exploring Califorina culture and simply having fun. The reviewers called it a fun movie, and I agree in a way, but unfortunately it was missing something. I guess I was expecting more of a typical Jim Carrey or Damon Wayans movie, which is wasn't, but rather something completely different. Geena Davis' character really didn't seem to know what she wanted, but then that was the whole purpose of the movie. In the end though, it is interesting, but little more than that.
View MoreI didn't think much of this film when I first saw it but since then I have watched it a number of times and, in the words of Beetlejuice, "it keeps getting funnier every single time!" I work at a busy video store and I'll often put this film on when I'm working Saturday night. It's always popular with customers who enjoy watching it as they browse, comment on how young Jim Carrey looks, and ask "What on earth is this?" as they get to the checkout counter. That's because its such a great looking film. The vibrant color palette with its bright primaries and 80s rehash of 1950s aesthetics is inspired production design. The film really has aged incredibly well and looks better today than when it was first released. Were it released today it could easily take its place beside any of the recent musical comedies that have come out in the last ten years.
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