[.ca] Earth Girls Are Easy (Widescreen) (ISBN 0784011656)

Amazon.com Essential Video:
This late-'80s comedy-musical from video director Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners) has an infectiously buoyant if dumb charm and plays like a cross between Little Shop of Horrors and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. If you loved either of those movies, you'll have a fondness for this one, otherwise you'll be irritated beyond belief. Geena Davis stars as a San Fernando Valley manicurist who finds herself in charge of three aliens after they crash-land their spaceship in her pool. With said transport broken down, Davis offers them head-to-toe makeovers (it's the least she can do), turns the fuzzy aliens into a trio of attractive guys, and lets them loose on the dating scene. She promptly falls in love with the leader (Davis's then-husband Jeff Goldblum); of course, it helps that her slimy fiancé (Charles Rocket) is cheating on her left and right. Aside from its sunny California charm, the only other thing this film has to offer is a bouncy musical score, in particular two show-stopping numbers performed by costar (and the film's cowriter) Julie Brown: "Brand New Girl," in which Davis gets the requisite makeover ("If you want to be a femme fatale / You can't rest on your L'Oreals!"), and the entirely irrelevant but absolutely hilarious cult hit "'Cause I'm a Blonde." Davis does her standard airhead thing (still a novelty in 1989) and Goldblum is a studly if silent lead. Make sure you pay close attention to Goldblum's alien sidekicks, two then-unknown actors named Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans, both of whom manage to steal scenes with surprisingly understated charm. --Mark Englehart

Just Say Julie!:
I love this movie as a Julie Brown fan, so this review will be pretty Julie-centric. The DVD is definitely worth it! For starters, when it came out on vhs "formatted to fit your screen," they did a really poor job--you'd hear Julie's voice talking but she wouldn't be in the shot. The DVD is widescreen and so that problem's taken care of; it makes a big difference! It's noticeably cleaned up too; the Blonde sequence always looked bad, and really old on vhs, but now it looks new again. And the best bits are the extras, including the deleted scenes, which are all scenes starring--That's right, Miss Julie Brown! Also included is the musical sequence they filmed but never used, Julie's "I Like 'Em Big And Stupid." You won't find a better source of Julie Brown music videos than right here!

Is There Another Earth Somewheres...?:
....I agree with what the other reviewers have said already. I bet director Julien Temple did not know the greatness he had when he was at the helm here. Geena "The Body" Davis, Jim "PlasticMan" Carey, Damon "Don't Play Dat" Wayans, Jeff Goldblum. They have a fun romp in what could only be taken as a good time film. It is good enuff to garner a SY2255 review...

Don't miss out!:
This is the first movie that features Jim Carrey in it. It is very crazy and creative. Also, it has Damon Wayans and Geena Davis. Which you are expecting to be a comedy. And it is. I hope you don't miss out on this because it's lives back then. I know almost every movie or series Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans have been in and it's not only about them.... IT's for the whole movie. It's unexpectable.

Cute movie:
I love this movie. It's not meant to be some serious dramatic classic. It's a cute comedy. I've always liked Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis is cute in this movie. I don't care for her much in others because I personally don't think she's the greatest actress in the world. But she's perfect in this role and I like the love thing going on between Jeff Goldblum and her. It's nice because they were married at the time. It's also a wonderful movie to remind me of the cool 80's that I grew up in and how the seemed to be pretty happy times. The music of the 80's was way better than anything these days. This movie is what I'd call a fun movie. The price is right. Why not buy it and enjoy it for yourself?

An Entertaining Musical Sci-fi Comedy!:
"Earth Girls Are Easy" is a musical sci-fi comedy about valley-girl Valerie (played by Geena Davis) living in 1980's Los Angeles, and who is engaged to a cheating, boyfriend doctor named Ted (played by Charles Rocket). Catching her boyfriend at home playing with a nurse, the disgruntled Valerie gets the surprise of her life when a spaceship crash lands in her swimming pool. The spaceship's crew (played by Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans), haven't had any "shore leave" in a long time. Not wanting to cause too much of a stir, Valerie takes the alien trio to her best friend Candy (played by Julie Brown) who owns a beauty salon. After Candy transforms the furry trio into believable human males, Valerie finds their captain, Mac (Jeff Goldblum), very attractive. Wild things happen when the alien trio are taken to a dance club and letting them drive in California traffic! The fact that this film is also a musical only adds to the humor as there are several original songs by Julie Brown! If you enjoy remembering the excesses of the 1980's and New Wave music, you will probably enjoy this film!