ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) (02/22/84)
Ok, ok, so I'm a sucker for teen movies with a music theme. I even thought Rock n' Roll High School was fun. Here's some info on the latest Teensploitation flick. Bad first: The plot is shallow. And unbelievable. The Texas accents of the actor who plays the preacher and the actresses who play his daughter and his wife are intermittent at best and non-existent at worst. But -- The Good: The characters are interesting and believable (above and beyond the limitations of the plot). The soundtrack is very good. The dancing, while unchoreographed, is energetic and believable. The movie is fun. I think the good outweighed the bad. I was very happy for the $2.00 I paid for it. I don't think it's worth $4.00, though (but then, I don't think ANY movie is worth $4.00, and I refuse to pay that much for any movie). I think it would be a very good movie for a hot summer midnight drive-in with the music cranked up and a lot of room to dance. See it on a weeknight or matinee, because the theater will be full of teeny-boppers on the weekends. Ariel (everyone's allowed one adolesence in their life) Shattan ..!tektronix!orca!ariels
giw@browngr.UUCP (Jerry Weil) (02/26/84)
I agree with most of Ariel's critique, except that I was under the impression that it takes place in Utah, not Texas, and the accents sounded pretty authentic to me. I've seen (and heard) some pretty awful reviews of the movie, but the criticisms seem to involve everything BUT its pure entertainment value, which I think is pretty reasonable. It's a fun movie, nothing more. It'll certainly win no awards for script, acting, or direction, but it's a fun movie anyway. I recommend it to anyone who goes to movies not as an art critic, but as someone looking for entertainment.