This was on television and the title sounded cool. Plus for whatever reason I relate this film to a cultural landmark film, for whatever reason. Maybe because I heard this film is a touchstone blah, blah, blah fashion and extra. Whatever they are trying to pass this boring piece of garbage off as, it didn't work on me. I changed the channel after 20 minutes. Life is too short to waste on films you're going to forget about in 5 minutes. Madonna was supposed to be a big deal back in the days. She isn't even hot. This was her in her prime and she is maybe a seven, tops. She just dresses loose and wears sh!t load of makeup. Anyway, this movie blows. Avoid it.

Viewed as a modern-day, urban, "Screwball" comedy - Desperately Seeking Susan (from 1985), unfortunately, fails to fully satisfy and deliver the goods, on all counts. By casting "eye-candy" Madonna (26 at the time) as the tarty, streetwise, title character, this film quickly becomes a total slave to contemporary fashions (carried to the extreme).Set in an artsy-fartsy, NYC location - "Desperately Seeking Susan", with its goofy, mistaken-identity plot-twist (that's reinforced by a convenient stroke of amnesia) gets mighty stale faster than you would ever think.I mean, once the whole setup is put into place, this completely contrived "Chick Flick" becomes just a series of painfully predictable situations that barely register as amusing, for the most part.

This film is an unrecognized classic. Madonnas' best acting ever. The film follows a under appreciated and unfulfilled house wife who discovers a message in a paper which changes her life completely in a mix-up of who's who where she ends up in a different situation, forgetting who she actually is. The subtle Madonna's music and the nostalgic 1980's 'no big computer effects just great acting' just add a greater depth to this film.It's not all that great of a story-line, but the characters are charming enough and the music, of course, is '80's perfect. This film captures perhaps better than any other New York & general American pop culture of the early-to-mid-1980's. Madonna is at her best here, and we get a full helping of the clothes, hair, quirky characters, and great pop music of the era. The supporting actors are great, including Laurie Metcalf as Roberta's uptight sister-in-law and John Turturro as a sleazy night club host. The acting is understated and not over the top- including Madonna, who just seemed to be reading her lines very carefully, but to good effect. Susan Seidelman did an excellent job at directing, too bad she has not done much more! The settings are used to great effect as well, giving you a taste of the exciting East Village and it's suburban opposite Fort Lee, NJ.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

These three actors who appear briefly but prominently in Desperately Seeking Susan also appear in lead roles in Spike Lee's DO THE RIGHT THING: John Turtorro who plays the Magic Club MC in DSS also stars as DINO in Do the Right Thing . Richard Edson plays Dino's brother Vito in Do The Right Thing appears as "man with newspapers" in DSS. Then you have Giancarlo Esposito who played the unforgettable"Buggin Out" in Do The Right Thing. The patron who points out that there are no pictures of black celebrities on the wall in the pizza parlor where brothers Dino and Vito work. Giancarlo is the third actor from Do The Right Thing to also to appear in Desperately Seeking Susan. He plays the street vendor who attempts to sell the lead actress a hat. Another interesting bit of trivia in Desperately Seeking Susan is that Richard Edson's co-hort in "Stranger Than Paradise" John Lurie also has a bit part in the film.