A spaceship with three furry aliens lands in the swimming pool of a California girl (Geena Davis), so she makes friends with them.This is a pretty great 1980s film, with all the fun and cheese you could ever possibly want. The humor is of a variety rarely seen anywhere, and especially not outside of this unique decade.Jim Carrey -- before he became the big star he is today -- is a nice treat. But the real mystery here in Jeff Goldblum. The film presents him as though he is the most handsome man who ever lived. Maybe aliens give off strong pheromones or something, but Goldblum cannot be considered a "hunk" by anyone's definition... can he?

If you didn't live through the 1980s and are wondering what a lot of the excesses of that particular decade were like, a good artifact from that era that would give you that answer would be "Earth Girls Are Easy". The movie is jam-packed with 80s attributes - music, lingo, fashions, and a lot more. True, this material does date the movie considerably, but if you are nostalgic for the era you will welcome this material. It also helps that the movie is extremely sunny and upbeat, with likable performances from the cast.The movie is undeniably fun at times, but there is a big flaw that should have been worked on before filming started. The problem is that there is very little story here. The events of the movie unfold very slowly when the pace should have been more snappy and the story more substantial. So if you decide to watch this movie, wait until you are in an especially patient mood.

There is a lot here to like. The songs are well written and genuinely funny, the comic pacing is nicely zippy and the situation could hardly have more camp appeal, combining space aliens, makeovers and Valley culture into a goofy, fun mix. The look of the picture is a major plus, with everything having a sparkly quality to it, and the slightly goofy 50s appearance of the spaceship is a definite plus. Geena and Jeff are an attractive, easy to like couple, and carry off the fairly absurd premise (a whirlwind interspecies romance) disarmingly. One major weakness with the picture is an inability to find screen business for Jim Carrey, who has a few fine moments, but his unique gifts for mimicry and physical comedy are largely wasted.

As was noted in another comment, this is one of those movies where you just sit back for a somewhat enjoyable ride. Davis, as usual, looks spectacular (still does) and plays the part perfectly: Kind of dumb but not as dumb as one would expect (by the way, what do all those dumb people do when they get older and cannot rely on their looks anymore?). This is your typical Valley Girl movie with all the usual characters and bells and whistles one would expect from nothing but fluff. But sometimes we need just plain fluff. Something that does not require too many brain cells to watch. And this movie fits the bill. Brown's musical numbers fit in well and flush out the movie, and as usual she's good at what she does. And though every character is over the top, it works.