Growing up in the 80's I'm not sure how I missed this film, but when I saw the cast or Parker, Hunt, and Doherty, along with the promise of a great soundtrack I was definitely curious to check it out recently. There is a fun and positive overall energy to the production that I enjoyed and appreciated. However, the script is so predictable and poorly written that nothing can really save it. The direction is also weak and despite all the good energy, much of the acting is pretty bad as well.

Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.This is just 1980s cheese at its finest. There is very little plot, nothing unexpected and it could probably have been written over a weekend. It probably was. The only thing about it that really makes it worth watching is that the stars have gone on to bigger and better careers. We even have a young Shannon Doherty.If nothing else, we learn that Sarah Jessica Parker has always been a hideous creature and how she ever got hired on a movie -- or many -- or a TV show is mystery. And it calls into question Matthew Broderick's good sense.

Somehow this one completely slipped my radar. Recently, I don't even remember if I googled Sarah Jessica Parker and found the title on Wikipedia or whatever, but when I saw the DVD box cover it was enough to hook me. And young Sarah Jessica Parker and young Helen Hunt and extra-young Shannen Doherty sounded like a treat.Well, just watched it, and wow, Sarah Jessica Parker in the absolute flower of youth! The scene stealer though is Shannen. Every time.I had the music on loud, and it was 80s again. If you are a fan of the era, I would advise this movie. To all the nasty old spoilsports out there (lots of the negative reviews): this is the way it was. It was done back then, you can't fault the movie for being a mirror of the times. Hindsight would make many a whole lot wiser. Then again, as long as there was fun. Nothing else counts.Addendum, 1 Sept. 2015. Upon viewing it again, I found my heart swelling with pride. I originally gave only six stars, that is now changed.My favorite bit, 'Look at me, I can fly', Scene 8 on the DVD. Sarah is absolutely breathtakingly heartbreakingly gorgeous, and then there is the swan-lift as well, beating out DIRTY DANCING by several years. Charming to the extreme.All the enthusing about Helen Hunt? She has almost a minor part in the movie? And Shannen's credited at the end only, while she is the second-most memorable actress. Good thing they had that casual barefoot photo of the trio for the box cover.I wholeheartedly agree with the reviewer who mentioned that the actresses must have been thankful for their parts, but now, thirty years later, people only wanna see the movie because they are in it. They owed their initial success to it, but now the DVD release of the movie owes it to them.Hey, if only Brenda Walsh was this cute, hey Shann?

I watched this movie because I found the DVD on sale. I never heard about the movie and seeing Helen Hunt, Sarah Jessica Parket and Shannon Doherty on the cover made me curious. I find it ironic: this three actresses owe it to the the movie that they became famous (this were the first leading roles for both SJP and Helen Hunt) and now this movie owes it to them that people still want to see it.The movie is simply bad. Really bad. Very unexciting, predictable, acting and lines make one cringe sometimes, plot that we saw 100 times and very shallow characters.Let's look at it:There is this shy, good girl Janey whose dream is to dance. To get to this dream she has to overcome obstacles like her very strict dad who didn't realize that his daughter isn't 7 anymore and a concurrence which is a spoiled, rich girl Natalie. All this time she has her friend on her side: Lynne, who was described on the DVD cover as a "cool rock chick". seriously? This is what teens in 80's saw as a "cool rock chick"? She came over more like a little preppy brat who thought that wearing a fun hat would make her a "cool rock chick". And then there is of course a "bad boy". Well, he is a bad boy because he wears a tank top....Horrible, just horrible. The only thing good about it are the fun clothes. And to see the actresses when they were young. Sarah Jessica Parker was pretty cute in it, can't say much against her. Helen Hunt has certainly improved in acting since then, I didn't just dislike her character but also the way she acted. I am also amazed by the fact that her looks never changed, she looks now the same as she did when she was 22. Pretty cool for her! Shannon Doherty wasn't much on screen, good for her.But yes, I can't imagine how people can like this movie u unless they are 10 year old girls or were 10 year old girls when this movie came out and want to be a little nostalgic. If you aren't in any of these groups, don't bother.