Julie Richman (Deborah Foreman) is out at the mall with her friends Loryn (Elizabeth Daily), Stacey (Heidi Holicker) and Suzi (Michelle Meyrink). She breaks up with her boyfriend Tommy who later makes the moves on Loryn. Randy (Nicolas Cage) reluctantly follows Fred (Cameron Dye) to a party where he catches Julie's eye. Tommy gets jealous and throws out the two outsiders. Randy and Fred drive valley girls Julie and Stacey into the city.I love the specific moment in time with the kids serving sushi. This movie occupies an odd place. It's similar to some John Hughes movies but Martha Coolidge doesn't have the same midwest sensibilities. This has more edge but doesn't have the same charm. Cage shows his fascinating personality and Foreman is absolutely beautiful. I wish the boys brought Suzi instead of Stacey. Meyrink would have been more fun. Also it's got like bitchin' tunes.

I remember reading a review by Roger Ebert who liked this movie as well as hearing other people who agreed. I think it was dreadful, I knew it was gonna be a high school romance flick, but unlike the successful hughes films like sixteen candles, pretty in pink and some kind of wonderful, or the raunchier ones like Porky's and fast times at ridgemont high, Valley Girl is boring, unfunny and poorly made. There's nothing original about the story or any of the characters, the production wallows in it's own low budget trappings, and man is the acting bad. What a dud. I've seen porn with more entertaining dialogue, how can this movie have entertained anyone.

First off, I LOVE this movie. I love the relationship between the characters played by Nick Cage and Deborah Foreman. I love that they come from completely different backgrounds. But concerning some of the comments regarding the music of the era....There were two scenes at the time: New Wave and Punk. Punk was considered FAR more radical and a lot less mainstream than New Wave (like The Plimsouls, for example). While bands like The Ramones and Sex Pistols seem pretty sedate today, they weren't so back then, which is why I think that this movie went in the direction that it did music-wise. The clothes are spot on, obviously! This is one of my favorite movies because of the love story, and I never get tired of watching it.

Valley Girl takes the viewed through a time warp of how the 80s were in California. Most of the music in the movie is repeated & should be. What a historic trip down sunset to see what it looked like ,passing the famous Manns China theater where the stars planted their hands in the cement.Nicolas Cage was charming & Debra(his girlfriend) was so Groovy. I can't believe we talked that way in the 80s.The sound track for the movie is a real treasure especially Modern English & the song 'don't let it get me'. Josie, a Texas band, made the trip to play at the Valley Prom. That's a real delight to see her play.Above all watch the movie again with the directors comments on. Quite a surprise this movie made that much money & became a huge Hit. on the slimmest of a budget.Also plays in full screen,the DVD is double sided, which is better. ENJOY....