DnaError's Rating: Great Gratuitous Goofiness Batman!
DnaError's Review: After coming under attack by SOMEONE (who shall remain nameless, *cough*justin*cough*) who said I'm not reviewing enough cult movies, I humbly submit my review of the infectiously silly, colorfully goofy sci-fi/musical/comdey Earth Girls are Easy.

This movie asks the important and earth-shattering question that philosophers have been asking your years, what would aliens do if they crashed on Earth. This movie answers with "PA-A-A-A-ARTY!". Cult classic is written all over this movie with a bright pink marker, delivering everything a good MRFH movie should have, a nonsense plot, Genna Davis in very little clothing, fuzzy colorful aliens, and Julie Brown singing "Cause I'm a Blonde." (one of a select few musical numbers I can stand)

Julie Brown is the real reason this movie is as funny as it is. Anyone who remembers her as the female Weird Al on the Dr. Demento show knows that she is great at wacky, silly songs like "The Homecoming queen has a gun" and "Will I make through the 80s?". She's not the main character, but rather a side character, the wacky, cyndi-lauper-like hairstylist, "Candy" working at "Curl Up and Dye ." A totally tasteless party-hardy ying to Genna Davis's sweet-innocent yang. (Whew, I should get an award for most hyphens in one paragraph.)

Unfortunately, some parts of this movie don't have Julie Brown in them. (That should be illegal, all movies should have her in them all the time!) Those parts mostly deal with a perpetually perky Vally girl, Genna Davis having to deal with a crash-landed alien ship in her swimming pool and the brightly colored, fuzzy aliens that came with it. While not as funny as the rest of the movie, the three aliens deliver some hearty laughs, despite the fact that one of the them is Jim Carrey and the other is a Waynes brother.

So, what does this movie teach us? That Julie Brown is funny. Genna Davis has no shame. And it is possible to make a "musical" that has only 2 songs in it. The movie reveals in it's lack of taste, 80's style (a lot of pink cars and big, planet-consuming hair), and it's sheer sense of fun, mostly in it's tacky but hard-to-ignore fun musical numbers. The movie looses steam near the final half hour, like most sillytainment movies do, but before that it's a light, bubbly little piece of fun. Think of it as UHF-lite.

The Scoop 1989 Rated PG Musical/Sci-Fi Comedy Director Julien Temple Starring Geena Davis Jim Carrey Jeff Goldblum Damon Wayans

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Intermission!
Julie Brown is back on TV! Whoo-Ho! Staring the ultra-campy show "Strip Mall" On Comedy Central. It's big, silly, campy cheese with a totally tasteless-twist that never takes itself too seriously. So it's exactly like Earth Girls are Easy, aside from being totally different.

Groovy Quotes

Woody: Waste your brain; wax your board; pray for waves.

Candy: Have a mental margarita.

Valerie: As if things weren't bad enough, now I've been abducted by aliens.

If you liked this movie, try these:
The Mask
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Scary Movie