Ah the 80s. A time when hair was big, leggings were in fashion and Cindy Lauper’s anthem for girl power was flooding the airwaves. It’s also a time when Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt were 20-something actresses working their way up to the fame and fortune TV would bring them (Parker on Sex and the City, Hunt in Mad About You) , so getting a lead in a teen comedy about two high school friends competing to be on a TV dance program probably seemed like a great idea. Twenty-seven years later, the film is more of a time capsule than a rewarding film experience, especially if you, too, were in your 20s when it came out. It might even inspire you to break out your neon-pastel tights and your soundtrack cassette so you can bust a movie to the title track. Like the song it’s based on, the movie is harmless fun.
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