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Modern Girls

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My sister and I saw this in the theater, with maybe 6 other people in the theater. We glanced at each other during the movie, a "why are we watching this?" look. By the time the movie was over, we were the only ones left.

Believe it or not, this is one of my favorite movies, and for a long while I used it as the test of friendship and potential boyfriends. It's still the movie equivalent of comfort food for me.

Try it, and watch the whole thing even if you want to stop it. It takes place over the course of one night in the lives of a trio of 20-something female roommates and one "nice" guy. The interplay between the characters is wonderful. You get to know each of them and how the roommates care for each other and get to know Clifford, the semi-geeky guy pining for Virginia Madsen's character. It has some dark moments in it, but overall it's a romantic comedy with a good late-80s techno pop soundtrack. A few days after you see it, I bet you will find yourself wondering how the characters are doing.

I love this movie. Saw it first on cable years ago. Have been a big fan of Clayton Rohner ever since and have kept track of his career, always wishing he'd get the recognition he so deserves. Seriously, he is a very talented guy not to mention a cutey! All the ladies of the film have faired pretty well with Virginia Madsen having even been an Oscar hopeful. This film and Valley Girl with a young Nick Cage are the ultimate 80's movies. See it for the performances but also the dated clothing, hairstyles, attitudes and soundtrack. Highlight is Clayton in a dual role as good guy Cliffy and bad boy rocker Bruno X. The overall theme of the film is having a good time and staying loyal to your friends. So there isn't much to go wrong with.

This is one of those comedies that you're either gonna' love it, or hate it. I thought it was totally funny. It's one of the lesser known 80's comedies, but like another poster said along with "Valley Girl" I think "Modern Girls" fits quite nicely as a companion piece. On one hand you've got a the "bad date from hell" combined with a story that all takes place in one night, and of course by morning all the right people are together and everyone has revealed and worked out their inner demons. Sure it's cheesy, but it's all light-hearted and fun. The other thing is you've got some great 80's music in here. This was the movie that introduced me to the band Depeche Mode, and I've loved their music ever since. It's also got a great Jesse Johnson song in it, and the rip on MTV videos and 80's pop stars are spot on.

It would be great if they could release this on DVD. I guess they will one day, with hopefully some good extras. Many of the actors and actresses in this went on to do some really noteworthy work. It's kinda' fun to go back and look how they got their start.

I was so excited to find Modern Girls!!! Definitely a hard movie to find anywhere!!! But I was very sad that it wasn't published on dvd!!! But I was happy enough to get on vhs!!!

I have a thing for 80s movies and its youth, style, soundtrack etc, but this movie is unbelievably boring. Nothing happens, I mean, it's the worst script ever, and the acting is abysmal to boot. Starting with Daphne Zuniga, an actress I really like. I guess they're not to blame, I mean, what can you act out of such a bland empty story?
It's so silly, really really naive even if it includes one of the leads taking extasy and almost getting raped.
Don't waste your time trying to track down this one guys, you're missing nothing.
It's not like every teen movie done in the 80s is going to be great. Just like many movies today are total crap.