Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

A spaceship with three furry aliens lands in a California girl's swimming pool, so she makes friends with them.

Director:

Julien Temple

Writers:

Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey,

Stars:

Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Geena Davis	...	Valerie
Jeff Goldblum	...	Mac
Jim Carrey	...	Wiploc
Damon Wayans	...	Zeebo
Julie Brown	...	Candy
Michael McKean	...	Woody
Charles Rocket	...	Ted
Larry Linville	...	Dr. Bob
Rick Overton	...	Dr. Rick
Diane Stilwell	...	Robin
June C. Ellis	...	Mrs. Merkin
Felix Montano	...	Ramon
Rick Hurst	...	Joe the Cop (as Richard Hurst)
Leslie Morris	...	Mike the Cop
Lisa Fuller	...	Kikki

Storyline

Trio of fuzzy (and funny) aliens crash land in Valerie's pool-- putting a decided damper on her future wedding plans to cheating Dr. Ted Gallagher. Action interrupted by musical numbers--an MTV musical comedy.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | spaceship | swimming pool | hospital | dancing | 

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Taglines:

An out-of-this-world, down-to-earth comedy adventure.

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

A földi lányok csábítók

Filming Locations:

19625 Bryant Street Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$3,916,303 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), Earth Girls, Kestrel Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Much of the language that the aliens speak is actually just the dialogue being read backwards (this is particularly obvious with Jim Carrey (Wiploc) during his conversations with Zeebo). For example, 'from' becomes 'morf' and 'females' becomes 'sel-a-mef'.

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Goofs

When Woody, Wiploc and Zeebo pull up to the gas station a little boy is seen standing far off to the distance at his mother's car. In the next shot he's at the Woody's car with his toy gun pointed at Zeebo and says, " Bang! Bang!" (widescreen version only)

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Quotes

Valerie: I didn't want you to think Earth girls were easy.
Mac: What is "easy"?
Valerie: [kissing him] This is "easy".

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Connections

Features Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

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Soundtracks

"The Andy Griffith Show (Theme)"
Written by Earle Hagen and Herbert W. Spencer (as Herbert Spencer)

User Reviews

Cute

This is one of the fluff movies which one doesn't need to be ashamed of admitting to enjoyment in. No, there's nothing plausible about 90% of the plot, but nor is there any pretense of such, so it's not something worth angsting over. Three fuzzy, colorful aliens crash their little yellow ship into the pool of a young, somewhat vapid Geena Davis, who has recently discovered that her MD. fiance is cheating on her. A quick shave and styling at her friend's beauty parlor transforms the three into less hirsute versions of Goldblum, Carrey and Wayans. Having assimilated at least the appearance of human beings, the aliens enter the world of 80s California, and wackiness, along with the necessary romance, ensues.

As 80s flicks go, this is better than, say, Weird Science or Back to School, though not up to par with things like Caddyshack or A Fish Called Wanda. Nothing essential to go out of your way to see, but certainly worth catching sometime