Earth Girls Are Easy — Review

Given how campy, whimsically silly and deliciously ‘80s EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY is, it’s somewhat surprising that the movie doesn’t hold more prominence as a lauded cult favourite from the era. Goofy, frothy, and bursting with madcap energy, Julien Temple’s film is lofted high by an air of impermanence; it could be brushed off as fanciful and too unserious to be anything other than throwaway, but the combination of colourful musical numbers, eccentric characters and the peculiar tone makes for a wonderfully kooky experience that you won't wish to turn away from.

Geena Davis, charming as ever, leads the piece as a manicurist living and working in the San Fernando Valley, who abruptly encounters three vibrantly coloured aliens (played by Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans) when they crash land in her pool. EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY occasionally shows satirical bite, even if some might argue that certain characterisations are more reductive than skewering. Still, it primarily exists as cinema that aims to entertain. It packages itself as a parody of societal norms and genre, but it remains accessible to all as simple sci-fi ridiculousness that could have only been made in the 1980s.