Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 American romantic comedy dance film directed by Alan Metter and distributed by New World Pictures.
It was written by Amy Spies and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Morgan Woodward, Jonathan Silverman, Shannen Doherty, and Helen Hunt.
At her Catholic girls' school, she quickly makes a new friend in Lynne Stone, a fellow fan of Dance TV.
Although Robert nixes the idea of her going to downtown Chicago to try out for Dance TV, Janey accompanies Lynne to the auditions anyway.
At the auditions, spoiled rich Natalie Sands becomes the enemy when she narrowly misses Lynne while parking her car.
She discovers Janey skipped choir practice to meet Jeff and calls her father to tell, posing as a Sister (teacher in Catholic school).
They make 150 copies of her invitation (provided by Jeff's best friend Drew) and give them to odd characters all over town.
Her mood quickly matches his when she arrives home and, sneaking into the house, she finds that her father has installed a security system.
After all of the dancers have performed on the live show, the decision comes back: there is a tie between Janey and Jeff and Natalie and her partner.
In July 1984 New World announced they would make a film inspired by Cyndi Lauper's hit song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".
[7] In October the studio announced Sarah Jessica Parker was starring; she was known at the time for the TV series Square Pegs.
While certain critics considered the "cheesiness" factor a reason to watch the film, others said it was not a successful addition to the "80s teen movie" genre.
[10] The New York Times called it "standard high school antics" where Metter "has a lighthearted if unremarkable style.
"[11] The Philadelphia Inquirer said "Its main characters are appealing and well-acted" and has "a very clever parody of rock TV shows" but "degenerates into a mirthless comedy about young love and the generation gap, with a few feeble dance sequences thrown in to give viewers a chance to ogle young girls in leotards.
[16][better source needed][contradictory] The film was released on DVD by Image Entertainment on September 27, 2011[17] and on Blu-ray on April 3, 2012.
The song and the accompanying music video brought Brown some momentary fame during the time of the movie's release.
In 2009, 20th Century Fox and Lakeshore Entertainment announced they were working on a remake of the film and had hired Michelle Morgan to write the script.
[21] Later, on April 20, 2023, Village Roadshow announced that a remake of the film would be directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Marja-Lewis Ryan.
The musical is a collaboration between the companies Lively McCabe Entertainment and Primary Wave, with a book written by Lauren Marcus and M.