Who's That Girl
Upon her release, a streetwise parolee innocent of the crime for which she was jailed is to be driven to the bus station by an ambitious, straight-laced corporate attorney. But she has other ideas--and the hapless lawyer must face the fact that his tidy world is about to dissolve into chaos.
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Purely '80s - eoguy
Make no mistake, this movie is completely retarded. I felt like an idiot even watching it. But first let me explain myself as to why I would've even bothered at all: 1) it was directed by James Foley who directed AFTER DARK, MY SWEET and AT CLOSE RANGE, two amazing films. 2) The soundtrack is by Madonna, whose music gets me pumping my fist and shouting! 3) Madonna stars as the main character, who's a wiseass bitch who always gets her way.
Now, I can perfectly understand someone hating this movie, especially if they hate Madonna. But for whatever reason I find Madonna's irritating, "aren't I adorable?" mannerisms, ditzy narcissistic behavior, and bra-burning, feminist attitude endlessly amusing. Which is to say that I'm a big fan.
A word of warning, the film starts off slow, but it's ridiculousness picks up the pace about halfway through. If you're in the right mood, then you'll find the kidnapped bridesmaids, the runaway cougar, and Madonna's terrible accent completely amusing.
Then again, the film is probably more annoying and ridiculous than it's worth, but by the end it put a smile on my face. And really, isn't that what counts?Madonna at her most insufferable - Superdave
Madonna's well-known fascination with Hollywood's golden era glamor (what about this woman is NOT well-known?) led her to seek out a vehicle that hearkened back to the old screwball comedies of the 30s. But while those movies featured charmingly ditzy upper crust types like Jean Arthur and Carole Lombard, this one is built around Madonna's repellent and vulgar 'comic' portrayal of a bottom-feeding street moll with an annoying accent (or more than one) and tacky wardrobe sense. Pia Zadora has more charm, talent and screen charisma than is displayed here by the Materialistic one. Griffin Dunne should get a medal for his attempts to hold the picture together on HIS charm and manages to anchor his scenes adequately even with his co-star running amok in her wild attempts to play a colorful role. A leopard also co-stars for no good reason other than it brings to mind Bringing Up Baby, something this movie otherwise fails utterly to do on its own. The weak script wanders aimlessly in search of situations where Madonna can attempt to be 'zany', but contains little memorable dialog and gives the principles little to do other than bicker with one another in unfunny fashion. Watching this movie reminded me of being stuck in a car with low class neighbors who fight in public. This is not even a so-bad-it's-funny movie, since if it were actually funny, even unintentionally it would have succeeded somewhat as a comedy. It doesn't. It's just irritating.Madonna Movie #2 - profutonium
I remember this movie from when I was a kid. The only real attraction to this was nostalgia, the story is lame, and the acting is quite bad. Madonna basically bounces around, and uses a series of really bad accents. This movie includes 4 of madonnas songs from the "true blue" era (after like a virgin, before blond ambition). Mid early 80's schlock, but fun for a "remember when" type day
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Purely '80s - eoguy
Make no mistake, this movie is completely retarded. I felt like an idiot even watching it. But first let me explain myself as to why I would've even bothered at all: 1) it was directed by James Foley who directed AFTER DARK, MY SWEET and AT CLOSE RANGE, two ...Madonna at her most insufferable - Superdave
Madonna's well-known fascination with Hollywood's golden era glamor (what about this woman is NOT well-known?) led her to seek out a vehicle that hearkened back to the old screwball comedies of the 30s. But while those movies featured charmingly ditzy upper ...Madonna Movie #2 - profutonium
I remember this movie from when I was a kid. The only real attraction to this was nostalgia, the story is lame, and the acting is quite bad. Madonna basically bounces around, and uses a series of really bad accents. This movie includes 4 of madonnas songs ...