So once again, I've found a new favourite movie -
and Clayton Rohner is still a fox. I definitely liken the experience of finding and
watching this movie to when I found Pretty Smart. Modern Girls is basically
everything that I had hoped Pretty Smart would be and more. The characters were immensely
likeable and the story sweet and fun without being completely unrealistic. It's
a little hard to explain in detail because of all the crazy stuff going on, but I'll give it my best shot.
 Beautiful
blonde Kelly, serious brunette Margot and crazy redhead Cece are
roommates living in LA. To escape the daily grind of their tedious jobs
(pet store, call centre and department store respectively) the girls
are totally into the LA club scene where they drink and dance the night
away. After a rough day at work where Cece was fired, she can think of
nothing more that she would rather do than go out and have a great time
and not think about her life until Monday, but Kelly throws a spanner
in the works when she takes the girls car without telling them to go
chasing after her dropkick ex boyfriend Brad thus leaving Margot and
Cece stranded at home. In her rush to chase after Brad, Kelly
completely forgot that she had a date set up with Clifford (Cliffy for
short), a nerdy customer from the pet store she works in who bears a
striking resemblance to Cece's favourite rock star Bruno X. When Cliffy
arrives to pick up Kelly, the girls tell him that Kelly said she will
be meeting them later and drag them to the club with them, if only just
to use him for his car.
 Cece
and Margot explain to Cliffy that they have certain rules that they
abide by when going out nightclubbing. They never pay for parking, they
never carry cash and they never pay for drinks - leaving Cliffy to
wonder just what kind of night he's in for. Once they arrive at the
club it isn't long before Cliffy finds out the girls used him when he
discovers Kelly draped all over Brad at the DJ table. Annoyed, but too
nice a guy to do anything about it, Cliffy joins Margot and Cece for a
drink anyway.
In a genius stroke of luck for Cece, visiting rock star Bruno X arrives
at that very nightclub and after some careful manoeuvring on her part,
she finds herself dancing with the enigmatic Bruno. Bruno is completely
enamoured with Cece, but the pair get separated when the police raid
the club. Kelly also gets separated from Margot and Cece, heading off
with some of Brad's friends, who are just as loserish as Brad himself.
Cece is devastated and is convinced her life is over until she spots a
white limo just like Bruno's and attempt to chase it down.
Unfortunately it isn't his, and the trio head off to another bar for a
drink.
Meanwhile Brad's friends have given Kelly some ecstasy and left her behind at a
rough bar, while Cliffy and the other two girls try to find Bruno X by crashing
his video shoot, which they discover he has skipped because he is off looking for Cece). When
Margot finds out from Cece who Kelly left with, she realises she might be in
trouble and they head off to find her.
Cliffy and the girls are in for a night they'll never forget as the
search for Bruno X continues. Kelly is a magnet for trouble and leads
the girls from one place to the next chasing after her always arriving
just in the nick of time to save her from getting in really bad
trouble. Cliffy realises after spending most of the night with Margot,
that her cold demeanour may be just a front and that maybe Kelly
shouldn't have been the one to ask on a date after all. But for Cece,
time is running out and she must find Bruno before he leaves the
country the following morning, or she may lose this chance at true love
forever.
This is a truly crazy movie with so much happening that it's hard to
keep up (or explain to someone else). If my review hasn't done it
justice at all, I did the best I could do! And all I can suggest to you
is track it down and watch it, it's definitely worth the effort it
takes to find. It epitomises the 80's like not many other movies can,
and it's soundtrack is outstanding. Those damn Bruno X songs will be in
your head for weeks! Once again, no DVD yet (probably due to the cost
of licensing the soundtrack). Come on MGM! Lets see it already!
Also, quite predictably I must add that black eyeliner is a very hot look for young Mr.
Rohner.
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Year:
1986
