Just when you thought the '80s nostalgia industrial complex had gone beyond saturation point, along comes a movie that injects fresh fizz into the retro groove.
It's fitting that Martha Coolidge's 1983 teen rom-com, Valley Girl, which was inspired by Frank and Moon Unit Zappa's novelty pop hit of the same name, should now come full circle in a musical remake driven by a whole karaoke party menu of period tunes.
And it speaks to director Rachel Goldenberg's love of the original that she repurposes Modern English's "I Melt with You" as the border-crossing Hollywood punk hunk's prom-night serenade to his San Fernando Valley sweetheart.
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