If you loved Back to School, try Girls Just Want to Have Fun
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Alan Metter, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Back to School, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Girls Just Want to Have Fun is
A film that knows its audience. Janey, forbidden from dancing by her strict dad, secretly auditions for Dance TV with her new friend Lynne. It all works out, because this is exactly the kind of film where it would.

