Today I will be reviewing the sci fi musical Earth Girls Are Easy. Welcome to the movie Jim Carrey wishes didn't exist. [Release date 1988].

Right off the bat we need to talk about the estimated budget. $10 million dollars. It's hard to imagine what this budget went towards. The bloated budget of this movie certainly didn't go towards the special effects. I would never accuse anyone of a crime without proof, but it is easy to imagine someone snorting half the budget of this movie through a straw if you catch my drift. [At least, that is the level of quality].

The costumes and makeup are horrible. It looks like blackface, but aliens. And they are wearing modified bike helmets basically with color dyed fur suits.

Fun fact: This is the most 80s-esque movie of all time. From the music to the wardrobes, the cars and the appliances. [Think a b52 album]. This movie makes a lot more sense if you think of it as a sort of spoof of 80s sci fi. I'm not sure if it's intentionally a spoof, although it is clearly a comedy. I should also mention Earth Girls Are Easy is a musical. A musical sci-fi comedy.

The singing, dancing and music in this movie is pretty amateurish, bordering on awful. If you love musicals, you don't exactly need to put this movie onto your "must watch" list. The singing is especially bad. It's very safe and obviously made to be easy to sing. The songs also aren't funny. There's a reason most musicals are dramas. It's sort of a confusing genre cross-over.

After a stunning makeover of Greena Davis [playing Valerie], we are revealed to the fact that her husband is cheating on her. The dramatic acting is pretty good in this movie. The problem is, it's basically the only climax/dramatic scene in the entire movie. [And trust me, this movie could use some drama].

There are some REALLY bad jokes/sight gags in this movie: Like this scene where Valerie lists all the things she bought to turn on her man [hotdog slices, sushi, "motion lotion"]. These are bottom of the barrel stock jokes. These are the scenes that make me question the $10M estimated budget. They certainly didn't put millions of dollars into the writing department. Some of these jokes are ... yikes!

The cinematography is the best part of the movie. There is quality lighting and camera work. There are some really clever shots like when "Dr. Love [the cheating husband] reveals himself and his stethoscope is dangling down.

There are a few jokes in the movie that are funny, like this scene after the big break up where Valerie is watching a television show about a pair of cheaters. The women on tv asks, "what about your wife?" The man says "she's in a coma" and they starting making out and fall on the wife in the coma who wakes up. Then the guy pulls her chord and she dies. Valerie flips the tv off and says "you weasel dick!" while she is crying. It's a very funny scene.

Again, nothing about this movie exactly screams 10 million dollar budget. All the alien scenes have laughable sets and effects. You also get a "one and done" feeling from the actors here. To be fair, a lot of energy probably went into them not laughing. Seriously though, look at that ungodly set. Are those plastic cone lights? And is one of them knocked over?

On a separate note: this scene needs to be a meme immediately.

There are some borderline pervy eye candy shots of Greena Davis, but it is integral to the plot. The whole movie has a "monster from the woods wants to capture the beautiful woman" theme. Of course, it's also a cheap selling point.