Greed, lust, dirty tricks and bloody fist fights... All those things that make life worth living. When Piper and Rick, the two hottest properties in the Battle of the Bands want to make it, only one thing stands in their way. They're from opposing High Schools. And Malibu High's 6'6" muscle-bound monster Godzilla is going to do everything and anything stop his sweet little sister getting it on with some jerk from the Coldwater Canyon High. When all else fails, only Lovelines answering service can keep them together. Written by
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fishx-1 from United States
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Lovelines is by no means deserves a reputation as the worst teen film of the '80s. It has some charm, particularly for '80s teen enthusiasts, and plenty of gaudy 1984 fashions, music, pop culture, footage of the Valley etc. It certainly isn't "Valley Girl" or "Fast Times.." but it is a worthy installment in the San Fernando Valley youth culture sub-genre. The plot is about the rivalry between Malibu High and Coldwater Canyon High with a Romeo & Juliet-like romance. Best of all is the movie's bad "rock" music concerning a battle of the bands with a hilariously awful all girl group and a rock band from the Valley. There's also a ridiculous costume party scene. It probably doesn't help that lead Greg Bradford was almost 30 playing a high school rocker, while director Rod Amateau (Garbage Pail Kids) was well in his 60s and far from knowing what was hip at the time. Mary Beth Evens and the very talented Michael Winslow actually fair quite well and the film is a well produced Tri-Star studio release. But either way the shortcomings add to the movie's cheese value, and it certainly is much less painful than dozens of other low budget, less professionally made teen films that swamped video stores in the '80s. These bad reviews for Lovelines probably comes from people who have only seen John Hughes and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

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gojirob from United States, New Jersey Shore
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Lovelines is one of the worst films ever made. So why the Nine? In the very start of the movie, a girls' high school swim team has a prank played on them by girls from the rival high school and lose their suits, with an underwater camera on hand to take it all in. This is the best such scene of the 1980's. So while the Nine is heavily qualified, this scene turns a must-avoid into a must-have, at least for fans of such scenes.

There are some problems even in the scene. The swim girls veer between stupid behavior and going along with the gag at their expense. No scene is shown of them making a mad dash for the locker room. They react to an underwater camera they shouldn't know about. But if you want to see a voyeur scene that embodies all the rest, rent or buy Lovelines.

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Oslo Jargo (Bartok Kinski) (osloj@yahoo.com) from FINLAND
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A worthless film that borrows heavily from all the 80's teen dramas out there. It's filled with a typical plot line, including rivals falling in love and being chased by muscle bound morons. This stuff was popular in high school but there's absolutely no redeeming quality here, its utterly boring. Most of the actors aren't working, except a few of the goons who are doing stunt work. Avoid at all costs, except to analyze junk 80's clothing styles........

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fist fight|battle of the bands|high school|brawl|pizza delivery|muscle head|hot line|breakdancing|record producer|forbidden love|girl band|knocked unconscious|beach|school cafeteria|phallic symbol|lifting weights|costume party|car chase|bare chested male|female nudity|

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USA:R