#4 Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

She's hilarious! She's captivating! She's wonderful! She's a Beverly Hills babe in the woods!

I'd no former knowledge of this movie even existing, but with that kind of sales speech, I was definitely interested. Well, the premise goes well with the whole movie, you get pretty much what you'd expect: A rich and pampered Beverly Hills house wife trying to make it as a girl scout troop leader.

As such it is very light hearted fun and to be honest is first seemed to be even too silly and frivolous to carry the whole 100 minutes. Luckily the movie soon finds its heart and Shelley Long leads the role of superficial but well-meaning and sympathetic Beverly Hills mom perfectly.

73%

Alright!

Summary : Surprisingly solid comedy where in real 80's style all problems - even divorces - are solved by winning a competition.

Eighties-o-meter: 88%