![]() So often, extraterrestrials in movies tend to be highly advanced species with an evolved understanding of technology and co-existence. Val wants sex, Ted is a cheating douche bag, and the trio of Aliens are horndogs who may or may not be the best representation of their species. McNally, Charles Coffey, and Julie Brown, however, recognize sexual desire is merely a part of being human and that most of us take it entirely too seriously.īut Earth Girls Are Easy never veers into exploitation territory. Temple and his trio of screenwriters Terrence E. So often, sex comedies tend to focus on the loss of virginity as some kind of sacred rite. Earth Girls Are Easy, however, isn’t shy about Val’s “horny on main” attitude nor does it begrudge her desires. Sex comedies are hardly new, but most contain the qualifier “teenage.” Adult comedies tend to highlight romance but ignore sex, save for a scene or two. Yet underneath all that is a delightfully nutty comedy about a woman grappling with how her sexual needs are being ignored by her fiancé, Ted (Charles Rocket). Wacky shenanigans and misunderstandings ensue. ![]() Three aliens- Wiploc (Jim Carrey), Zeebo (Damon Wayans), and Mac (Jeff Goldblum)-crash-land in Valerie’s (Geena Davis) backyard pool. For what is essentially an 80s version of Mars Needs Women, Earth Girls Are Easy has a neon aesthetic and its tongue firmly implanted in its cheek. Julien Temple flushes Earth Girls Are Easy with self-aware kitsch which keeps the film afloat when the cheesecloth thin story begins to drag.
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