I’ve always hated people who can write comedy and keep it going. That’s one of the fun things about the movie Girls Will Be Girls, a hilarious look at three actresses in various stages of their careers.

Leading the pack in this Richard Day film are Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), a washed up ‘70’s actress living in a modern day world. Evie, who still lives in the’70’s, reminds you of an alcoholic Carol Brady; bad hair and polyester.

Then there’s Coco (Coco), Evie’s best friend and maid who’s banished to the Bicentennial room when the two take in younger roommate, Varla (Jeffery Roberson) who happens to be the child of Evie’s deceased rival Marla. Roberson looks and acts a lot like Catherine O’Hara, so don’t get confused.

Within a day of being in Hollywood, Varla meets a “producer” Laurent (Hamilton von Watts) and it’s up to Evie’s son Stevie (Ron Mathews) to show her what Laurent is really up to. Not only is he a lawyer (and Evie’s agent who can’t get her work), things start to get ugly when he gets Varla a lucrative job in infomercials.

Not wanting to sit and take Varla’s up and coming career, Evie hatches an inventive idea: a speci-mercial which will showcase her career and put her back on the map.

Meanwhile, poor sane Coco confesses a deep secret she’s carried around for years while being caught in the middle of the rivalry. This is, of course, all while trying to maintain a relationship with a new beau.

Varla also finds love with Stevie, but he too is hiding a little secret of his own. When Varla discovers what he’s hiding, can she be fulfilled and get past it for a life together?

As the plot thickens, someone is out to get Evie and there’s nothing like a woman scorned, especially when the events start to unfold during the live speci-mercial. During the speci-mercial, Evie (intoxicated with both alcohol and drugs) begins to tell the events of what happened at her party for her big disaster film Asteroid.

If you’re looking for a fun, campy movie this is one I think you’ll like. Other than the witty-bitchy barbs, there are two things which make the movie fun. The first is that each scene has a title and the characters are confined into that scene and the second is the cast and prop pictures are all men.

It should be noted no actress was hurt during the filming of the movie.

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