The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
| TriStar Pictures | Release Date: July 19, 1985 |
Starring:
Barry Tubb, Christian Slater, Dean Stockwell, Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Martha Gehman, Mona Lee Fultz, Peter Coyote, Richard Bradford, Yeardley Smith
Summary:
A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.
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The Legend of Billie Jean is trashily manipulative and utterly preposterous, so much so that, until the end (when it begins to sour on you), it's a thoroughly enjoyable hoot. Add a splendid cast and good air conditioning, and it's a perfectly mindless way to spend a muggy summer evening.
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The Legend of Billie Jean is a ridiculous caper that borrows a snippet of the sublime only to make itself more ridiculous. [20 July 1985]
Director Matthew Robbins keeps the pace light, nonviolent, and more entertaining than a made-for-TV movie. The fashion show's the action. His film is really about a face, and a look, and a haircut. [19 July 1985, p.D4]
Teenagers, who may not have seen this picture's many hero/outlaw predecessors, might like its the pop soundtrack, better-than-average acting and modest punk attire. Everyone else is likely to find Billie Jean the very thing that becomes a legend least. [22July 1985, p.3C]
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