Grease 2 (1982)

It's 1961 and the first day of the new school year at Rydell high school. A new student (Maxwell Caulfield) from England has his eye on the leader (Michelle Pfeiffer) of the school's Pink Laides but he's too square for her. So he decides to change his image. Directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, this sequel to the 1978 massive hit GREASE has none of its predecessor's sincerity and innocence. It's basically a remake of the first film but with the genders switched. None of the songs are as good and Birch's choreography (she choreographed the first movie) is often ungainly. Pfeiffer is something else, a star waiting for the right vehicle (which would come the next year with SCARFACE) and her rendition of  Cool Rider is a musical highlight. Of course, all the students look like the world's oldest teenagers! It's really not as bad as its reputation would lead you to believe (who can resist a song called Rock A Hula Luau) but it's far from good. Also in the cast: Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens, Eve Arden, Adrian Zmed (awful!), Dody Goodman, Sid Caesar, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy, Christopher McDonald, Peter Frechette, Janet Jones and Didi Conn.