This bouncy made-for-cable counterpart to John Waters's HAIRSPRAY (1988) rocks around the clock with the help of an exuberant cast — led by a pre-stardom Renee Zellweger — and a trunk-load of golden oldies. Susan Doyle (Zellweger) thrills to the wayward beat of Fats Domino and Bill Haley, much to the dismay of her Eisenhower-era mother, Margo (Nora Dunn). Susan and her rebellious pals Cookie (Patricia Childress) and Tony (Max Perlich) hang out at the studio where TV-personality Danny Klay (Howie Mandel) rules the airwaves with his "3 O'Clock Hop." When Margo and her prissy housewife chums spot Susan shaking her tail-feathers on TV, they get mighty steamed u...
Released:
1994
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
83 mins