Totally Awesome

Totally Awesome

Where the dancing is dirty, the pink is pretty, and the foot runs loose.

NR 2006 · 94 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy, TV Movie

Do you prefer to wax on or wax off? Preacher won't let you dance? Well then, put Baby in the corner and come on down, 'cause VH1 is bringing back more of the '80s you love in this feature-length film, Totally Awesome. The Gundersons have just moved across the country and the kids - Charlie, Lori, and Max - are trying their best to acclimate themselves into a new school and all kinds of dilemmas therein: the need to dance, the pitfalls of young love, the quest for popularity, scientific genius and of course the quirky but loveable Japanese gardener. Totally Awesome takes all your favorite '80s-flick mainstays and weaves them into the biggest and baddest plotline ever conceived. Tot say it is radical would be an understatement.

Directed by Neal Brennan · Written by Michael Schur

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Mikey Day Charlie Gunderson
Dominique Swain Lori Gunderson
Trevor Heins Maxamillion Gunderson
Chris Kattan Gabriel
Brittany Daniel Kimberly
Nicki Clyne Billie
James Hong Mr. Yamagashi
Teryl Rothery Mrs. Gunderson
Greg Kean Mr. Gunderson
Joey Kern Kipp
Tracy Morgan Darnell
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe Pretty Girl

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