You Light Up My Life

You Light Up My Life

You Light Up My Life

The trailer for this awful "movie" was enough for me. Judging from the reviews of this movie my gray matter has been spared from seeping outta my ears from sheer horror. That trailer of Didi Conn trying to let some guy down was bizarre with that super stupid song in the background that I hope I never hear again. Terrible movie, terribler trailer and pukified song to build an entire movie around. p.u.

I saw the film when it was first released, in 1977, I believe. I haven't seen it in 44 years, but I'll never forget the climax when the character, played by Didi Conn(French in Grease) sings "You Light Up My Life" with a full orchestra, and she did a wonderful job of showing how unbelievable a moment it was for her. And it gave me goosebumps too. I would love to see the movie again, just for that scene.

When you come right down to it You Light Up My Life has one silly plot premise. Young Didi Conn is the daughter of second rate comedian Joe Silver who after living with this girl into her adulthood can't get it into his head that the young woman is not a second banana comedian. But he makes her wear a clown outfit, gives her a ventriloquist dummy and says with his tutelage she'll be funny. Now he has to have heard her sing and heard her sing the songs she herself composed. Conn decides to spread her wings and fly, but in the process she loses Stephen Nathan the guy she was going to marry and finds out that producer Michael Zaslow whom she had a fling with is a rat. What the story is about is how Conn decides to deal with all those heartaches. And you're not sure she can because she is a fragile thing. One of those songs that she wrote is the title song which was a mega-hit for Debbie Boone in 1977 and responsible for the film getting an Oscar for Best Song. The song really makes the film even though Conn only lipsynches the part. Try as I might I could not wrap my mind around the fact the Silver legacy in show business had to be perpetuated by Conn the Clown and that a professional couldn't recognize talent. In the same situation in Ziegfeld Girl, Judy Garland was a second banana to her father Charles Winninger, but he saw what he was holding back. You're not sure that Silver ever does. On the plus side Didi Conn is a touching figure and gives a wonderful performance as an eager show business hopeful. For her and for the song you should see the movie.

When Debby Boone won for best song for "You Light Up My Life" all of us that were coming of age at that time were disgusted. When you hear this song in the movie, which came BEFORE she recorded that song (never to be heard of again in any substantial way- don't forget all of the timeless, talented artists she beat out) it's a good song in the movie. The movie isn't perfect, but Didi Conn and Joe Silver, along with all of the realistic sappy stuff of that era are wonderful! Debby Boone, taking that song? Still a sham.

Here is a coming-of-age film that embodies everything 70's. It especially appeals to me because I was born in 1960 & was a teenager in the 1970's. If a teen watches this film today it would seem hokey, the cloths especially odd & unattractive, the music sappy, & the storyline threadbare. But if you were there, it has a special nostalgic quality that is undeniable. This is an interesting story about a young woman finding herself & her way through life. Instead of padding the story out with too many unnecessary shots of Conn driving her car, they should have fleshed out the characters a little more. The storyline was also choppy. One minute she's told she has a major part in a film & the next minute a deadpan blonde is hired instead. This sudden shift in the story is too abrupt a transition. Also, when she tells her dad about the offer from Columbia Records to record her songs, it came out of left field. (Perhaps this should have been something her character struggled with. Should she stay in California & contemplate making the film & starting a new a relationship, or go to New York & record?) DiDi Conn is very likable in the lead & the music adds just the right romantic touch.

A simple story, a great song and an excellent lesson about life. Laurie Robinson ( played to a tee by Didi Conn ) is the child of an entertainer. Her father ( Joe Silver ) is grooming her to follow in his footsteps. However, Laurie's heart and talent is in her music and she finds it her " love ". This is a story of disappointment and overcoming the numerous letdowns we face in life and the one person we can rely on is ourselves and also to like ourselves because if we give in to failures in our lives, we have failed. The title song was schmaltzy at the start but as time goes on, it professes hope and an inspiration. A melody that reaches the core of my heart and will stand as one of most beloved songs of my life

Staring the talentless, no-hit wonder, DoDo Conn, who lip-synced her way into oblivion in this movie. A poorly written, unbelievably bad script, that it so obviously playing off advertising executives ideas of what Women's minds and romance is supposed to be. For females only, with IQ levels lover than their breast waist size. Perpetuates a degrading image of women and women's fantasy's. Rated as one of the 100 worst movies of all time. I hope you do know that DoDo Conn cannot sing a lick and song nothing in the movie ? It was popular in its day with lonely women who felt the fantasy was "romantic".