Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Micransix Crappy film

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

jadavix Gas Pump Girls is a late '70s drive-in movie about a group of sexy girls who decide to save their uncle's ailing gas station by putting their bodies on the line, making mini skirts with halter tops that they remove whenever a crisis arises, such as when mobsters arrive and try to kill them. Their feminine charms work so well that soon business is booming.The movie opens with a scene that sets the tone for the rest of the picture: at a graduation ceremony, a gang of greasers (the vultures) snag the girls' gowns on a nail so that when they step forward the material, which is apparently made out of crepe paper, rips off, and of course the girls are all wearing next to nothing underneath.This modest tone, one of bawdy humour, is not upheld throughout the movie's runtime. The movie seriously falters toward the end, as I guess the screenwriters ran out of excuses to show nudity, or much else to advance the already pretty thin plot. I never believed that the girls and their friends would go to any length to save the old man's gas station. He isn't particularly charismatic when you meet him, and there's no chemistry between him and the main character.I liked her, though. She's very pretty with her blonde hair and blue eyes. The only nudity from her is right at the beginning of the movie, in the gown-tearing sequence.

jfgibson73 Although not a "good" movie by any criteria, Gas Pump Girls was enjoyable for me because of its "attitude." By that, I mean I liked the outlook that it seemed to have towards its characters.The story is about several young girls trying to make a gas station into a successful business. It is owned by one of the girls' uncle, but he becomes ill and can't take care of it. They show a wonderfully spirited attitude towards making the job fun and helping the uncle out. Later, a gang of shady bikers looks like they may cause trouble, but end up being allies. They even turn out to be nice guys. Especially the character played by Ken Lerner, and actor that I must have seen many times before, but can't remember where (he guest-starred on half of the shows I watched as a kid growing up in the 80's).Gas Pump Girls has an air of exploitation and could probably be categorized as a sex comedy, but I thought it transcended that genre by being a genuinely nice movie. That's really the best word for how I felt about it--nice.

floydster3 I was 14 and lived down the street from where this was filmed. I used to walk by the filming everyday on my way home from school. The actors (yes ,Kirsten) were very cool and took the time to talk to the local kids. In fact, Kirsten told me that the name under consideration was Super Duper Garage at the time. The Pyramid station across the street was actually built just for the film. They built it and tore it down right after the filming. The city is actually not Sacramento as is thanked in the credits, but Del Paso Heights. The station is located on the corner of Arcade Blvd and Marysville Blvd. The scene where they ride the motorcycles down the street was filmed farther down the same street the station is on near where it crosses El Camino Blvd. Overall it is a pretty crappy film (4), but for those that live by the shooting location it is now the only and probably will always be the only movie ever shot in the city. Nostalgic to say the least (9). Good times.

campblood13 The film never picks up any pace and stalls throughout. The star Kirsten Baker is the reason I saw the film. She was so good in Friday the 13th part 2 and good to look at. She is useless in this film and gives maybe the worst performance in history. There is a scene at the beginning where all the girls graduation gowns get ripped off, but that's the only nudity in the movie. There are these three biker guys that always hang around. When the bikers go to the beach they wear a swimsuit, leather boots?, and a leather jacket? What the hell? There is also a dance scene with on the of the bikers and the stuck-up girl. It is hilarious. 2/10 Bad