You Light Up My Life

1977
PG
1h 30m

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A young performer struggles to balance her true artistic passions with her father's expectations while navigating complicated relationships and unresolved emotions that hold her back from re... Read allA young performer struggles to balance her true artistic passions with her father's expectations while navigating complicated relationships and unresolved emotions that hold her back from reaching her full potential.A young performer struggles to balance her true artistic passions with her father's expectations while navigating complicated relationships and unresolved emotions that hold her back from reaching her full potential.

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4.8/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The singing voice of Didi Conn was provided by Kvitka Cisyk, who also appears in the film as a bridesmaid. Debby Boone covered the title track, and her version spent 10 weeks at #1 on the U.S. pop music charts in 1977.

Quotes
Laurie Robinson: I learned something today, Pop. It was really painful, but I learned something. I learned that I have to depend on myself. I can't depend on anybody else and that's ok. You know why? Because I'm a really good person to depend on. Maybe I don't have someone that I thought I loved a lot really, but that's ok because I've got me. And I've got my work. And I've got my music. And I love that - more than anything else on this earth.

Connections
Featured in I Love the '70s (2003)

Soundtracks
California Daydreams
Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks
Performed by Kacey Cisyk and Joseph Brooks

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Featured review

5/10

More of a Song than a Movie

When we ask ourselves, what came first, the chicken or the egg, we look at the other question, what came first, this movie or it's hit song? Didi Conn is a good actress but far from an great actress. More like a field goal kicker, Didi can not run the ball into the end zone for a touch down. She is not a star player. Then again, she is worth a good three points and can add her talent to the (team) cast. For a lead actress, she does not have it. Although this is a movie focused on independent women, Didi can only do so much. The movie shows the 3 men in her life and how all three want something from her as oppose to offering something to her. For her "lip" singing, this adds nothing to her quality of acting. If Didi co-starred in this movie, she would have been nominated for an academy award. Instead, the only thing this movie is remembered for is the academy award for the best song. Nothing more.