Johnny be worthless.
Johnny Be Good (1988)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:0
Rotten:11
Average Rating:2.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A teen comedy about a high-school quarterback pursued by crazed college recruiters. Johnny Walker is a nice, normal teenage boy who happens be a star football player -- such a star that he's got... A teen comedy about a high-school quarterback pursued by crazed college recruiters. Johnny Walker is a nice, normal teenage boy who happens be a star football player -- such a star that he's got every college in America bucking to get him on their team. Lured and baited with a dizzying array of extra-curricular temptations, can Johnny really be good -- and stay that way? [More]
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey, Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey, Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman, Steve James, Seymour Cassel, Michael Greene, Marshall Bell, Deborah May, Michael Alldredge, Jennifer Tilly, Jon Stafford, Howard Cosell, Tony Frank, Robert Downey
Director: Bud Smith
Director: Bud Smith
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Reviews for Johnny Be Good
It’s not funny, it tells a surface story and nothing more, and there’s no sense of effort to correct any of these deficiencies.
Two of the screenwriters, Steve Zacharias and Jeff Buhai, also wrote Revenge of the Nerds, so it's not surprising that they're more interested in tame teen-age fantasies than in social satire.
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