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Johnny Be Good

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Johnny Be Good (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 0  Rotten:11 Average Rating: 2.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

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 every college in America bucking to get him on their team. Lured and baited with a dizzying array of... 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]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey, Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman, Steve James

Director: Bud Smith

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Stereo Surround - English
  • Stereo Surround - Spanish
  • Dolby Digital Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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Johnny be worthless.

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02/27/08
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0/4

Reflects the mentality of great swaths of artless, ignorant slobs.

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08/07/07
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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2/5

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08/20/05
Emanuel Levy
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11/18/04
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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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.

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08/22/04
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide
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2/5

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05/13/04
Rebecca Murray
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2/5

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04/03/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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1/5

It's bad, even by 80's standards.

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07/30/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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2/5

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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05/20/03
Caryn James
New York Times
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If Chuck Berry were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave.

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Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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