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Johnny Be Good (1988)

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Critic Reviews: 3
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Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael Hall) is a hot-shot high-school quarterback who receives intoxicating offers from spirited college recruiters in this adolescent teen comedy. Bathroom humor and sight gags are strung together in a story involving booze, broads, and other benefits for the coveted quarterback. Robert Downey Jr., Uma Thurman, and Paul Gleason co-star. Even cameos from Jim McMahon and Howard Cosell can't save this feature from itself, though it isn't the fault of the cast. Originally

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Aug 5, 2003

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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.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
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The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comments (8)
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If Chuck Berry were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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Johnny be worthless.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Reflects the mentality of great swaths of artless, ignorant slobs.

August 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central
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I doubt Johnny Be Good is going to be a hot seller as a DVD.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
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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.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Apollo Guide

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

July 30, 2003
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Audience Reviews for Johnny Be Good

Wacky, Wild, and a HILLARIOUS made movie!!! (:
March 22, 2008
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It's movies like this that give 80s teen flicks a bad reputation. The actors are good, but the dialogue and story are stupid and pointless. I hated this movie.
September 6, 2010
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