Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
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Reviews Counted: 25 Fresh: 19 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: When boorish frat guys commandeer their humble dorm at Adams College, bespectacled Lewis, shy Gilbert, and the rest of the "nerds" retaliate by forming their own fraternity--and setting their sights on the coveted Greek Council. But it won't be easy, so they'll have to summon their smarts to... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Julia Montgomery, Timothy Busfield
Director: Jeff Kanew
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhai, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Steve Zacharias
Story: Tim Metcalfe
Producer: Ted Field, Peter Samuelson
Composer: Thomas Newman
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhai, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Steve Zacharias
Story: Tim Metcalfe
Producer: Ted Field, Peter Samuelson
Composer: Thomas Newman
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Somewhere in all the fluff and garbage is just enough heart to make Revenge of the Nerds one of the forefathers of a generation of light-hearted comedies like American Pie, American Pie 2 and American Wedding.
08/13/07
It's got everything for this kind of film %u2013 nudity, sex, swearing and dirty jokes.
05/10/07
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02/09/06
Compared to most of today's gross-out extravaganzas... this exceedingly upbeat saga seems almost wholesome.
10/13/05
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05/17/04
Top Critic
One of the landmark tits and ass films of the eighties, and surprisingly a comedy with a lot of humor and even some heart.
04/04/03
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