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Johnny Be Good

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Johnny Be Good (1988)

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Reviews Counted:11

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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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Johnny be worthless.

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02/27/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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

No review available.

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08/20/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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11/18/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

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
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

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05/13/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

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

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

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07/30/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

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
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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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post

The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves.

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