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... [More]
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey, Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman
Director: Bud Smith
Reviews for Johnny Be Good
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Johnny be worthless. Full Review |
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Reflects the mentality of great swaths of artless, ignorant slobs. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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40/100 |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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2/5 |
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1/5 |
It's bad, even by 80's standards.
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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. Full Review |
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If Chuck Berry were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave. Full Review |
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0.5/4 |
The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves. Full Review |
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