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Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:19
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... 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 beat the jocks at their own game. Much better than most films in its teen-sex genre, REVENGE OF THE NERDS features a stellar cast, including Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards (ER), Timorthy Busfield (THE WEST WING), Curtis Armstrong (MOONLIGHTING), Ted McGinley (MARRIED WITH CHILDREN), and John Goodman (ROSEANNE). [More]
Starring: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Julia Montgomery
Starring: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Julia Montgomery, Timothy Busfield, Larry B. Scott, Brian Tochi, Michelle Meyrink, Ted McGinley, Matt Salinger, Donald Gibb, James Cromwell, David Wohl, John Goodman, Bernie Casey, Alice Hirson, F. William Parker
Director: Jeff Kanew
Director: Jeff Kanew
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhai, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Steve Zacharias
Story: Tim Metcalfe
Producer: Ted Field, Peter Samuelson
Composer: Thomas Newman
Reviews for Revenge of the Nerds
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.
It's got everything for this kind of film %u2013 nudity, sex, swearing and dirty jokes.
Compared to most of today's gross-out extravaganzas... this exceedingly upbeat saga seems almost wholesome.
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November 22, 2006:
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October 02, 2006:
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