Rating: R
Movie Release Date: July 20, 1984
DVD Release Date: March 3, 2007
Plot 411: Best pals Lewis and Gilbert are off to college and find themselves and other social outcasts displaced from their dorms by the jocks of Alpha Beta.
Review: Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards are Lewis and Gilbert, two nerds who are off to college and living away from home for the first time. They think their experience will be different from high school and anticipate the start of a brand new life. However, within the first week of school the jocks of Alpha Beta burn down their frat house. They forcibly remove all freshman from their dorm with the help of their football coach (John Goodman). Lewis, Gilbert and the rest of the nerds decide to form a fraternity in order to legally have housing on campus. This begins the battle between nerds and jocks. How can you not love an underdog story? This is the classic tale of the clash between social status and the importance society gives to the popular and beautiful. One of my favorite characters is Lewis because despite all his experiences thus far, he remains optimistic and hopeful. He doesn't even know he's a nerd, which speaks to the power of one's own mind. His frat brother Booger (Curtis Armstrong) has, at this point, gained a cult following. The Lamda Lamda Lamda frat, which the boys have established, is not only for nerds but for all others who find themselves on the sidelines of society. This includes a prepubescent genius kid, a gay black guy and a Japanese exchange student. Yes, all these characters are just so stereotypical, but it's a comedy so what're you gonna do? This movie is definitely not PC. Also in this film are Ted McGinley and James Cromwell.
Watch It: For a flashback to those ball hugging shorts of the '80s and all the other "fashion" of the time.
Skip It: Because it wasn't actually as funny as I remembered it to be.
Movie Release Date: July 20, 1984
DVD Release Date: March 3, 2007
Plot 411: Best pals Lewis and Gilbert are off to college and find themselves and other social outcasts displaced from their dorms by the jocks of Alpha Beta.
Review: Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards are Lewis and Gilbert, two nerds who are off to college and living away from home for the first time. They think their experience will be different from high school and anticipate the start of a brand new life. However, within the first week of school the jocks of Alpha Beta burn down their frat house. They forcibly remove all freshman from their dorm with the help of their football coach (John Goodman). Lewis, Gilbert and the rest of the nerds decide to form a fraternity in order to legally have housing on campus. This begins the battle between nerds and jocks. How can you not love an underdog story? This is the classic tale of the clash between social status and the importance society gives to the popular and beautiful. One of my favorite characters is Lewis because despite all his experiences thus far, he remains optimistic and hopeful. He doesn't even know he's a nerd, which speaks to the power of one's own mind. His frat brother Booger (Curtis Armstrong) has, at this point, gained a cult following. The Lamda Lamda Lamda frat, which the boys have established, is not only for nerds but for all others who find themselves on the sidelines of society. This includes a prepubescent genius kid, a gay black guy and a Japanese exchange student. Yes, all these characters are just so stereotypical, but it's a comedy so what're you gonna do? This movie is definitely not PC. Also in this film are Ted McGinley and James Cromwell.
Watch It: For a flashback to those ball hugging shorts of the '80s and all the other "fashion" of the time.
Skip It: Because it wasn't actually as funny as I remembered it to be.
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