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Good Burger

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Good Burger (1997)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:8

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A guileless L.A. teen and his best friend (Keenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell) take summer jobs at a small independent burger joint--Good Burger--and suddenly they find themselves trying to save... A guileless L.A. teen and his best friend (Keenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell) take summer jobs at a small independent burger joint--Good Burger--and suddenly they find themselves trying to save their thriving mom-and-pop restaurant from the encroachment of the evil, corporate Mondo Burger. Naturally, hijinks ensue in this feature film based on characters from the Nickelodeon network's "All That" sketch comedy series. [More]

Starring: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda

Starring: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda, Shar Jackson, Dan Schneider, Jan Schwieterman, Ron Lester, Josh Server, Ginny Schreiber, Shaquille O'Neal, George Clinton, Linda Cardellini

Director: Brian Robbins

Director: Brian Robbins
Screenwriter: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert
Composer: Stewart Copeland
Producer: Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins

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The little ones may well tune in to its wavelength, but woe betide the adult who accompanies them.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
01/01/00
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A laboriously slow suburban adventure...

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/21/08
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader

A fresh, funny, super-sized kid's comedy that may even have a few grown-ups cracking smiles.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/21/08
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The meat of the piece is definitely FDA cinematically approved, and perfect if you like this brand of entertainment with the works.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/21/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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Few people can be so big-hearted as to tolerate Ed's agonizing brand of pedantic humour.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

No review available.

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09/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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04/30/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

No review available.

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04/10/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Any energetic junior high class could have written a smarter script than the one Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert provide.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

"plenty of ham and no shortage of cheese"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
N/R

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06/05/02
Boxoffice Magazine

Anyone who doesn’t smile is probably either too adult to count or too dead to care.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/22/02
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
01/01/00
Boston Phoenix

Good Burger is not very well done. But it does have energy.

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01/01/00
Andy Seiler
Andy Seiler
USA Today
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It's hysterically funny.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Anita Gates
Anita Gates
New York Times
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This is just one of those movies that really shouldn't have been made.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Although clean as a whistle, Good Burger is what show-biz moralist Bill Cosby should be excoriating, along with booty comedies. Its black characters resolutely carry on the tradition of the minstrel show, under the guise of kid entertainment.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Succeeds at what it tries to do, and it manages to be entertaining for adults, too.

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01/01/00
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

The vast majority of me -- which is not 11 -- wanted several times to run screaming into the lobby and plunge my head into the nacho hot-cheese cauldron.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
 
 
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