Johnny be worthless.
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02/27/08
Johnny Be Good (1988)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:0
Rotten:11
Average Rating:2.3/10
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
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Reflects the mentality of great swaths of artless, ignorant slobs.
08/07/07
No review available.
08/20/05
No review available.
11/18/04
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.
08/22/04
No review available.
04/03/04
It's bad, even by 80's standards.
07/30/03
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.
05/20/03
Top CriticIf Chuck Berry were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves.
01/01/00
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