Bachelor Party (1984)
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50% of critics liked it
(24 reviews) -
52% of users liked it
(36,974 ratings)
Tom Hanks stars in this raunchy teen comedy from veteran screenwriters Pat Proft and Neil Israel, who had previously collaborated on the amusing sketch film Tunnelvision (1976) and the disappointing Americathon (1980). Bus-driver Rick Gasko (Hanks) is engaged to wealthy Debbie Thompson (Tawny… More Tom Hanks stars in this raunchy teen comedy from veteran screenwriters Pat Proft and Neil Israel, who had previously collaborated on the amusing sketch film Tunnelvision (1976) and the disappointing Americathon (1980). Bus-driver Rick Gasko (Hanks) is engaged to wealthy Debbie Thompson (Tawny Kitaen), much to the chagrin of her father (George Grizzard), who considers Rick a loser. To keep an eye on her future groom, Debbie and her friends dress as prostitutes to attend his bachelor party, which quickly turns into a bacchanal of smutty debauchery. Familiar faces in the cast include action stars Michael Dudikoff and Ji-Tu Cimbuka, pin-ups Monique Gabrielle and Rosanne Katon, and teen-movie regulars Adrian Zmed and Wendie Jo Sperber. It's an occasionally hilarious excursion into bad taste, although one which two-time Oscar winner Hanks would probably like to forget. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Neal Israel
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- In Theaters
- Jun 29, 1984 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
To his credit Hanks behaves throughout as though he's actually in a worthwhile movie.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Bachelor Party" has some great moments and qualifies as a raunchy, scummy, grungy Blotto Bluto memorial.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Mr. Hanks's suave smart-alecky manner owes a lot to Bill Murray, but he's funny and engaging even if he isn't doing anything new.
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, Film4
This is tiresome, irksome and inexcusably sexist.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
A smash hit teeny-bopper movie that proves again there is no accounting for taste.
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Cast
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Tom Hanks
as Rick Gasko
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Tawny Kitaen
as Debbie Thompson
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Adrian Zmed
as Jay O'Neill
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George Grizzard
as Mr. Thompson
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Barbara Stuart
as Mrs. Thompson
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Robert Prescott
as Cole Whittier
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Angela Aames
as Mrs. Klupner
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Toni Alessandrini
as Desiree
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Elizabeth Arlen
as Garage Customer
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Bradford Bancroft
as Brad
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Billy Beck
as Patient
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Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Alley Pimp
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Brett Baxter Clark
as Nick
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Barry Diamond
as Rudy
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Michael Dudikoff
as Ryko
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Martina Finch
as Phoebe
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Monique Gabrielle
as Tracey
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Anne Gaybis
as Hooker
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Gary Grossman
as Gary
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Deborah Harmon
as Ilene
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Tad Horino
as Japanese Businessman
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Jim Hudson
as Neighbor
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Cynthia Kania
as Sue
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Rosanne Katon
as Bridal Shower Hooker
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Ken Kimmins
as Hotel Manager
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Milt [Lewis] Kogan
as Restaurant Customer
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Coleen Maloney
as Jean Store Customer
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Rebecca Perle
as Screaming Woman
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Arlee Reed
as Jean Store Customer
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Ben Slack
as Suitcase Man
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Tracy Smith
as Bobbi
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Wendie Jo Sperber
as Dr. Tina Gassko
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Sumant
as Rajah
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William Tepper
as Dr. Stan Gassko
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Donald Thompson
as Schoolboy
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Michael Yama
as Japanese Businessman
- Bruce A. Block
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Greg Norberg
as Restaurant Customer
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Pat Proft
as Screaming Man
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Sheri Short
as Hooker
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Gerard Prendergast
as Michael
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Hugh McPhillips
as Father O'Donall
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Kim Robinson
as Party Crasher
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George Sasaki
as Japanese Businessman
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Florence Schauffler
as Sister Mary Francis
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Dorothy Bartlett
as Candy Counter Lady
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Peaches Johnson
as Hooker
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John Bloom (III)
as Milt
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Gregory Brown
as Schoolboy
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Christopher Morley
as She/Tim



