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Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Uma Thurman

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or s...( read more  read more... )hould he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?

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R, 86 min.

Directed by: Bud S. Smith

Release Date: March 25, 1988

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DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003

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  • bradwest
    December 28, 2008
    bradwest
    Anthony Michael Hall tries to break out of his typecasting. Not good. Would have to wait for TV's Dead Zone for that.
  • StaisilD
    May 24, 2008
    StaisilD
    Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club, Weird Science) stars as high school quarterback phenom, Johnny Walker, the most highly pursued prospect by colleges from around the country. Walker loves the attention he's been getting, which includes wild parties, full scholarship offe...( read more)rs, and many other perks if he so chooses. All of his gallivanting has caused friction in his relationship with his high school sweetheart, Georgia (Uma Thurman), who wants him to attend the state college she's going to.
  • lavenderfawn
    May 24, 2007
    lavenderfawn
    This movie could have been better, given the cast.
  • recruiter89
    October 23, 2009
    recruiter89
    Cheesy 80s movie, one of the last for Anthony Michael Hall as a high school football player choosing a college. Of course the whole sappy teen story of do the right thing. Paul Gleason as always a nice addition. The person who really stood out was Robert Downey Jr. Funny and show...( read more)ing why he is a great actor. Uma Thurman in her first role but not sure why she went anywhere. She is a horrible actress.
  • ileo
    December 25, 2007
    ileo
    Great!
  • JimG944
    October 13, 2009
    JimG944
    2 of 5 stars to the 1980's typical teen comedy movie Johnny Be Good. To the movies credit, it has several young actors who turn out to be name-brand people. How about Uma Thurman? Robert Downey Jr? Anthony Michael Hall? So that was good.

    The plot is about a high school footbal...( read more)l star who is trying to decide which college to attend. So, we follow AM Hall as his character visits several colleges who each roll-out the red carpet with VIP perks to get him to decide in their favor. The whole thing would be OK if you can possible believe that Hall COULD be a football star. My thinking is that on his first tackle, he'd be broken-up into little parts. He simply was not believeable as a star player.

    So, the movie was mildly funny with the usual plot twists and gags. Nothing special to recommend this movie. As I said at the start, a typical 1980's style comedy. Oh, it had too much 1980's synthesized music--my head hurts.

    You can skip this one.
  • Brittani299
    September 25, 2009
    Brittani299
    it is ok not much of a plot
  • DonnaHx007
    July 20, 2009
    DonnaHx007
    Despite the fact that I adore this cast, the movie was kind of a disappointment. It did have its moments (the rape part made me laugh myself silly), but it lacks some of the charm many of the other 80's teen flicks have. And given the great cast, this movie should be amazig regar...( read more)dless. I do have to say I really liked Robert Downey Jr.'s character and his performance. It's really weird seeing Uma Thurman this young.
  • blackcat931
    July 10, 2009
    blackcat931
    He had funny moments!
  • horrormoviefan
    May 14, 2009
    horrormoviefan
    Your basic 80's teen comedy.

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