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Johnny Be Good

3.7

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Original title

Johnny Be Good

Year

1988

Running time

87 min.

Country

United States

Director

Bud S. Smith

Screenwriter

Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai, David Obst

Cast

Music

Jay Ferguson

Cinematography

Robert D. Yeoman

Producer

Orion Pictures, Zacharias-Buhai Productions

Genre

Comedy | Sports. American Football. Teen/coming-of-age

Synopsis

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

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Awards: 1988: Nominated for Razzie Awards: Worst Original Song ("Skintight")

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Critics' reviews

"A would-be satire on the excesses of big-time college football recruiting, is so bad that the NCAA might consider using it as punishment for coaches who violate regulations."

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves."

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"If Chuck Berry were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave."

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"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"

Caryn James: The New York Times
"Disappointing directorial debut for Flashdance editor Bud Smith who's guilty of treating the ethics of signing gifted high-school athletes as if it were merely another installment of Porky's."

Robert Sellers: Radio Times

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