Bachelor Party (1984) 6.0
A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party. Director:Neal Israel |
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Bachelor Party (1984) 6.0
A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party. Director:Neal Israel |
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| Tom Hanks | ... | ||
| Tawny Kitaen | ... | ||
| Adrian Zmed | ... | ||
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George Grizzard | ... | |
| Barbara Stuart | ... | ||
| Robert Prescott | ... | ||
| William Tepper | ... | ||
| Wendie Jo Sperber | ... | ||
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Barry Diamond | ... | |
| Gary Grossman | ... | ||
| Michael Dudikoff | ... | ||
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Bradford Bancroft | ... | |
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Martina Finch | ... | |
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Deborah Harmon | ... | |
| Tracy Smith | ... | ||
Rick Gassko is about to marry Debbie Thompson. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money and he gets a cut of the crap games on the catholic school bus he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties with an expensive hotel, booze, movies and hookers. As the players catch wind of the elements of the party, each adds a little monkey wrench so that one set of hookers ends up giving demos at the bride's shower, the brides friends end up dressed as hookers in a room with a number of non English speaking Japanese business men, and so on as things get out of hand. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
"Bachelor Party" is very much like other films of its genre except that it is one of Tom Hanks' very early efforts and, as a result, is more fondly remembered than it probably would be without Hanks.
Yes, before Hanks turned into Forrest Gump and an Oscar-winning heavyweight actor, he desperately starred in a 1984 teen sex comedy not unlike "Porky's," "The Last American Virgin" or "American Pie." "Splash" had been a success by now so the marketers could rely upon his newly-created status to promote "Bachelor Party," and it paid off -- this movie was an unexpected hit when it came out (albeit a small one).
Tom Hanks is a fine actor but I have to say that he had a certain charm about his acting that made many mediocre '80s comedies -- including "Turner and Hooch," "The 'burbs" and of course "Bachelor Party" -- immensely likable despite their flaws.
Yes, this is a crude, lewd, rude movie but it has its fair share of embarrassing moments, laugh-out-loud segments and cheesy (but fun) segments. Good entertainment for a Friday or Saturday night, and a good glimpse at a much younger, thinner, more comedic (and slapstick) Tom Hanks before he got all weepy-eyed and serious on us.