Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Joe Roth

Writers:

Dan Guntzelman (writer)
Steve Marshall (writer)

Release Date:

10 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

"They're Back!"

Plot:

The rising college nerds set out to a convention is Florida, but are unwelcomed by the Alpha Beta representatives.

Plot Keywords:

Nerd | Cult Favorite | Swimming Pool | Fitting In | False Identification

Cast

Robert Carradine	...	Lewis Skolnick
Curtis Armstrong	...	Dudley Booger Dawson
Larry B. Scott	...	Lamar Latrelle
Timothy Busfield	...	Arnold Poindexter
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Sunny Carstairs
Andrew Cassese	...	Harold Wormser
Donald Gibb	...	Ogre
Bradley Whitford	...	Roger
Ed Lauter	...	Buzz Mussinger
Barry Sobel	...	Stewart
Tom Hodges	...	Tiny
Jack Gilpin	...	Mr. Comstock
Anthony Edwards	...	Gilbert Lowell
James Hong	...	Snotty
Priscilla Lopez	...	Aldonza

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Canada:14A | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

Amercent Films

Trivia:

Poindexter (Timothy Busfield) knows how to say "bite my crank" in at least two languages: Spanish and Seminole.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the opening Star Wars-style crawl text sequence, to the bottom right of the pocket protector, you can see a black strip that obscures the stars in the background, revealing that the pocket protector is really just being "dragged along."

Quotes:

Lamar: [showing ticket to flight attendant] We're V.I.P.s
Stewardess: [directing] Right over there.
Booger: Very Immense Penises.
[Flight Attendant slaps Booger]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Karate Kid (1984)

Soundtrack:

Funky Town

Good memories

It must be 10 years since I watched this movie. I just finished watching it 10 minutes ago and even though it is a pretty bad sequel, it brings back some fond memories...and like a song, movies, no matter how good or bad, can at least do that.

It's not a bad try, but really the jokes seem half hearted and there's nothing very good in the script.

I realised while watching this again after all these years that I must have seen it heaps of times when I was younger. Lines came to me and it all looked so familiar.

Those were the days...when a glimpse of Sunny laying on the beach in her white bikini were a joy. She looks very pretty. I never realised Courtney Thorne Smith went on to do Melrose place and Ally McBeal and other stuff. Probably because I never watched any of those shows.

Anyway, good memories from a movie that wasn't very good, but had some of the legendary old cast members from the original.

The sequel is like trying to remember a beautiful dream in the morning. It's nothing like the original dream, but for a little while, when you can almost remember, it feels alright.

I miss those days