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 | Miami Florida | Jock | Vacation | Fitting In

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
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:

Sunny gives "Fred C. Dobbs" as the name of the hotel manager. This is the same name as 'Humphery Bogart''s gold-prospecting character in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Listen when the Nerds are being "thrown off the boat" onto the desert island, and you can hear the snap of the diving board they are jumping from.

Quotes:

Mr. Scolnick: You've really got the pedal to the metal, don't you, son?
Lewis Scolnick: Yeah, I do, Dad. I've got the cruise control locked in at 35.
Mr. Scolnick: Tell you what. Kick it up to 37. Let's live dangerously.
Lewis Scolnick: [shocked] Dad!

Movie Connections:

References The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Soundtrack:

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini

Medicore sequel but still provides the laughs

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise isn't as good as the first film mainly because the film wasn't rated R. Robert Caradine is back in proper form as Lewis his character really grows this time. Curtis Armstrong as Booger steals the sequel he's funnier here in some scenes then in the first. If the film had been rated R and had nudity then it could have been good as the first but the PG-13 rating is what maily hurts the film.