Revenge of the Nerds

6.6 for this stinky pooh. There was nothing funny about it at all. This was boring and kind gross at times. Why do people like this movie. It not funny at all. Comedy is just to easy. The story line is awful and the humor is just stupid. Anybody make a classic comedy. This movie just a big pile of stinky pooh. Do not wast your money. Do not wast your time. Do not see this pooh pee of a movie. This is pooh pooh with pee pee on top. Pooh pooh. pooh pooh. pooh pooh. and lots of pee to. pooh. Stinky stinky pooh. Do not see it. It is just pooh. I do not see this movie. The people who think it is funny do not know a bad comedy when there see it. This is classic pieces of pooh.

Look. I loved this movie as a kid. I still know every word of the song at the end. But I was a kid and I didn't know any better. While the joy in the underdog story is still here, the fact that there's a rape in this film overrides the narrative. Overall the treatment of women dates this significantly.

I don't understand why this movie is rated only a 6. It is far superior to most of the comedies from around the same time and a lot of comedies from recent years. It holds up today amazingly well. Most comedies from the 80's kind of lose their charm over the years. I saw this again recently with my wife (she had never seen it), and she loved it and I laughed just as much as I did before. It's not just a mindless college sex romp like Porky's. It had some intelligence and a lot of heart. It was also refreshingly politically incorrect and raunchy. There are some truly unforgettable characters, like Booger and Lamar. The Asian guy was really funny too. Also, the child prodigy. There were lots of funny, quotable lines, and tons of hilarious scenes, like the party scene. The talent show performance was a moment in history. The end was truly touching. This movie is a classic. It's up there with "Airplane", "Weird Science", and "There's Something About Mary". You don't have to be a nerd to love it! Anybody that didn't like this movie is NOT someone I'd want to associate with.

Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) are sent to Adams College and quickly find themselves as outcasts due to the fact that they are 'nerds.' After being constantly bullied by the Alpha Betas or Jocks as they are otherwise known, the nerds set about getting revenge against the Jocks. So that's your basic plot line and there is no point in attempting to elaborate further as there is nothing much more that I can say beyond my basic plot summary. You essentially have the social outcasts against the popular 'sporty' types who only clash when the jocks own digs end up being burned down. What essentially follows from this point is a series of tiresome and unfunny sequences involving attempted 'one upmanship' between the two rival camps all of which have no real spark or imagination. It's also a very lazy film which felt as though it had ripped off almost everything that we'd seen before in Animal House (only to much lesser effect). Whereas Animal House was gross-out and overdone, it was at least quite amusing, but this film barely registered a chuckle with me. I also found some of the writing to be somewhat inconsistent; on the one hand it suggests at the end that you should just be happy with yourself and stand up for who you are (which is fine). However, I did take some exception with how we ultimately got to this moral conclusion; there is a scene where Lewis convinces pretty sorority girl Betty that he is her boyfriend Stan when he puts on a mask which means that Betty sleeps with Lewis (believing him to be Stan). After Lewis has slept with Betty, Lewis pulls off his mask and Betty then learns that it was Lewis that she slept with rather than Stan. Clearly she is mortified at first, but realising that he was a better lover than Stan she then decides she wants to be a nerd and remain with Lewis. Arguably, it would have been better if a nerdy girl would have been in love with Lewis, but Lewis shunned her advances because he fancied Betty only for Lewis to later discover that Betty was a shallow air head and hence Lewis ended up with the nerdy girl. That probably would have been a better direction for the film to take, but hey I can't change what has already been done... Taking everything into account, I get what the writers were trying to achieve here and I did like the whole 'pro-nerd' vibe, but I must admit to finding it slightly uncomfortable watching a nerd bed a girl under false pretences. I mean would what Lewis did to Betty be classed as rape? She consented to sex, but in the belief that she was sleeping with Stan rather than Lewis. It's just a bit morally iffy in my eyes... Revenge of the nerds has a good albeit predictable message, but truth be told the film is short on laughs, has no real character development and very little in the way of originality. I've actually enjoyed some of the more modern re-workings of Revenge of the nerds such as American Pie, but if you want some genuine old school frat-boy humour then you'd be better off watching Animal House.

Typical 1980s teen comedy that is near the top of its unspectacular genre. The title says it all as college freshmen led by Anthony Edwards and Robert Carradine learn that university life is even worse than high school life as they are bullied by a fraternity of football players led by Ted McGinley. Revenge does take place as a civil war of students ensues and is fueled by gross-out jokes, sexual situations, and all sorts of other crazed perversions. When all is said and done the film is a curious over-achiever in the end. The main reason is the cast is so likeable. Donald Gibbs steals the show as one of the crazed football players and established actors like James Cromwell, John Goodman, and David Wohl also leave lasting impressions. Former NFL star Bernie Casey is also great as the nerds' fraternal sponsor. Far from excellent, but still an enjoyable little film. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) was a surprise hit. The film follows the adventures of two "nerds" as they go to college and try to join a fraternity. Oh the trials and tribulations they go through. Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards are the two "nerds"who do everything they can to try and fit in with the rest of the college crowd. This one is the first and best of the series. They should have left well enough alone. But since this was made during the 80's, a mandatory sequel was made. I recommend this movie. It's entertaining and worth watching. But like all 80's movies it has to have a message. That's my only real complaint about the movie. A funny film none the less. Just avoid the rest of the series. Worth a view.

Revenge Of The Nerds came out during the 1980-86 R-rated teen flick bonanza that was coming out of Hollywood. While this one is much milder than some of the others, it does have it's moments of raunchiness. The story is simple: two young men are attending Adams University; but find out quickly that their type (the gawky, glasses wearing, intellectuals) are treated like nobodies. In fact, any male who isn't a jock or a WASP isn't even allowed to live in the dorms. A group of "misfits" including the two main characters Lewis and Gilbert are forced to live in the gym. They do find accommodations but they continue to suffer humiliation and embarrassment from the Alpha Betas. And so, like in the title of the movie, they get REVENGE. This is a movie that certainly can't be made today. Affirmative Action certainly would be in place to disallow discrimination on college campuses. The "villains" make fun of anyone who isn't like them. Still, when it's all said and done the film sends out a message that you should be proud of yourself and how you look and not let anybody tell you otherwise. Yes, as an 80's film you'll see every requisite of the decade, but you'll also see something that's a portent of the future. The Nerds raid the women's dorm so they can cause a distraction so others can install cameras in the bedrooms and showers so they can be spied on. That has become very popular on the 'Net. As for the cast: Oh my! You'll never see this intriguing mix too often. Like in Freaky Friday, you'll see a lot of actors who made it big on T.V. Ted McGinley - The leader of the Alpha Betas. He's been on a zillion T.V. shows. I always thought he was more of a nerd than jock. John Goodman - Head coach of the football team. He looked so lean. Along with Roseanne; he's a superb supporting actor in major motion pictures but a weak lead actor. Anthony Edwards - Gilbert Lowell. Dr. Mark Greene on ER. Considered a heartthrob during those years. Robert Carradine - Lewis Skolnick. Member of the Carradine acting family. Timothy Busfield - Poindexter. Elliot Weston on "thitysomething". Matt Salinger - Danny Burke. The son of "The Catcher In The Rye" writer J.D. Salinger. Curtis Armstrong - Booger. Remember him from Moonlighting? Even James Cromwell makes a brief appearance as Lewis' father. As for the comments of Julie Montgomery's beauty; sure she's beautiful. Especially if you like the Kate Moss, Calista Flockhart, J. Cynthia Brooks, Paris Hilton, Samia Ghattas, etc. skin and bones body. I don't, myself. All in all, this is still a good film that does its job. Just avoid the sequels. None of them are good and lack the bite of the first film.

When Louis and Gilbert head to college they think it'll all be different from high school. However they are branded nerds and, when the jocks burn their own dorm down, the nerds find themselves kicked out and forced to sleep in the gym. When the nerds form their own chapter of the Tri-Lam fraternity. When they are bullied continually they decide to take matters into their own hands and fight back with the Jock's own games. If there's one genre in the world that I hate it's the American college jock/nerd comedy. Whether it be the Animal House or Porky's or more modern ones – I hate almost all of them! So when I watched this I watched it with a certain fear. However the plot makes redresses the balance by having us support the nerds! It's well plotted so that it isn't just them becoming just like the jocks but instead learning their own lessons. Of course it is rude at times and does fall into being just silly and slapstick, but it's mixed nicely with some good sentiment and more gentle laugh. The cast is great (in retrospect). Anthony Edwards is a real surprise in this post-ER time. Likewise Busfield is strange after 30-something and West Wing. Less so but Moonlighting's Curtis Armstrong is funny to see. And lets not forget James Cromwell (or Jamie as he was called then!), John Goodman and black 1970's star Bernie Casey! The nerds are all good – rising above their caricatures to start to bring out characters. Overall this is a spin on the frat-comedy so it is a little juvenile and silly but the fact that it is spun towards the nerds makes it that little bit refreshing to watch compared to so many where our `heroes' are arrogant, annoying jock-types who sponge off mummy and daddy just to get drunk at college. Not a great movie but much better than anything else post-Animal House - I'm with the nerds!

The ultimate "Misfits Revenge" movie, REVENGE OF THE NERDS became an instant classic in 1984, with some of the most memorable scenes and quotable dialogue since YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. This raunchy comedy follows a group of oddball college students who are thrown together by circumstance and exposed to constant humiliation and ridicule by the jock fraternity on campus and how they get their ultimate pay back. Yes, the film is predictable as they come as we've seen this formula a million times, but it's watchable thanks to some wonderful set pieces, outrageous dialogue and on target performances by Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong (memorable as Booger), John Goodman, Ted McGinley (no that is not a misprint), Larry B. Scott, and Timothy Busfield. Standout scenes include the "Wonder Joint" Party and the Lamda's musical performance during the big Olympic competition. A hilarious comedy that demands repeated viewings.

I think this movie is still one of the funniest movies of the 1980's and today.Robert Carradine as Lewis Skonick and Anthony Edwards as Gilbert Lowell are awesome. The movie really shows that being a nerd is a great thing,I believe that if you have intelligence, don't be ashamed of yourself, this movie deals with being bullied cause of not being beautiful. The nerds who join together,form their fraternity, Lambda Lambda Lambda, fight back against the Alpha Betas, the jock fraternity, and come out on top. The other cast members Curtis Armstrong (Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer) as Booger is so awesome, Brian Tochi as Toshiro Takashi, Timothy Busfield (Thirtysomething) as Arnold Poindexter, Larry B. Scott (SuperForce)as Lamar Latrell, the gay nerd, Andrew Casesse as Harold Wormser, the youngest nerd of them all. Ted McGinley (Happy Days, Love Boat, and Married With Children) as Alpha Beta leader Stan Gable, Donald Gibb (Jocks and Amazon Women On The Moon) as Ogre, David Wohl as Dean Ulich, Bernie Casey as U.N. Jefferson, Julia Montgomery (Up The Creek)a s Betty Childs, Michelle Meyrink (Real Genius and The Outsiders) as Judy, they all give great performances in the film. John Goodman of Roseanne plays the mean Coach Harris, he is awesome in the movie too. James Cromwell( Babe, Star Trek First Contact, and L.A. Confidential) as Mr. Skolnick, Lewis's nerdy father is funny. The nerds fought for themselves and won the Nerd Revolution against the beautiful people, they gained control of The Greek Council. For all of the beautiful people out there, time has come for "Revenge Of The Nerds". I give this movie 2 thumbs up and a 10/10 stars. I have the soundtrack to this movie, I recommend getting the soundtrack, it is awesome.