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The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Johnny Be Good: Directed by Bud Smith and written by Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai and David Obst.Tomatometer rating is 0%. That's right folks this movie has absolutely no positive reviews out of 11. I didn't hate this movie. This reminded me a lot of the New Guy in the sense that it reeks of the era in which it was made. It has such an 80s feel that it can be made no other time. This is an over the top comedy where every movement and line reading is cartoonishly inflated to grand proportions. It has non stop musical moments. It has montages out of the wazoo. It is taking the serious allegations of college trying lure high school athletes to certain colleges with deals meant to cater to their baser instincts and making it seem outlandish. It's not. It is something that happens and it's okay to lampoon it. This movie though just gave me a headache. It was a barrage of music and terrible unfunny comedy. The performances were right on the edge. I liked Anthony Michael Hall and Paul Gleason but Robert Downey Jr was insufferable in this film. He was wild and crazy for every single thing he did and it became too much very quickly. Thankfully though the movie was very short. It clocks in at 82 minutes. I wanted to like this movie. I really did but something felt off about the entire film from the very beginning. Nothing could be done to shake no matter how many lavish over the top mockery of Texas football there was. I give this movie a D.

Just three years after "The Breakfast Club", this film reunites Michael Anthony Hall and Paul Gleason. It aims to achieve the irreverent humor of a film like "Stripes" combined with the titillation of "Porky's". Almost every character in this film is a caricature. You can tell a lot of people put a lot of work into this film, so where does it go wrong?First, the film's primary story--about a football phenom who is unscrupulously recruited by every powerhouse program in the country--is a serious drag on the humor. There is nothing funny about the sacrifice of educational values to the football money machine.Secondly, the film tries to include every standard feature of every youth comedy film--the clueless adults, the topless scenes, the humor centering on sex and alcohol--and in so doing, becomes a parody of itself.I am deducting one point just for the colossal waste of talent.Robert Downey Jr. is wasted here, playing the wacky sidekick. Uma Thurman's performance as the hometown girlfriend is lost in the silliness. The entire film is predictable, sometimes cringe-worthy, and boring.In a scene near the end of the film Hall, Downey and Thurman drive off in a convertible to begin their post-high school lives and there is a sense of what this film could have been: an interesting exploration of the lives of three kids who have issues to face and things to learn. It might even have been funny, too.

Anthony Michael Hall who bears an astonishing resemblance to a late friend of mine plays All American quarterback Johnny Walker who every college team in America is after. The fact that Hall is not exactly built like a football player at this stage of his career doesn't prevent one from enjoying this Brat Pack film which does actually have some serious things to say about college athletic recruiting.Hall plays a rather likable young kid who has the world by the short hairs of the scrotum with every college bidding for his services. Some of them go to some rather extravagant lengths as a school in Texas and California wine and dine him with just about everything any 18 year old could want in this world.Brat Pack films have a special place in the career of actor Paul Gleason who made a career of playing authority figures that Brat Pack kids would flout with impunity. No exception here in Johnny Be Good. Gleason plays Hall's high school coach and he's also in on the payola if there's any to be had. Gleason's one saving grace is that he has a lovely daughter Jennifer Tilly who is really in love with Hall. She has to get the sincerity from her mother's side.And there's a special part in her for Uma Thurman, wife of the head of Texas boosters who picks out a special boy in every class for her favorite. Talk about a cougar stalking prey.Even Howard Cossell makes an appearance here, lending some sports authenticity to the film. Cossell playing himself as no one else ever could is doing some investigative journalism into the whole recruiting mania surrounding Hall.Johnny Be Good is a likable Brat Pack comedy, as likable as its star. And this film is dedicated to Steven 'Kip' Loney who looked and sounded just like Anthony Michael Hall and who unfortunately died way too young. Kip this one's for you.

This was surprisingly rather decent actually, as it managed to amuse me throughout, with a watchable story, and solid performances in my opinion!. Yes it's your typical 80's cheese with all the clichés, but it's fun cheese, and Anthony Michael Hall performed very well actually as Johnnie Walker, plus It's got your typical awesome 80's music as well!. I actually had never heard of this film, until I came across it in the rental section, so I decided to rent it, it wasn't bad at all, and This was Uma's 1st major role, and she did alright, and was great eye candy, plus while the ending cheesy as hell, it put a smile on my face. OK so it has a mediocre script, so what it was still fairly enjoyable to watch, and Paul Gleason plays a great asshole as always, plus I don't have a foot fetish or anything but Uma's feet are gorgeous!. Put your brain at the door and you probably will get some amusement out of it, though it is predictable, and I thought all the characters were quite likable for the most part ,plus It's rather well made too for the most part. This is surprisingly rather decent actually, as it managed to amuse me throughout, with a watchable story, and solid performances in my opinion,worth the watch. The Direction is decent. Bud S. Smith does a decent job here with good camera work, and just keeping the film amusing throughout. The acting is surprisingly fun. Anthony Michael Hall is actually really good as Johnnie Walker and was the main reason I was able to enjoy this film,he was cocky, but charismatic and funny just the same, he also had good chemistry with Thurman and Downey.Jr, and was just very entertaining to watch, it's sad this guy's career never really took off because he's awesome!. Robert Downey Jr. is pretty funny here as the best friend, he shared good chemistry with hall, and seemed to be having fun his role, I liked him lots. Paul Gleason as always plays a great asshole, and here is no different. Uma Thurman is incredibly gorgeous and does just fine in her 1st major role, she was likable and had good chemistry with Hall!., just wish they gave her more screen time. Steve James is rather wasted here but was cool as always when on screen. Marshall Bell is amusing as the chief father. Jennifer Tilly is amusing in her role as Gleason's wife. Rest of the cast are OK. Overall worth the watch. **1/2 out of 5(almost ***)