Making the Grade

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Audience Member Just alright, I mean I’ve seen better comedies like this. But Judd Nelson is a riot to watch. Who knew something like faking go to college could actually change someone? Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/18/24 Full Review Audience Member Originally called The Last American Preppie and the first appearance of Andrew Clay's Dice character, Making the Grade has Eddie Keaton (Judd Nelson) and Palmer Woodrow (Dana Olsen) making a deal. The con artist will work with the rich kid to keep him in class at the Hoover Academy, which will keep him in money. In return, Keaton gets paid ten grand — which he owes to Dice — and gets to drive away in a brand new Porsche. Hijinks ensue. Directed by Dorian Walker (Teen Witch) from a story by Charles Gale (Ernest Scared Stupid) and a screenplay by Gene Quintano (the writer of Comin' at Ya!, Treasure of the Four Crowns, King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, three Police Academy movies, Operation Dumbo Drop, Loaded Weapon 1 and Pittsburgh's second best action movie Sudden Death), this plays like any number of 80s bad kid does good comedies. Of course, it's all for the love of a good woman, Tracy (Joanna Lee). But hey look — there's Ronald Lacey, perhaps better known as Toht, the German soldier who had a coin burned into his hand before his entire face melted right off in Raiders of the Lost Ark, as well as Gordon Jump and Dan Schneider, who would go from Better Off Dead to creating much of Nickelodeon's programming before he got cancelled. There was supposed to be a sequel called The Tourista, but it never happened. I think I may be the only person who would have watched that. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Not as fun as I thought it would be. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Cheesy typical 80's comedy but decent Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review ashley h Making the Grade is a disappointing film. It is about Palmer Woodrow who hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Judd Nelson and Gordon Jump give terrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Dorian Walker did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Passable enough as a teen school comedy with your usual teen hijinks, and nice to see Judd Nelson in a lead role, but it doesn't land much of a lasting impact and you'll forget it in a matter of minutes after seeing it. Best part was probably Andrew Dice Clay to be honest, but he's quite a character in anything he acts in. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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