Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

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Erik B A decent but silly follow-up to the 1984 classic. This movie follows a lot of the same beats as the original, but in new locations. Most of the crew returns, faithfully filling out their stereotypes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Audience Member At the thirtieh anniversary of Revenge of the Nerds, Julia Montgomery (Betty) revealed that she originally had a scene in this movie, but turned it down, as it had her cheating on Lewis (Robert Carradine) with a jock. She felt that after her character fell in love at the end of the first movie — never mind that whole weird assault thing — it just didn't feel right to cheat on her nerdy man. She was right and understood her character better than the filmmakers. This was also the last time that Anthony Edwards would play Gilbert, as he shot all of his scenes in one day. As for the rest of the Lambda Lambda Lambdas, they're headed to Fort Lauderdale for the national fraternity convention. Yet even amongst their own brothers, the Lambdas of Adams College are attacked at every turn. Now, they're up against Bradley Whitford as Roger Latimer — finally Ted McGinley is the one getting replaced — and Ed Lauter, who has stopped bothering Charles Bronson to ruin the hijinks for our geektastic protagonists. And how did James Cromwell get cast in this? That said, I do love that Ogre (Donald Gibb) joins the Lambdas, as well as James Hong playing Booger's mentor, Edgar Poe "Snotty" Wong. I guess you can't expect the sequel to teen sex comedies to live up to the dream of the original. Then they made two more of these, including one where inevitably the nerds win and become the bullies they once hated. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A little better than the first. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Though the first 'Nerds' movie is an absolute classic, I can't say the bar for the sequel was too high, but they still somehow completely blew it with this one. Gilbert isn't in most of the movie. None of the Adams Villains are back except for Ogre randomly hanging with other jocks. They tried to create some fake Lewis/Betty magic with a new blonde. The storyline isn't compelling whatsoever and it's a struggle to find a legit laugh the whole way through. While you find yourself "rooting" for the nerds in the climax of the original, you're just kind of over it by the end of this one. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise isn't funny. That's most of what there is to say about it... I think that if you're seeing this kind of movie, you're not really looking for a great film, just to see if it's entertaining or makes you laugh. In this case, it's not much of anything. This movie is surprisingly boring, considering what it had to work with, and there are very, very few laughs, and lots of the jokes are just downright offensive. The nerds never really do get their revenge, just a cheap, over-saturated climax that isn't inspiring, it's stupid. There's a mildly amusing "Who Farted?" t-shirt and the female lead is hot, but don't go looking for anything much more than idiocy. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member An OK movie. Not as good as the first movie. Still funny and entertaining. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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