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      Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

      PG-13 1987 1h 28m Comedy List
      7% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 34% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score After triumphing over the jocks in the Alpha Beta fraternity at Adams College, the nerds of Tri-Lamba are headed to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to attend a national fraternity convention. Unfortunately, Alpha Beta is also in attendance and want to get even. Now Lewis (Robert Carradine), Booger (Curtis Armstrong), Lamar (Larry B. Scott) and Poindexter (Timothy Busfield) have to fight the jocks for their rightful place all over again, although at least this time they can take the fight to the beach. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered May 03 Buy Now

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      It reunites most of the original cast and rounds them up for a trip to Fort Lauderdale for spring break, but Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise forgets to pack enough jokes or compelling characters to make it through its 89-minute running time.

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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 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 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A little better than the first. 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 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I seem to remember being quite unimpressed with the Revenge of the Nerds movies back in the 80's.. but as a TV movie on a rainy day, it was interesting enough. Simple story, a few funny moments, cliche teen flick. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 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 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times It's a gross parody of its original. And since the original was a gross parody to begin with, the whole thing begins to seem gaseous, overbright, hideously inflated, as if all the bodily function jokes were about to belch it right off the screen. May 21, 2013 Full Review Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer By all evidence, to make Nerds II, it took over 1,000 people with an aggregate IQ of under 1. Rated: 1/4 May 21, 2013 Full Review Pat Graham Chicago Reader This one's on automatic pilot all the way. May 21, 2013 Full Review Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media Nerds triumph in '80s comedy; some sex, profanity, drugs. Rated: 2/5 Aug 23, 2016 Full Review David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor If these guys are so smart, why do they win their final victory with nothing more subtle than a punch in the mouth, backed up by a military tank? Jul 22, 2014 Full Review Ben Yagoda Philadelphia Daily News This is fairly clever. May 21, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis After triumphing over the jocks in the Alpha Beta fraternity at Adams College, the nerds of Tri-Lamba are headed to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to attend a national fraternity convention. Unfortunately, Alpha Beta is also in attendance and want to get even. Now Lewis (Robert Carradine), Booger (Curtis Armstrong), Lamar (Larry B. Scott) and Poindexter (Timothy Busfield) have to fight the jocks for their rightful place all over again, although at least this time they can take the fight to the beach.
      Director
      Joe Roth
      Screenwriter
      Dan Guntzelman, Steve Marshall
      Production Co
      Twentieth Century Fox, American Entertainment, Interscope Communications
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 1, 2013
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $25.5M
      Runtime
      1h 28m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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