Johnny Be Good
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Movie Reviews of Johnny Be Good
Movie Review: good movie, good moral ending
Summary: 5 Stars
Johnny Be Good is your typical 80's film. Goofy, funny, dumb, be loved, and finally, ending with a positive note.
In the movie, Anthony Michael Hall plays Johnny, an All-State QB who is being scouted by the top universities in the country (they don't mention the actual school, but they do reference them pretty good).
At all the schools, he get's perks like women, cars, money, clothes, etc.
But there is no school that he likes that gives him nothing because they don't do that.
All the meanwhile, Johnny's actions are being recorded by an undercover College football investigator out to expose all the illegal activities that the schools are going through to land Johnny.
Overall, the movie is solid. It's funny, goofy, and it's got a very young Uma Thurman and Robert Downey Jr included.
I also liked that Anthony Michael Hall could actually throw the football, lots of movies get people who can't even throw a football 10 yards, but Anthony's got skills. You can tell he played football.
Movie Review: Great Job!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very happy with my purchace. It got here fairly quick, and was in new condition. great job! thanksMovie Review: warning the DVD movie is censored
Summary: 3 Stars
I've been a big fan of this movie since it first came out, with that said I give the movie alone a 5 star rating. However, the MGM DVD release is edited, which brings the score way down. There's a scene in the movie where Johnny is playing football to win back his girlfriend from her father, during the game 3 cheerleaders flash the cops to distract them. This has been edited and all that is shown is them starting to lift their shirts then it cuts quickly to the next scene. Now I didn't buy this movie for the nudity but censorship in any form is just unforgivable especially when it's unnecessary because all the other scenes containing nudity (that I can remember) are intact. Though more scenes could have been edited I'm not sure. The DVD extras include only one trailer for the movie, so it's basically barebone which I expected it to be. I still suggest you buy this DVD the quality is excellent just a little warning it's not the original.Movie Review: Anthony Hall is hot!!
Summary: 3 Stars
In "Pretty in Pink" he was a nerd....but boy did he grow up to be a hottie in this movie....where is he now???Movie Review: Johnny Be Better Than This
Summary: 2 Stars
I got the wrong Anthony Michael Hall movie by mistake. I wanted 'Johnny Be Good' a comedy that co-stars Robert Downey, Jr. and Uma Thurman (in her film debut) but instead I got 'The Dead Zone'- no laughs and horrendously bad performances from a couple of stiffs. Each one of the three leads are incredibly likable and versatile, in other movies, so it's disappointing they couldn't bring some sort of life to their idiotic characters. Hall sleepwalks through his role mumbling all of his dialogue so that it's barely intelligible and Downey Jr. is so over-the-top it's grating and even painful to watch. I'm not implying anything, but both men had well documented substance problems around the time the movie was made. Maybe that would explain some of the more confusing and bizarre aspects of their performances. Thurman isn't given anything more to do than look beautiful as Hall's girlfriend and throw a couple of tantrums whenever her immature boyfriend misbehaves, which is often.
Johnny Walker (Hall) is a star high-school football player who finds himself bombarded with offers from college scouts who all want him to play for their teams. Promised endless amounts of money, girls, fame, and apartments, Johnny can't decide where he should go. His best friend Leo (Downey Jr.) isn't good enough to make it on his own so his only hope is to convince Johnny to go to UCC where both men are guaranteed spots on the team. The boy's obnoxious coach Hisler (Paul Gleason), has his own motives for convincing Johnny what college to attend. If he can get Walker to sign with Piermont University, Hisler will get the head coaching job. Unable to make up his mind Johnny goes on several campus tours where he sees everything but the campus. Tons of cheerleaders, hookers and strippers make themselves readily available for Johnny and four other draft picks. When he gets back from these tours his girlfriend Georgia (Thurman) is none too happy to learn of her boyfriend's indiscretions. Georgia wants Johnny to go to college with her so that they'll stay together. What's a boy like John to do? The film doesn't attempt to come up with answers, instead trafficking in stereotypes and cliches. None of the characters or situations they find themselves in are believable at all. This is one disposable 80s flick that's notable only for being Uma's first movie. Other than that, there's nothing worth recommending.
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