Palmer Woodrow is given an ultimatum. Either he goes to school or he is cut off from his money. Woodrow chooses the latter. He conjures up a scheme to pay a compulsive gambler named Eddie Keaton to be Palmer Woodrow, and act as him, while Palmer takes off to Europe. Eddie Keaton makes enemies immediately, when he sets eyes on Tracey, angering Biff, the Academy suck up in the process. Eddie's life begins to get very tumults when his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect Eddie's gambling debts I would never call Judd Nelson a great actor. There is a reason he faded in the late 80's (Well, two reasons, the other being he had an overly arrogant attitude in real life) I do have a major soft spot for him, though. He can be very entertaining when he wants to be. The Breakfast Club proved that. I actually was looking forward to this film. It seemed to be right up my alley. I love cheesy 80's comedies. This one tanked at the box office for a reason. It is way too derivative and shockingly dull. Do the movies Arthur and Trading Places ring a bell? This movie is essentially a combination of the two. It is filled with corny slapstick that fails to garner any chuckles or laughs. Judd Nelson seems bored half the time and as a result, he is also boring. He tries to incorporate part of the things that worked so well with Bender to no avail. He isn't interesting enough to command your attention. His humming of "Nuh-Nuh-Nuh" got annoying fast. He did have an epic dance scene, I'll say that. Scott McGinnis is OK as the academy bully. He was rather dull in all honesty. He looked like a poor man's James Mardsen. Andrew Dice Clay does alright. Jonna Lee makes for a rather average love interest. She didn't really have anything that stood out about her. The ending is filled with proper ethics where Eddie has a change of heart. I don't think I need to explain the rest, you should be able to figure it out for yourself.
Final Thoughts: I didn't hate it, I just didn't get into it all that much. It lacks everything I loved about cheesy 80's comedies. They were expecting a big hit, as evident from the promised sequel at the end credits "The Tourista" with Judd Nelson returning. I'm really glad that didn't happen.
5/10
Final Thoughts: I didn't hate it, I just didn't get into it all that much. It lacks everything I loved about cheesy 80's comedies. They were expecting a big hit, as evident from the promised sequel at the end credits "The Tourista" with Judd Nelson returning. I'm really glad that didn't happen.
5/10