Private Popsicle (1982) User Reviews

definitely the worst of the series

[jannispetersen · 4/10 · 23 May 2008]

To begin with, it's important to say that you can't expect the same in this film compared to the first three. This time it can't be categorized as a teen-sex/drama, but only as a teen-comedy. And a comedy it is, but be warned, you won't need your brain for it. Sadly, this episode is very far from the realistic plot the first three episodes had. This time around you can't identify with any of the three boys and sadly for the first time you won't see the cute and a little stubborn Martha around... also it lacks for the old funny episodes in Benjis home with his parents. Furthermore the twist between the two friends Benji and Johnny is gone. I really missed it that they didn't get in a fight about how to handle the girls this time.

It still has some funny scenes, but my heart is not moved at all like after watching the first three episodes.

Private Popsicle is a very silly entry in the Lemon Popsicle series

[tonyvmonte-54973 · 5/10 · 12 October 2023]

After the mixing of the comedy and drama of the first three Lemon Popsicle films in their high school setting, this one has those three boys-Benji, Huey, and Bobby-joining the Army with them now having to deal with a superior officer with more emphasis on their dealings with him and the other millitary superiors then their sex hijinks though there's still some of that around. Oh, and while Benji once again has a girl he likes, this time her name is Renee, it doesn't seem to be as seriously treated as it was in the previous three entries. Overall, Private Popsicle is very silly especially when those three boys do drag and perhaps a little more dirtier-witness the part near the end when one of the boys (guess which one) ends up in literal doo-doo (but at least it's more referred to than shown). But if you're in the right mood, you may get some good laughs out of this like I did.

the popsicle boys return for more fun and games, sadly its starting to lose it's charm

[daworldismine · 6/10 · 14 May 2012]

the lemon popsicle boys return for this forth installment in the series, that sees the boys took out of there hometown and joining the army, and while it does have a good few solid laughs, it doesn't entirely work. and characters from the previous movies are reduced to mere cameos, and even though they are in the army, all of the jokes are the same old ones from the first three, there still chasing girls, and there still getting up to mischief, but and maybe its the fact that they are taken out of there comfort zone, i just didn't find it that funny this time around. the actors who play the three popsicle boys are as good as ever and give it there all, but with a uneven script and not many laughs, there not given the best to work with, never the less the movie is never boring, and fans of the series will still want to check this out

A Whole Lotta Fun

[psychonetic · 29 August 2003]

Though This Film Features Mild Sexual Content, I First Viewed It When I was 11, And It Is One Of The Best Comedy Films I Have Ever Seen. Its My Favourite Of The Popsicle Movies, and I Would Recommend It.

My Favourite Scene Is When Bobby, Benji and Huey Dress Up as Girls and Have To Sing Live In Front Of a Lot Of People, and One Of The Major's Thinks Huey's an Actual Woman and Falls For Him..

Comedy at Its Best

The Lemon Popsicle Series:Part 4.

[morrison-dylan-fan · 4/10 · 18 March 2017]

When I read the words "Army Comedy" the first thing that comes to mind is the terrible Carry On England. Finding an "Army Comedy" to be in the Lemon Popsicle (LP) box set,I got set to find out if LP would follow the Carry On films.

The plot:

Spending most of their lives hanging out and chasing girls,friends Benzi, Bobby and Huey are horrified about being called up for National Service. Arriving at the army base,the guys are told that they must follow orders,that causes Bobby,Benzi and Huey to make secret plans to keep their old lifestyles going.

View on the film:

For the final flick he'd direct for the series,co- writer/(with Eli Tavor) director Boaz Davidson & returning cinematographer Adam Greenberg try take the franchise back to its roots,with the rougher edges of the 3rd being trimmed for the back and forth friendship between the guys.Made on a low budget which guts the vast 50's/60's songs soundtrack of the first three,Davidson makes this "back to basics" feel horribly dry,with the grey green army walls giving the flick a bone dry mood.Sending the group out to the army,the screenplay by Davidson and Eli Tavor has the chance to tell a lively fish out of water tale.instead,the writers wipe the opportunity and the teen Sex Comedy genre that the series has been built on,to deliver a painfully un- sexy or funny bawdy Sex Comedy,which causes this Popsicle leaving a sour taste.

Private Popsicle

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 4 March 2022]

After Lemon Popsicle, Going Steady and Hot Bubblegum, but before Baby Love, Up Your Anchor, Young Love: Lemon Popsicle 7 Summertime Blues and Lemon Popsicle: The Party Goes On and this movie's side sequel Private Manuevers, what else was there to do but to join the Israeli army? That's what Bobby, Benji and Hughie are up to next. I mean, there is a mandatory draft, so it only makes sense, except that this army allows them to cosplay Some Like It Hot.

These movies are like the Dickie Goodman of teen sex comedies, in that in one scene, you get more needledrops than an Edgar Wright film fest. Just look at the first scene, in which the boys all take turns with a local loose woman - and somehow, this happens in every Lemon Popsicle movie - while Pat Ballard sings "Mr. Sandman" the cucked husband sleeps, only to wake up and chase Hughie to "Charlie Brown" by The Coasters before the boys run to the notes of Bill Hayley and the Comets doing "See You Later, Alligator.*" Yes, just like a Dickie Goodman answer record, but in picture form.

The Sergeant Major is their new end boss and his dubbing makes the lowest grade Italian western feel like a botique Criterion reissue. I honestly can't believe that this played in the United States and also am even more incredulous that it took me so long to see it.

If you're upset by trans humor, homosexual humor, military humor, sex humor, teenage humor...actually, just don't watch this. You're just not going to like it. I'd say for Cannon completists only, but come on, that Cannon dragon must be chased.

*Thanks to The Unknown Movies for pointing this out.

Not as good as the first three but does have some funny moments

[gangstahippie · 7/10 · 13 November 2007]

Rated R for Language and Sexual Content including nudity.

Private Popsicle is the fourth film in the Isreali Lemon Popsicle series.You can find all four plus the first twenty minutes of the fifth one on youtube.This film is a bit different from the first three.The first three films were basically teen sex comedy/drama's set in the 50's or 60's.Private Popsicle has the three friends joining the army.The first three are great films because they mix both comedy and drama.The fourth film however has very little drama in it and is mostly a slapstick comedy a lot like the film Stripes only not as good.There are a few funny moments in the film but overall, this entry in the series is not as good as the first three.Its still a decent comedy though.