Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 03/06/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Revenge of the Nerds is the juvenile
sex comedy perhaps most synonymous with the 1980s, alternating gags and scantily clad women with a power to the underdogs mentality that prompted three sequels. The handsome jocks of Alpha Beta, led by
Stan (
Ted McGinley), run Adams College, which means that when they burn down their house after a stunt involving grain alcohol and an open flame, they kick a bunch of socially inept freshman out of their dorm and into the gymnasium. But sleeping on cots is only the beginning of their worries, as the so-called nerds soon become the target of pranks by Alpha Beta, assisted by
Betty (
Julie Montgomery) and the gorgeous gals of Pi Delta Pi. Instead of taking the abuse sitting down, the displaced freshman, led by
Gilbert (
Anthony Edwards) and
Lewis (
Robert Carradine), buy a ramshackle house, affiliate themselves with the only national chapter who will take them (the all-black Lambda Lambda Lambda), and use their superior intellect to launch a counterstrike. The bespectacled but loveable geeks set up surveillance cameras in the Pi bathroom and put liquid heat in the athletes' jock straps, then draft a sister sorority of misfits (Omega Mu) to strengthen their resources. The frats quickly become bitter rivals, and the goal is to win the annual fraternity decathlon, which involves such feats as a burping contest and a go-cart race, with bragging rights (and perhaps peace of mind) at stake. Look for
John Goodman and future thirtysomething cast member
Timothy Busfield in small roles, and expect a torrent of nasal laughter.
~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
;)
