Synopsis
A genius grad student organizes an all-night treasure hunt in which five rival teams composed of colorful oddballs furiously match wits with one another while trying to locate and decipher various cryptic clues planted ingeniously around Los Angeles.
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Cast
- David NaughtonAdam Larson - Yellow Team Leader
- Debra ClingerLaura - Yellow Team
- Eddie DeezenWesley - White Team Leader
- Michael J. FoxScott Larson
- Stephen FurstHarold - Blue Team Leader
- Maggie RoswellDonna - Red Team Leader
- David DamasMarvin - Yellow Team
- Patricia Alice AlbrechtLucille - Blue Team
- Andy TennantMelio - Blue Team
- Brian FrishmanBarf - Blue Team
Recommendations
- 50
The A.V. Club
Midnight Madness' comedic tone can accurately be described as a sort of cross between Eight Is Enough and early-period Troma, a blend best epitomized by a scene involving conflicting interpretations of the phrase, "between a large pair of melons." And, in case you're wondering, yes, at one point fat snobs do get thrown in the pool. What is not to love? - 50
ReelViews
Today, it feels like a parody and at times slips into “so bad it’s enjoyable” territory. - 30
Washington Post
What really compromises Midnight Madness is not inexperience or subsophomoric humor, inconvenient as they frequently are, but derivativeness. This vehicle can't quite build up its own head of steam when it seems to be assembled with spare parts from National Lampoon's Animal House and Scavenger Hunt. [13 Feb 1980, p.B4] - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
A lot of its jokes miss, the pace is slow, there are too many characters to keep track of and there's an unpleasant streak of nasty humor directed at characters who are fat, ugly, old or otherwise out of step with Southern California physical ideals. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
The film lacks the usual juvenile raunch, but it also lacks brains in telling its story of an all-night scavenger hunt, involving a lot of dumb jokes and predictable situations. - 25
Washington Post
Imagine National Lampoon's Animal House without the raunch, originality or wit and you have Midnight Madness. [08 Feb 1980, p.16]
