Synopsis
The members of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity travel to Fort Lauderdale for a fraternity conference. They'll have to beat off the attacks of their rival frat, the Alphas, if they want to maintain their self-respect -- and, of course, if they want to get anywhere with the pretty girls!
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Cast
- Robert CarradineLewis Skolnick
- Larry B. ScottLamar Latrelle
- Timothy BusfieldArnold Poindexter
- Courtney Thorne-SmithSunny Carstairs
- Anthony EdwardsGilbert Lowell
- Curtis ArmstrongDudley Booger Dawson
- Andrew CasseseHarold Wormser
- Donald GibbOgre
- Bradley WhitfordRoger
- Ed LauterBuzz Mussinger
Recommendations
- 50
The New York Times
At least slightly more varied than the average fraternity-boy comedy.The nerds' rap number, in which they sing of nerd pride, is probably the high point of this whole endeavor. - 50
Chicago Tribune
For most of its length, Revenge of the Nerds II is pleasantly stupid summer fun, though it does have a nasty way of turning inspirational on you. - 50
Miami Herald
The movie operates on the same principle as the first: Show that each of us, however nerdy, has value; demonstrate that an ideal appearance can mask a nasty person; and give heart to nerds of the world by presenting these losers as triumphant. It does all these things, but not nearly as well as the first Nerds. [10 July 1987, p.D5] - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
As screenplays go, this is as idiotic as it gets. There are a couple of marginally funny moments in the movie, like the belching contest, but they don't go anywhere. - 30
Chicago Reader
Director Joe Roth (Streets of Gold) seems content with recycling the negative charms of the '84 original and hoping that nobody will notice or care. Roth's no stranger to coarse enthusiasms (he produced the amiably crass Bachelor Party, as energetic as it was inept), but this one's on automatic pilot all the way. - 25
Washington Post
This is a movie that doesn't just make you feel dumb, it makes you feel as if your head has been hollowed out and pumped full of Cheez Whiz. - 25
Christian Science Monitor
The first Revenge of the Nerds was a pretty stupid movie. But it was partly redeemed by its genuine affection for the nerds themselves - it made us like them a lot, and you couldn't help feeling good when they came out on top. Nerds in Paradise is also a stupid movie, with more than its share of cheap vulgarity, and it doesn't do so well at making the heroes really lovable. - 25
Orlando Sentinel
Crude, adolescent and not very funny.
