Revenge of the Nerds

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Revenge of the Nerds

R,

1984,

1h 30m,

Comedy

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40 Reviews

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50,000+ Ratings

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Geeky college students Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) and Lewis (Robert Carradine) are evicted from their dormitory when the Alpha Betas -- who recently burned down their own fraternity house by accident -- confiscate the building. When the college forces the freshmen to live in the gym, Gilbert, Lewis and their fellow dorks relocate to a run-down house. When the Alpha Betas, led by jock Stan (Ted McGinley), repeatedly humiliate them, the nerds plot revenge.

Critics Consensus

Undeniably lowbrow but surprisingly sly, Revenge of the Nerds has enough big laughs to qualify as a minor classic in the slobs-vs.-snobs subgenre.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 20, 2017

While much is in the Animal House vein and quite funny, several tasteless episodes mar the film.

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Oct 2, 2015

If you've seen Porky's, Animal House, D.C. Cab, or Police Academy, you've seen Nerds. And if you liked the prototypes, you'll like the latest of the genre, low humor and all -- belching, mooning, panty raids, peeping at girls and booger jokes.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Simple-minded romp about a group of freshmen outcasts doesn't qualify for the dean's list, but Revenge of the Nerds shows more than enough smarts to deserve passing grades.

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

Oct 2, 2015

The underlying intelligence of director Jeff Kanew glimmers through at times, and is reflected in a couple of nice performances.

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John Ferguson

Radio Times

Oct 2, 2015

1/5

There is a theory that every Hollywood star has a turkey or two in their closet, so today, step forward Anthony Edwards, star of the hit TV series ER.

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Film4 Staff

Film4

Oct 2, 2015

It's one of the great unfathomable mysteries of Hollywood that this unspeakably awful comedy was successful enough to spawn no less than three (count 'em) sequels.

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Hagrid L

Mar 4, 2019

One of the best party comedies and revenge films of the 80's by far. Every time I wanna spiritual boost or wanna watch something un PC and fun I always put the blu ray of this in and it does the trick. It was an underdog in every possible way from how it was created and funded, to Fox not believing in it, to it being a surprise hit. Along with Rocky easily one of the best surprise hit movies. This one wouldn't fly now due to the I'm offended crowd but it's still a fun watch all these years later. The sequels.. I need to watch those again.

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Anakin P

Feb 5, 2019

Very funny, but at the same time a feel good, underdog movie.

Feb 2, 2019

The best inspiring comedy movie ever made!

Han P

Mar 25, 2018

A raunchy college sex comedy, like Animal House, of jocks vs nerds. It wasn't great or intelligent or super funny or groundbreaking but it had charm and remains a cult classic.

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Finn L

Dec 23, 2017

Revenge of the Nerds is a very fun movie that almost anyone can relate too, it has a few issues such as the pacing and the very short length of the movie, but besides that it`s cringe-worthy jokes will keep you entertained the whole way through.

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Oct 28, 2017

fantastic film still get a laugh years later.

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Synopsis

Geeky college students Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) and Lewis (Robert Carradine) are evicted from their dormitory when the Alpha Betas -- who recently burned down their own fraternity house by accident -- confiscate the building. When the college forces the freshmen to live in the gym, Gilbert, Lewis and their fellow dorks relocate to a run-down house. When the Alpha Betas, led by jock Stan (Ted McGinley), repeatedly humiliate them, the nerds plot revenge.

Director: Jeff Kanew
Producer: Ted Field, Peter Samuelson, David Obst, Peter Bart
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias, David Obst, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Tim Metcalfe
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Interscope Communications
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 20, 1984, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 2, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m

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