Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 1987

Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune: The leading characters may have high IQs, but most of the humor rests a few degrees south of lowbrow. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times: It's a gross parody of its original. And since the original was a gross parody to begin with, the whole thing begins to seem gaseous, overbright, hideously inflated, as if all the bodily function jokes were about to belch it right off the screen. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Because the cast is basically the same in both parts of the Nerds saga, the blame for the saga's decline must be assigned elsewhere. A good bet is that the change in director and screenwriters. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: By all evidence, to make Nerds II, it took over 1,000 people with an aggregate IQ of under 1. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The nerds' rap number, in which they sing of nerd pride, is probably the high point of this whole endeavor. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: This one's on automatic pilot all the way. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: If the filmmakers had possessed an ounce of imagination, they would have invested the Tri-Lambs with true nerd-dom, and then watched them try to overcome their nerdy tendencies. Read more

Hal Hinson, 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. Read more