Wuchak
Uneven goofy teen comedy, but often fun and funny
RELEASED IN 1988 and directed by Bud Smith, "Johnny Be Good" is a high school comedy starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Walker from central Texas, America's most wanted football prospect. Should Johnny take one of the tempting offers from scores of talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his babe (Uma Thurman), giving up his football dream? Paul Gleason plays his dubiously motivated coach while Robert Downey Jr. is on hand as his amusing bud.
If you remember Hall from Sixteen Candles (1984) and The Breakfast Club (1985) you might think he would be too geeky to play a quarterback stud, but hes older here and more beefed up, not to mention 62. He and Downe...