Revenge of the Nerds

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

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.

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.

The only worthy successor to Animal House.

Revenge of the Nerds doesn't do much for movies or nerds.

The real secret of this movie's success lies in the charm of its leading men.

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

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.

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.

Even as a summer throwaway, this college comedy about nerds, those born-to-be-victimized souls, is pitifully thin.