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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

They're Back!

1987 · 1h 38m · PG-13 Comedy
Directed by Joe Roth

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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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7%
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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.

Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
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By all evidence, to make Nerds II, it took over 1,000 people with an aggregate IQ of under 1.

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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This one's on automatic pilot all the way.

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
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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.

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
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The leading characters may have high IQs, but most of the humor rests a few degrees south of lowbrow.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune

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