Uma Thurman, Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Michael Hall in Johnny Be Good (1988)

Johnny Be Good

Movie1988• R• 1h 31m
ComedySport
⭐ 4.6 / 10(8,059)

Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themselves most.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 31m
Released
1988
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1988

Storyline

Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themselves most.

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Did you know

• Playing on the drive-in screen is a scene from Putney Swope (1969), which was written and directed by Robert Downey Sr., who plays the NCAA Investigator.

• Uma Thurman gets an "Introducing Uma Thurman" credit despite the fact she had made her film debut the year before in Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)

• Robert Downey Sr. played NCAA investigator Floyd Gondolli. That was the same name used by Philip Baker Hall in Boogie Nights (1997), in which Downey, Sr. also appeared.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $17,550,399

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $5,249,388 (1988-03-27)

User reviews

⭐ 4/10

So Disappointing

šŸ‘ 19 Ā· 9/3/2014
⭐ 4/10

unfunny comedy

šŸ‘ 13 Ā· 4/13/2015
⭐ 5/10

Pretty much what I expected

šŸ‘ 4 Ā· 1/17/2020

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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