Les tronches II: Les tronches au paradis

We all know that this was not as good as the first nerds, how can it be when the first one was so original?. The sequel is more of the same, but not as funny, although many will find humor in "the master", particularly if you are an advocate of toilet humor. Interesting to see Courtney Thorne Smith in an early role, pre Melrose and Ally McBeal. And we all get to see the original nerds again, even Anthony Edwards makes a few guest appearances. Probably a good film to watch when you are not functioning that well, because then you will not really have the opportunity to realise just how bad this film is in comparison to the many great films out there. Yet still there are many that are worse, and let us not forget this film was made in 1987, when comedies in the same vein as Nerds were immensely popular. Its not a good film, but its still watchable, I guess some of us find pleasure in juvenile campus comedies- even if we don't admit it to that many people.

Revenge Of The Nerds II Nerds In Paradise may not a comedy classic like it's predecessor Revenge Of The Nerds but it's still an enjoyable movie to watch.This time our nerd heroes must once again fight back against their most hated enemy. Robert Carradine's character Lewis grows up quite a bit and stands up for his fraternity brothers.

Curtis Armstrong is as always his funny self when playing nose picker Booger his character is more hilarious, he says some great lines in the film. A year has passed since a group of intelligent and awkward young men banded together to form a fraternity to fight back against the Alpha Betas. They succeeded in their battle of brains vs. brawn guaranteeing nerd freedom, Now Lewis (Carradine) and his friends Wormser (Cassese), Pointdexter (Busfield), Lamar (Scott) & Booger (Armstrong) are about to represent Adams College at a united fraternity conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Once there they are prosecuted and picked on again by another chapter of the Alpha Betas run by Roger Latimore (Whitford). Sunny Carstairs (Smith) a hotel employee befriends the nerdy gang and falls in love with Lewis.

Towards the end after being marooned on an island the boys find military equipment and using an army tank they head back to the conference to confront Roger and his group with the help of Ogre (Gibb) who becomes a member of the Lambda Lambdas after being kicked out of the Alphas.

This film may not be a laugh fest but certainly provides very little humour and memorable quotes.

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise isn't as good as the first film mainly because the film wasn't rated R. Robert Caradine is back in proper form as Lewis his character really grows this time. Curtis Armstrong as Booger steals the sequel he's funnier here in some scenes then in the first. If the film had been rated R and had nudity then it could have been good as the first but the PG-13 rating is what maily hurts the film.

I actually think I've only seen the 1987 movie "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" once before. But opted to watch it again here in 2025, as part of sitting through all of the "Nerds" movies.

While the storyline in this sequel certainly was watchable and entertaining, then writers Dan Guntzelman and Steve Marshall just didn't capture the magic from the first movie. I am not saying that "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" is a bad movie, not at all, it certainly still was a good movie, but just not up to par with the predecessor. And the fact that Ogre did a 360 and became a nerd just didn't really seem all that plausible.

It was nice to see returning actors Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Anthony Edwards, Donald Gibb and James Cromwell return to reprise their characters from the 1984 movie. In addition, this 1987 sequel adds the likes of Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford and James Hong to the cast list as well. Just like in the 1984 movie, the acting performances in this movie were good.

Watchable, for sure, but it just didn't have that particular thing that made the predecessor all the more of an enjoyable movie.

My rating of director Joe Roth's 1987 movie "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" lands on a five out of ten stars.

Very rarely does a sequel to a cult hit live up to the expectations of die-hard fans, it happened of course with Ghostbusters and BTTF, but it is certainly a rare treat. It is with this in mind that I unequivocally declare Nerds in Paradise a cinematic masterpiece.

This movie has EVERYTHING!! from a choice soundtrack, great location shots to Booger at his comedic best and a feel good ending with the inevitable nerd triumph. The persecution of the nerds cuts a little deeper than it does in the other three films, but the nerds certainly don't take it lying down, there frustration at being forced into sub-standard accommodation and having the tri lambda fraternity continually ignored despite lewis's assurances that they would be accepted this time culminates in an epic poolside battle, with a few surprises thrown into he mix.

A highlight of the film would have to be Boogers inspiring impromptu speech, when he asks "who decides the standards" despite being in a room packed with jocks. In addition to this the scenes on the beach and poolside as the nerds try their hand with the ladies have predictably hilarious results.

Robert Carradine is amazing as Lewis and he really gives his all into his performance highlighting his commitment to the Nerd films.