Les tronches II: Les tronches au paradis

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.

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.

A terribly silly but awfully amusing little sequel, it may be a touch predictable, and it is missing Thomas Newman's excellent theme song, but having the same likable characters on hand helps it to be equally as fun as the first film. Some of the jokes are really hilarious, and arguably I would say that it is funnier than the first film. I would not definitely call it better, but it is certainly at least on the same level, with an interesting charm radiating from the nerdy characters. And there is another song to take the place of Tom Newman's ditty: an amusing little number called "No on Fifteen". The film seems to get a lot of negative feedback, but I cannot agree - it may not be a great film, like the first, but it is by all means amusing, like the first.

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 love the first revenge of the nerds. The second one is not nearly as good as the first one, but still pretty good. The nerds are still funny in this movie. Booger is once again the funniest of them all. The second one is also entertaining at times. They could've make this movie better if they would've kept the nerds at Adam's college, but the second one is still watchable, and funny. I give revenge of the nerds II: nerds in paradise **1/2 out of ****