Zoff in der Hoover-Academy (1984)

Zoff in der Hoover-Academy: Directed by Dorian Walker. With Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz. A spoiled rich young man hires a young hustler, who lives in a broken car and owes money to a dicey loan shark, to take his place in his elite prep school and graduate for him.

“Determined to watch every Golan-Globus movie ever made, I finally sat down to watch this years after it was released. To tell the truth, I wasnu0026#39;t expecting much. However, I was pleasantly surprised that it was pretty painless to sit through. The movie didnu0026#39;t have the crude edge of other teen comedies of the u0026#39;80s, the cast was made up of a likable bunch of individuals, and there were several genuine laugh-out-loud moments. The funniest bits come from Walter Olkewiczu0026#39;s coach character; even though he was probably cast because he greatly resembles John Belushi, he is really funny, and itu0026#39;s a shame that he almost completely disappears from the second half of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, the movie is far from perfect. Much of the time the movie seems to be spinning its wheels, where scene after scene goes by with little to absolutely no advance to the plot. Itu0026#39;s almost like you are seeing a bunch of deleted scenes from the u0026quot;special featuresu0026quot; section of a DVD. At the same time, there are a lot of scenes that seem to finish much sooner than they should, as well as a lack of explanation about some things. Since the movie runs 105 minutes (quite long for a comedy), my guess is that the original cut of the movie ran much, much longer than 105 minutes. Then when they tried to cut down the movie to an acceptable running length, a lot of material that would have made the movie make more sense had to go.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs problem-filled as this movie is, there is something likeable about it all the same, enough so that you canu0026#39;t help but wonder what u0026quot;Touristau0026quot;, the sequel announced during the closing credits – that ultimately never got made – would have been like.”