One Crazy Summer *1/2 (out of 5) (1986)

 

Cast: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Joel Murray, Curtis Armstrong, Bobcat Goldthwait

Directed by Savage Steve Holland

 

Hoops McCann (terrible name) and his best friend Geroge head out to Nantucket where Hoops searches for love. They resue a girl named Cassandra from a gang of bikers, and meet all sorts of other crazies on the island. Cassandra must save her grandfather's house from being taken over by an avaricious and snobby Nantucket family by trying to jump-start a fledgling singing career.

Truly a horrible comedy, with tasteless gags galore and shamelessly untalented actors. I guess no movie that features Bobcat Goldthwait in a prominent role can ever be good, but this one still disappointed considering it had the same actor and director from the superior BETTER OFF DEAD. Cheesy music, unappealing characters, a threadbare and uninteresting plot, and some poor directing cripple any chance this film has to even be tolerable. Only Cusack and some decent animation sequences keep this from getting the lowest rating.

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