That’s My Boy
Posted by martinteller on July 30, 2009
For the first time, Jerry gets the spotlight… but his character is so shy and restrained that he doesn’t get to do what he does best, which is being completely spastic. The movie is unoriginal, predictable and really kind of boring. It’s a slightly updated version of Buster Keaton’s College, but still squarely in a pre-Revenge of the Nerds world, where the only way a geek can excel is by becoming a jock. Dino is quite the unlikeable tool in it as well. And at age 33, he’s the least convincing college freshman ever. I’ll give it some points for a few funny Jerry moments, but there aren’t nearly enough of them. Rating: 4
