Fraternity Vacation (1985)

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I wonder looking back, what Tim Robbins, open hearted-ly felt about this straight to video T and A pic. Would he cringe, feel embarrassed, hide himself in a corner. Honestly watching him in this, gives you cause to wonder why the other actors/mains didn't end up with the same success. I'm talking as in Dye, MCcloskey, and Mccoy, the latter who did have a bit of success, few and far between. They are all good actors (not really here though) in what it essentially a bad movie, but a better one than you think, when judging the preview. There were a lot worse out there, around this time, believe me. It actually has a story, but it's not based around our nerd character, Wendall Tvett, (a great Stephen Geoffreys) the real actor, who's career downfall is one of the worst of seen, which judged against talent. He's so natural and believable. He's taken under the wing of two college dudes, (Robbins and Dye) where they head to Palm Springs and clash with rival studs (McCloskey and McCoy) who are from another fraternity, of higher status. The warring duo make a wager with their nemisis's that they can score with this classy hottie (Sherie L Wilson), before they do, and with this of course comes proof, via Telescope and tape, which does make for exciting and comedic viewing. Even though it's bad, FV is just too much fun, more fun than laughable, I warn you, one raunchy hot scene, early in the piece involving a sex prank, and four great jugs, ala: scream queen, Crampton, and Kinmont with bigger stupendous goodies. But too, there's a valuable message, in the end, as to why Geoffreys ends up the classy hottie, among others messages, earlier. This was the one surprising quality about the film, which I guess ultimately failed, because it's derailment of story, but yet again, many lessons was learn't from that plot. But on the surface, FV, is just another bad T.A. pic, just of a bit higher stature to many others, which for a known star, his first pic, again, is something he'll wanna forget, but you won't forget Wendall. But it is addictively entertaining. I'll give you that. Choice of B and W opening airport scene, I liked too, in contrast to the following wide shot of the tree lined road, in to P.S. Liked the music too.

A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs. He also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first....So it's the middle of the eighties, and Hollywood thought it would be a great idea to bring out another cheeky comedy about Frat boys on spring break just trying to lose it, with hilarious consequences....When you watch films like this, you know what to expect. From the title, right up to the narrative. It's by the numbers stuff, and if you're sniffy about this stuff, your best to stay away from them, because you will get exactly what you expect to get.There's plenty of nudge nudge, wink wink scenes, lots of embarrassing moments for the main leads, and of course, a special guest star as the captain of police.Geoffrey's is brilliant as the geek without a clue, and you know from the instant someone bumps into him in the swimming pool, what the outcome will be of the whole film.The rest of the films is all filler, with generic high school caricatures being slung at you from all angles.Its nothing original, but its bright, and short, and never gets boring.Well worth a peek if you like these cheeky comedies...

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, yet it was still entertaining. It represents everything that was bad in the 80's: sex comedies, college or high school related "exploitation" movies, "resort" movies. To some people it might be "delightfully" bad. This is why I'm not going to completely diss this goofy movie. You know the plot, you've seen it in other movies of this genre. A group of college kids are going on a vacation with only one thing on their mind: sex. The rest of the movie is just useless frills. What makes this movie so appealing [ yeah, there is some kind of appeal to it.. ] is the fact that it's so goofy and stupid. If this movie was made today, it would probably be offensive. Oh, another good point: the main character who is a shy innocent charming nerd who doesn't know much about girls. [ aww ] If you just want an awful movie to watch with your friends and laugh at, this might be a good choice.

*Potential Spoiler*(Forgive my spelling) When I first picked up Fraternity Vacation, I thought it would be just another dumb beach movie where all that happens is guys and girls running around drunk and having sex with a few one-line funnies here and there. I was surprised though, that on the contrary, this movie was actually very funny and intellegent. Yes, there was guys and girls drinking and on drugs that wanted sex, but the movie actually had a decent story plot, and a sweet ending when everyone pulls down theirs pants when Wendall's parents walk in. Also, I must say that Stephen Geoffreys who played Wendall in Fraternity Vacation, and Evil Ed in Fright Night is quite adorble. 7.7 out of 10.