Two high school buddies, Lewis (Carradine) and Gilbert (Edwards), come to Adams College to study computer science as freshmen. They hear some frat guys referring to them as "nerds" upon their arrival, but quickly shrug it off. However, the bullying continues from the Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Stan Gable (McGinley), until Lewis and Gilbert, along with a whole group of nerds and geeks who are now their friends, decide to form their own fraternity to fight back. The newly formed Lambda Lambda Lambda attempts to beat the Alpha Betas with smarts and science over the Alphas muscle and good looks, and the hilarity ensues.
The film has a good soundtrack, and the characters, especially the Lambdas are quite memorable. Booger (Curtis Armstrong) is a Tri-Lamb nose picking pervert and from the Alpha Beta house "Ogre" (Donald Gibb) provides even more brainless fun. There is good use of now-non-politically-correct college rights of passage, including hazing and a panty raid - both of which would be criminally prosecuted in 2012. The beer flows and "wonder-joint" smoking makes Adams College seem like a great party school.
Throw in some on screen appearances by John Goodman as the football coach, Bernie Casey as the President of the National Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity, and Julia Montgomery as Stan and Lewis' love interest, and Revenge of the Nerds is an 80's comedy classic. 'R' rating is for language, nudity, and drug use.
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