4.4
The ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.
Sally Kellerman
Roxy Dujour
Patrick Dempsey
Rudy
Al Waxman
Peter
Isabelle Mejias
Wendy
Shannon Tweed
The Love Goddess
Peter Snider
Tom
Jan Taylor Hendricks
Rita
Hudson Bishop
Hillary
Mark Blutman
Andy
Justine Campbell
Val
Peter Saecks
Tim
Caroline Arnold
Lee
Pamela Collyer
Karen
Colleen Passard
Cheryl
Willye Fleming
Guardman
Maury Chaykin
Huey, River Rat Leader
George Buza
Mean Gene
Richard Zeman
Rat #1
Linda Singer
Female Rat #2
Ronnie Hawkins
Bar Singer
Rona Waddington
Girl in Boat
David Maley
Tough Looking Guy
Director, Writer
George Mendeluk
Characters
Harold Ramis
Characters
Len Blum
Characters
Daniel Goldberg
Characters
Janis Allen
Writer
Michael Paseornek
Writer
Bradley Kesden
March 30, 2023
5
**_Fun “Meatballs” sequel, but without the innocence_**
Rudy Gerner (Patrick Dempsey) gets a summer job in upstate New York at a river “resort” on the St. Lawrence River wherein a strange woman (Sally Kellerman) helps him with his pursuits of the fairer sex.
"Meatballs III: Summer Job" was shot in the summer of 1984, but not released until early 1987 due to the difficulty of apprehending a distributer after the box office failure of “Meatballs Part II” (1984). Of the three sequels this is the only one with connections to the original 1979 film in that Rudy, the mentee of Tripper (Bill Murray), is 2-3 years older and focused on girls. Tripper doesn’t appear in this one, but Rudy reads a letter from him.
The flick is a mixture of the original “Meatballs” with the goofiness and biker gang of the beach party films of the ’60s, plus the raunchiness of “Porky’s” (1981). It’s that last part that ruins the movie for me, although it’s thankfully not AS crude. In short, this is “Meatballs” minus the innocence. Another negative is the eye-rolling competition involving bedding the marina owner’s woman upstairs (Shannon Tweed).
Nevertheless, Dempsey makes for a quality protagonist and the subplot of the porn star (Kellerman) having to come back from the other side to do a genuine good deed is amusing, reminiscent of the quirkiness of a Woody Allen flick. Moreover, the coming-of-age element is compelling.
There are several nubile females with winsome Isabelle Mejias playing the girl interested in Rudy, Wendy. For a superior movie featuring Isabelle, check out the similar “State Park” (1988).
The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Hudson, Quebec, with some stuff done west of there in Ontario.
GRADE: C
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00