Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
PLEKTSIYA reviewedSeptember 15, 2025
A very odd and unfortunate misfire. The movie is propulsive and surreal, and its story of a young football prospect who needs to make an important life decision is a solid one, but it wasn't executed well. The music is overbearing and the surreal/comic aspects are mishandled, just extra noise drowning out a potentially gratifying and profound (if well-worn) story.
Maybe a Jared Hess (Gentlemen Broncos) could've done it with the right balance of weirdness, affection, and seriousness.