Johnny Be Good
Directed by Bud S. Smith
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?
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- PLEKTSIYASeptember 15, 2025A 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.
Johnny Be Good Trivia
Johnny Be Good was released on March 25, 1988.
Johnny Be Good was directed by Bud S. Smith.
Johnny Be Good has a runtime of 1h 31m.
Johnny Be Good was produced by Adam Fields.
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?
The key characters in Johnny Be Good are Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael Hall), Leo Wiggins (Robert Downey Jr.), Georgia Elkans (Uma Thurman).
Johnny Be Good is rated R.
Johnny Be Good is a Comedy, Sport film.
Johnny Be Good has an audience rating of 3 out of 10.
Johnny Be Good had a budget of $22M.
Johnny Be Good has made $17.6M at the box office.