The Freshman (1990)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 102m
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby, Maximilian Schell
Synopsis:
A Vermont kid whose stepdad is heavily into animal welfare is relieved to attend film school at NYU, but quickly finds himself smuggling into the country a komodo dragon for a mafioso importer of rare species, who is a startling likeness for the Godfather.
Review:
Light and amusing variation on its young star's signature roles as a clever and resourceful ingénu, with some film school gags thrown in for those who will appreciate them, and a fantastic star turn from Brando. Looking more or less exactly as he did (thanks to makeup) twenty years previously, he instantly brings the movie into the realm of genius when he appears. It is not quite that in the end, with a Sting-like finish that we more or less see coming, but it offers more genial fun in its ninety minutes than many another frat-comedy.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 102m
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby, Maximilian Schell
Synopsis:
A Vermont kid whose stepdad is heavily into animal welfare is relieved to attend film school at NYU, but quickly finds himself smuggling into the country a komodo dragon for a mafioso importer of rare species, who is a startling likeness for the Godfather.
Review:
Light and amusing variation on its young star's signature roles as a clever and resourceful ingénu, with some film school gags thrown in for those who will appreciate them, and a fantastic star turn from Brando. Looking more or less exactly as he did (thanks to makeup) twenty years previously, he instantly brings the movie into the realm of genius when he appears. It is not quite that in the end, with a Sting-like finish that we more or less see coming, but it offers more genial fun in its ninety minutes than many another frat-comedy.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 102m
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby, Maximilian Schell
Synopsis:
A Vermont kid whose stepdad is heavily into animal welfare is relieved to attend film school at NYU, but quickly finds himself smuggling into the country a komodo dragon for a mafioso importer of rare species, who is a startling likeness for the Godfather.
Review:
Light and amusing variation on its young star's signature roles as a clever and resourceful ingénu, with some film school gags thrown in for those who will appreciate them, and a fantastic star turn from Brando. Looking more or less exactly as he did (thanks to makeup) twenty years previously, he instantly brings the movie into the realm of genius when he appears. It is not quite that in the end, with a Sting-like finish that we more or less see coming, but it offers more genial fun in its ninety minutes than many another frat-comedy.