Meatballs Part II (1984)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Ken Wiederhorn

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story) and
Carol Watson (story) ...

Release Date:

27 July 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The insanity continues...

Plot:

Second in the series of Meatball movies. A group of kids attempt to save a summer camp that's a financial failure.

Plot Keywords:

Summer Camp | Patton | Boxing Match | Sequel | Alien

Cast

Richard Mulligan	...	Coach Giddy
Hamilton Camp	...	Col. Bat Jack Hershey
John Mengatti	...	Armand 'Flash' Carducci
Kim Richards	...	Cheryl
Archie Hahn	...	Jamie / Voice of Meathead
Misty Rowe	...	Fanny
Ralph Seymour	...	Eddie
Tammy Taylor	...	Nancy
John Larroquette	...	Lt. Felix Foxglove
Paul Reubens	...	Albert / Hara Krishna
Jason Hervey	...	Steve
David Hollander	...	Tommy 'Wheelchair' McVee
Scott Nemes	...	Butterball
Chad Sheets	...	Ted
Paul Stout	...	Larry

Also Known As:

Call Me Meathead (USA) (working title)
Space Kid

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (video rating) | Australia:M (video rating) | USA:PG (certificate #27130)

Filming Locations:

Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch, Saugus, California, USA

Company:

Space Productions

Trivia:

The horror film that the kids watch is Shock Waves (1977), also directed by Ken Wiederhorn.

Quotes:

Jamie: Fanny. Fanny? Open the door, Fanny.
Fanny: What is it? Oh it’s you. Get in here before someone sees you.
Jamie: Fanny, I'm sorry about yesterday.
Fanny: Sorry doesn't cut it. Now everyone will think I'm easy.
Jamie: No they won't.
Fanny: Yes they will. They'll think that all I have on my mind is sex and pinkies. I have a reputation to maintain!
Jamie: Fanny please, I'm really sorry.
Fanny: How could you tell people. And Albert, of all the people.
Jamie: Fanny, look...
Fanny: He probably told everyone.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References From Here to Eternity (1953)

Soundtrack:

We've Been Waiting for the Summer

A disgrace to the Meatballs name

I was working at an actual summer camp the Summer this piece of crap was released. It was my sixth year at camp, as camper and counselor, and a big bunch of us (counselors) went on a day off to see it, with huge expectations. Needless to say, this 'film' has absolutely nothing to do with the mighty original. Rent the DVD of the original and watch the 'making of' part. It's a third as long and a hundred times better than this "sequel". I give it 2/10 only because there might be enough weed on Earth to make this vaguely amusing. Assuming you're watching it on a TV with only one channel.

IMDb demands ten lines of text to post a comment, so I guess they are intimately involved with the cretins that thought this was a viable movie. Actually, I'm sure they made money on it due to a budget of twelve dollars. The film was shot with a MONO soundtrack? Yeah, that's the way to save a couple grand! If only it had gone straight to VHS - I'd have saved my $3.75 back in 1984.