Snowballing (1984)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Writers:

Thomas C. Chapman (writer)
Norman Hudis (story)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Snow, skis and sex - It's Porky's on the piste! [video cover]

Plot:

Teens at a ski resort need to even the score with it's owner and his sheriff friend.

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Sheriff | Bus | Snow | Snow Sports

Cast

Alan Sues	...	Roy
P.R. Paul	...	Andy
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Karen (as Mary McDonough)
Adam Mills	...	Greg
Michael Sharrett	...	Dan
Bonnie Hellman	...	Bonnie
Jill Carroll	...	Cheryl
Steven Tash	...	Al
Billie Hayes	...	Emma
Bill Zuckert
Tara Buckman	...	Colleen
Bob Hastings
Dan Rogers
Holly Roberts
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Bishop	...	Hot Dog Vendor

Also Known As:

Smooth Moves

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Park City, Utah, USA

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Saturday Night Live: Robin Williams/James Taylor (#13.9)" (1988)

Too tame to be any fun

"Snowballing" is a movie with a lot of camp potential, unfortunately it seems to aspire to be something more. No chance, guys, sorry. It's spring break, and a busload of "kids" (creepily played by 20-somethings) have arrived for a week on the slopes, and a vaguely defined competition. All the character paradigms are here. We've got the wacky jokester, well played by Steven Tash (who also had a small but memorable role in "Ghostbusters" as the student who gets shocked), the two everymen, the jock with blow-dried hair, the pretty girl, the pretty girl's fat friend, and scores of irrationally horny women, and even the movie artwork featuring an illustration of the guys surrounded by the said horny women. All the ingredients for a great campy film are here, but then the movie wastes it's time with a subplot about corruption within the local resort ownership and law enforcement. These scenes grind the movie to a halt. Fortunately, there are still moments of awful brilliance, the pretty girl's overweight friend character, Bonnie, is a joke. She's content to live vicariously through her pretty friend not for any real reason, but because the screenwriter didn't have the guts to pair her up with somebody. It's also a treat to see the the impossibilities that the movie uses to tie up the plot neatly. I won't get into specifics, but it requires the suspension of the known laws of physics, medicine, and human behavior. If you're looking for a film that's so bad it's good, I'd look elsewhere. "Snowballing" takes itself too seriously to be any fun; it just doesn't know it's role.