Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Making the Grade
Goofball preppie Palmer Woodrow will do just about anything to get out of going to prep school. And Eddie Keaton (Judd Nelson) will do whatever he can to avoid his bookie and his thugs. When Palmer finds Eddie hiding out at his upscale golf club, he hires him to attend the snobby prep school in his place. No one would ever think to look for him there, so Eddie joins the scheme. At the prep school Eddie's streetwise personality and wit get him into all sorts of problems, and wins over the popular jock's swanky girlfriend. Things start to unravel, though, when Eddie's old neighborhood friends come calling, with the bookie (Andrew Dice Clay) and his thugs following shortly behind.
--Barry Meyer, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Making the Grade
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Kind of comedy
- rags to riches
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- another color
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) muscular
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
