SummaryLong-time bachelor and "traditional guy" (Tom Hanks) is thrown a bachelor party by his old friends, and his fiancee's (Tawny Kitaen) curiosity gets the best of her.
Directed By:Neal Israel
Written By:Bob Israel, Neal Israel, Pat Proft
Bachelor Party
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56
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Is Bachelor Party a great movie? No. Why do I give it three stars? Because it honors the tradition of a reliable movie genre, because it tries hard, and because when it is funny, it is very funny. It is relatively easy to make a comedy that is totally devoid of humor, but not all that easy to make a movie containing some genuine laughs. Bachelor Party has some great moments and qualifies as a raunchy, scummy, grungy Blotto Bluto memorial.
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It takes much longer than might be expected for Bachelor Party...to degenerate into a mindless mob scene. Until it takes that turn for the worse, the movie is actually funny. That is, it's as funny as "Police Academy," which like this film was written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft. And it's certainly funnier than it has been made to look by its advertising campaign, which seems to feature the usual gang of suspects enjoying the usual sophomoric sex romp.
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May 18, 2017
10
This is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed and the rest of the supporting cast are just spot on and hilariously funny. The scene at the strip club with Nick the **** is one of my all-time favorite moments. " I always thought the Empire State building was impressive, but this is a piece of work!"
Sep 13, 2024
8
Raunchy, easygoing frat boy entertainment that could only have come from the 1980s. Crammed with all the hallmarks of party films from that decade - glaring fashion choices, oodles of saxophone, frequent gratuitous nudity and tons of recreational drugs - it's wafer-thin and proud. The title pretty much tells us all we'll need to know about the plot, which frees up the rest of its running time to go nuts with blasphemous humor and increasingly inebriated acts of questionable legal standing. It's a perfect fit alongside the wild-eyed greats of its generation; Caddyshack, Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds, make some room. Tom Hanks sometimes presses too hard to look crazy, unruly and cool, and often leaves us wondering how anyone could agree to marry such a slob (this may be the first time I've ever agreed with the pensive father-of-the-bride in this kind of movie), but when the music starts blaring he makes for a great master of ceremonies and that's really all the role called for. Pointed and unpredictable, balls-out and funny as hell, it's fantastic at what it sets out to do.
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Despite the donkey that arrives and ODs on the pharmaceutical buffet, the 'wild' party resembles a dance routine from an Annette Funicello beach movie. To his credit Hanks behaves throughout as though he's actually in a worthwhile movie.
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Despite the success of the movie, we turn thumbs way down on this melange of cheap thrills and flat jokes, saved only by the performance of Hanks and some good work by pal Zmed. Hanks is the only oasis in this Sahara of smut.
Apr 18, 2024
0
Was this supposed to be a comedy? It is a sad spectacle of drug abuse and carnal licence. Ironically, the movie was released on the same year that AIDS started spreading.
Production Company:
- Bachelor Party Productions
- Aspect Ratio Productions
- Twin Continental Productions
Release Date:Jun 29, 1984
Duration:1 h 45 m
Rating:R
Tagline:He will get married in the morning... if he makes it through the night!
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• 1 Nomination
