Good Burger

1997 "A comedy with everything on it."
5.8| 1h35m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 25 July 1997 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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Two L.A. teens with summer jobs at Good Burger try to save their small restaurant when a corporate giant burger franchise moves in across the street.

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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Dinkles the Polynigmion I just found this on Netflix, and so my brother and I watched it. We didn't regret it. Kel Mitchell played his character very well, and I always loved "I'm a dude, he's a dude..." and "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the..." and Kenan Thompson did good with Dexter, he actually did look like a high-schooler back then. The story wasn't rushed at all, it played out well. The characters were spot on. The humor was too hard to resist, it was so good! I found myself laughing at the jokes. This movie is just too good to say no to, it's that awesome. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. It's on Netflix, so if you've finished catching up with Stranger Things, go watch this. You won't regret a thing!
gwnightscream This 1997 comedy stars Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson. Thompson (SNL) plays Dexter, a teen who is ready for Summer vacation. His plans drastically change, when he crosses paths with dim-witted teen, Ed (Mitchell). Ed works at local fast food joint, "Good Burger" and helps Dexter get a job working there after causing Dexter's car accident. They eventually become friends and learn that new competitor across the street, "Mondo Burger" is using illegal, growth substances in their meat to boom business. Ed and Dexter try to stop it and save their establishment from going out of business. Sinbad, Abe Vigoda, Shaquille O'Neal, George Clinton and Carmen Electra also appear. This isn't a bad film with some funny and corny moments I recommend.
Justin Robinson Synopsis: Dexter and Ed quickly become friends after Dexter is forced to get a summer Job at Good Burger where Ed is their head cashier. Dexter, in a pinch for money, is looking for any penny he can get his hands on to pay back damages to his mother's vehicle that he was illegally driving and crashed at the start of summer. As the two work together at Good Burger, the company begins to go down hill as competition, Mondo Burger, has opened up across the street. In order to save the business and get Good Burger back on the map, Dexter joins forces with his new friend Ed, putting some of Ed's delicious secret sauce on the burgers enticing more customers. Dexter is all in on the idea, just as long as he can get a percentage of every burger sold. Soon customers are flocking to Good Burger to get the new and improved Good Burger now with Ed's Secret Sauce. All is well until Dexter starts to feel guilt for taking portions of the burgers proceeds when he had nothing to do with the creation of the secret sauce, as the proceeds are rightfully Eds. Later on the two begin to develop a genuine friendship and find themselves in more and more antics trying to beat out the competition, Mondo Burger, as the movie continues.Review: Good Burger is a classic, the two main actors as well as the main characters, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, are no stranger to each other as they have had a successful career together on the Nickelodeon Network. The two co-starred in their own TV show, Kenan and Kel, which aired from 1996 to 2000. However before their own TV show their roots together sprang up on a skit-based, comedy show entitled "All That" on the Nickelodeon Network as well. This is just the beginning of the similarities between the actors and their comedic routes. However, in reference to the movie Good Burger does not deserve its low ratings on websites like IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, because it employs the same lines of Comedy, and follows the same direction as TV shows like "Kenan and Kel" and "All That" which earned significantly higher ratings.On Rotten Tomaoes, Good Burger received a 31 percent approval, and a 4.3 out of 10. Like wise on Internet Movie Database the movie scored a 5.1 out of 10. The show Kenan and Kel receives a much better rating on the same sites. On Internet movie database Kenan and Kel score a 7.4 out of 10. Furthermore All That is rated a 7.3 out of 10. What I don't understand is how the three can have the same roots and be very similar in nature but differ so much in audience perception.Good Burger, Kenan and Kel, and All That are similar in the way of structure. They are each Nickelodeon network specials. The general plot line for each Kenan and Kel episode the two join forces and come up with some "bright idea" employing a bunch of antics to get there along the way. All that functions differently as it is a skit based TV show in which the two star in skits together, but the general idea of dimwitted antics and laughable characters are the same in all three works. Most specifically the movie functions similarly to Kenan and Kel. Dexter and Ed join forces to try and save the Good Burger restaurant with Eds secret sauce. Along the way their antics lead them through funny scenes where the two find themselves in straight jackets in an insane asylum, on mini golf courses, and crashing through town as they make deliveries in the burger-mobile. The movie even incorporates the same punch lines from the actors show. Kenan is famous for his exclamations when things go wrong saying lines like "Whyyyyyy?" and "Awe Man!" These phrases are both recurrences in Good Burger. But lets not forget even the most basic similarity. The actors are the same. And this extends past just the two main characters, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Actors from All That and Kenan and Kel make appearances in Good Burger playing minor and supporting roles. For example, Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server are both actors on All That that also make guest appearances on Kenan and Kel, and played minor roles in Good Burger just to give the audience some more familiar faces (All).When I first started noticing all the similarities between the shows and the movie, I asked myself what made the two so similar and I found that it came in the way of leadership with the movie. Dan Schneider was the writer for Good Burger, and also played the small role as a character, Mr. Baily, the Manager of Good Burger, this name is no stranger to Nickelodeon because he is also the producer for Kenan and Kel. Consequently the movie Good Burger was written using the same style of comedy because writer Dan Schneider had been exposed to this style of comedy through producing Kenan and Kel.The question still remains, how can a movie like Good Burger score so poorly on the same databases that reviewed works like All That and Kenan and Kel so highly? Good Burger deserves a higher rating. At the minimum it should score in the 7 to 7.5 range just to be justifiably up to par with its companion TV shows that scored a 7.2 and above. I do agree that the audience for a film like Good Burger could be narrow, and that possibly such a movie is only supported by Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchel fans or a limited market of Nickelodeon fans. Regardless, having been reviewed by the same company there is no validation for such a significantly lower rating on one or the other when the two are so parallel.
Steve Pulaski If you were an early nineties baby, and watched Nickelodeon on a regular basis, it's no doubt you saw Good Burger at a young age and really liked it. It's a feel good film. Some people don't get it, and others don't like it. But in order to fully appreciate this film you have to know the humor of Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, and watch All That. I did both those things when I was younger, and I fell in love with Good Burger.Now I'm well into my teenage years, and Good Burger still holds up. If you didn't grow up in the time this was made this film will be dreadfully unfunny to you. Even someone who loves the two leads as much as I do can admit that. It's almost like trying to expose an impatient five year old to Felix the Cat. With new programs like Dinosaur Train and Spongebob Squarepants, it will likely only hold their attention for a very short amount of time.The story centers around a simple fast food place known as "Good Burger." Its main employee is sweet and simple Ed (Mitchell) who is dim-witted, slow, and ironic all in one. Another character named Dexter (Thompson) is forced to work at "Good Burger" to pay repairs after crashing his car. Ed and Dexter meet, they're not the best of friends, but they soon have to stick together when they see that a new burger joint is opening across the street called "Mondo Burger." Good Burger becomes increasingly slower in business and revenue, until Ed and Dexter go behind the scenes to figure out what is really behind Mondo Burger's business.This is nothing but a film for the kids. Or the people, now teenagers or adults, who grew up with the show. Good Burger was based off of a skit on the sketch-comedy series All That which, to put simplistically, is Nickelodeon's Saturday Night Live. The skits ran for about three to six minutes and showed off the dysfunctional working staff and the character Ed's antics. It was funny in the show, and it remains funny mostly throughout the film.Kenan and Kel went on to have a successful career until their Nickelodeon program, Kenan & Kel ended. They split up, went their separate ways, and very quietly release new films to the public. This is a time capsule not only for their career as a duo, but when Nickelodeon was making shows that were funny and fun to watch. Now, it's just a shame to see what it's succumb to.If this had just been another film, not boasting a skit from a Television series, not have Kenan and Kel, and just came out blindly from Nickelodeon, it would without a doubt be panned and not at all have the reputation it does now. Good Burger boasts good leads, a good story, and enough laughs to sustain its run time. It's a good time.Starring: Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Directed by: Brian Robbins.