Big Man on Campus (1989)

6/10

Scully22 April 1999

....but definitely belongs on Comedy Central's "Mastercheese Theater", which is where I always seem to catch this movie every time it's on. :-)

I think the movie is cute, although I don't know if it deserves the star rating it had when I looked up this movie. Bob is funny, I will give him credit for. I think Cory Parker was trying a little too hard to be Woody Allen with a lot of his lines in this film. It could have been better, but it is a good time killer.

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6/10

Amusing Late 80's Comedy!

gwnightscream12 November 2017

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This 1989 comedy stars Allan Katz, Corey Parker, Melora Hardin, Tom Skerritt, Jessica Harper and Cindy Williams. This is basically a send-up of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" where we meet Bob (Katz), a semi-deformed, wild-man who dwells in an old bell/clock tower on a college campus. Soon, he makes his presence known getting into mischief and learning people skills. Parker (How I Got Into College) plays Alex, a college student who becomes his friend & roommate, Hardin (The Office) plays Alex's girlfriend, Cathy who is the object of Bob's Affection, Skerritt (Top Gun) plays psychologist, Webster, Harper (Suspiria) plays psychiatrist, Fisk who thinks Bob is a danger to society and Williams (Laverne & Shirley) plays professor, Girard who falls for Bob. I grew up watching this and always enjoyed it. The cast is decent, Katz is especially great and his facial expressions remind me a bit of Ed O'Neill's (Married with Children). This is an amusing late 80's comedy with humor and heart I recommend.

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6/10

Overlong.

gridoon16 October 2002

This film has some funny and touching moments, but it's only sporadically truly inspired. Allan Katz gives a very good performance as the title character, and it's a role that must have been more difficult and demanding that it appears at first. However, as others have said, Corey Parker's sub-Woody Allen puns are self-conscious and annoying. An OK film to watch, but the story just seems to go on and on and on...long after you're ready for it to end. (**)

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"HOLD WHAT WHERE?"

sultan116 August 2000

this film is full of catchy/witty humor, and is a joy to watch. b.m.o.c. may not be for everyone because some people just can`t relate to a hunchback that has lived in a room that overlooks a college campus for most of his life. but if you give this movie a chance you will like it!

to be honest their really isn`t much to say about this film except that it`s about a hunchback that falls for a college co-ed and has some funny mis-adventures throughout the movie. it`s not a film that could win academy awards but it is a film that will win your heart, it`s one of those "feel good" movies that will end up having some kind of cult following for many years to come. rating (best of 5 stars) .....3.....

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5/10

Contrary to how the poster looks, that's not mama who wasn't tossed off the train.

mark.waltz30 August 2023

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With his hunched back to the camera, Allan Katz certainly does resemble Anne Ramsey from the hit Billy Crystal/Danny de Vito comedy on most of the movie posters and video covers, but other posters reveal the real deal, a modern version of the Victor Hugo hero living in the bell tower at UCLA in complete seclusion, caught and put on trial for his own good. He is befriended by sweet Melora Hardin whom he saves during a campus rally and her boyfriend Corey Parker. Of course Katz (who can barely speak) ends up with a crush on her, gets therapy and all of a sudden gets lots of attention which parallels the classic novel, but in modern terms.

Like Steve Martin doing a modern Cyrano in "Roxanne", this takes a classic and gives it a unique perspective, with Katz going for laughs at first grunting and basically repeating what others are saying, but the script goes out of its way to give his character lots of heart and purpose. Cindy Williams, Tom Skerritt and Jessica Harper are replacements for the Notre Dame authority figures, with a lighter viewpoint than the villainous clergy of the original. It's a noble attempt to sensitize modern viewers to the physically abhorrent image of what's considered ugly or monstrous by society and works for the most part, but ultimately is rather forced and unbelievable.

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10/10

10 out of 10 doesn't go far enough to tell you how good this film is

bryson1224 April 2006

i can't believe you didn't get a laugh a minute out of this film. we, my friends and family found, it hilarious,we have all watched it several times. it's laugh out loud, belly clutching, plain funny. we quote lines from it to everyone and the circle of fans is getting bigger. we love it 100 out 10 if at all possible!!!! long live the hairball.....you must judge for yourselves, try it and listen out for bob's sex aids, watch him roll off the coach,when he wants to eat chocolate and for future reference it's bob alga-looga-looga-looga-looga.bob alga and 4 looga's.watch the film,and listen to that script.we are all surprised it wasn't more famous all those people missing out on those laughs written and loved by madeline tansey

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9/10

1 Malooga, 4 Looga's

nmfpego26 April 2019

Absolutely hilarious film, written by Alan Katz who plays Bob Malooga Loogaloogaloogalooga. 1 Malooga, 4 Looga's. I first saw this film many years ago when it was on TV and many times since and it's funny every time. Have tried to get it on Blue-Ray, DVD or even download but as a previous reviewer has said all original copies have been destroyed in a fire and might not ever be released, but for anyone out there who wants to see this film it's on YouTube, and that's good enough for me.

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Funnier and better that it might first seem, we think.

mmadrobin21 February 2003

It might seem a pat campus movie, but there's a lot more here. Allen Katz is more and more interesting as you concentrate on him. The gags and jokes are really funny, and catch you by their Understatement. It has become one of our ravenous movie watcher household's "watch again" classics, a fate which few films enjoy..We have one 35 yr old filmwriter and fanatic, one theater/film educated person of the next [old] generation, and one newby with discrimination. Hope you try it!

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8/10

Guilty pleasures

Musicop14 February 2000

This is one of those films that's so stupid, it's funny. It's a little slow going at first, but once you get into it, you realize that Allan Katz is a master at subtle physical schtick. His character is at once endearing and funny. This is the sort of film where you'll come away reciting lines for years to come. Unfortunately, almost no one else will know what you're talking about, because hardly anyone has seen this film. But that's okay, you can just keep it as a little joke for yourself, and the few others out who know.

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10/10

One of the best cult classics of this era

BobMalugLugaLugaLuga14 December 2021

If you want to delve into a cult classic and be enlightened then you need to watch this. Probably the best cult classic buried so deep you would never find it if you weren't forced to watch it by a good friend. You will have to watch it with your best friend and re-watch it 20 times while usually drinking too much beer and then have it on while drinking beer for the next 12 years. After that 12 year span you will not regret putting it in your top 5 all cult classics.

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8/10

great movie

wulbob3 August 2005

i found this movie to be a slapstick comedy that surpassed all my expectations.

i would recommend this film to anyone who loves to watch a movie

just so they can laugh.

when my good woman first told me about this movie,i thought no not for me.

It didn't help that while trying to tell me about the film,she constantly laughed,so i didn't really find out anything of substance of the storyline.

i eventually sat down and watched the film and laughed from start to finish.

the storyline isn't important,as this film is just a good movie to make you laugh:)

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SOOOOO Funny!

delinquent_monster_girl19 December 2003

This is one of the greatest films I remember from my childhood. I haven't been able to track down a copy in the UK, but still I search. Its a film which you can do impressions of with your friends for years to come. Its definatly worth seeing. Its humor is slightly repetative with the same jokes used a few times, but still, it works. Definately see this movie. It wasnt made to win any Oscars, but it does its trick to give you a laugh with your friends and make you feel good for a few hours :)

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10/10

Bob once made love to hoover vacuum 2speeds rrrrrrrRRRRR

fatboy-562526 October 2018

This movie was awesome , never got the credit it deserved . It is as quotable as Airplane . If anyone can ever find and get me a good quality DVD of this movie i will be forever grateful and i will pay for it of course .

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Big Man On Campus is one of the funniest movies ever made in the 80's

JoJo-3130 January 1999

Big Man On Campus is one of the funniest movies ever made in the 80's. I remember when I first saw it along with my family in 1992 that I loved it. Now when I talked with a couple of my friends at school about it, they've seen it too. Now, after years of not watching it and going crazy, I finally got a chance to watch it again with my church youth. Some thought it was funny while others thought that it was crude, and I have to agree on some parts especially when Tom Skerrit talks about Cathy being Bob's way of masturbating or something like that. Plus, my church youth and I will never (at least me and a couple of others) forget the part when Bob was naming body parts to Diane Gerard and asked what part was his private and she said "oh, boy." Well, Bob thought "Oh, boy," was the name and started saying "oh, boy," over. That was so hilarious. If you haven't seen this movie, then you don't know what you are missing.

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10/10

can anyone tell me where i can get this movie

w-annette19 January 2007

i have seen this movie years ago and i would like my family to see it now, does anyone know where i can get it i have tried for some time i would be very grateful thank you. i think this was a brilliant film the first time i watched it a laughed so much i missed some of it and had to watch it again nd again its really good, i had a copy of it as it wasknown as hunchback hairbal of la, then i lost it nd some timelater i found a copy in th library and it was called big man on campus it is a really funny film, i would really like my sons to see it now as i have told them so much about it but i cant get a copy anywhere i would be very grateul if anyone can tell me where to get it or if it will be on DVD soon thank you.

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10/10

The Best Movie Ever!

cco-225 January 2002

If you've never met Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga, you've missed one of the great experiences of life. This little known, out-of-print film, is a masterpiece that can only be appreciated with repeated viewing. Like all fine things, it improves with age. The writer and director are obviously huge fans of the Marx brothers and Woody Allen. You won't regret spending 100 minutes with this one - if you can find a copy.

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Two Faces!

inspectors7113 December 2005

Big Man on Campus is a forgettable but pleasant little retelling of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's pleasant because it's witty and silly and no one could get mad at Bob Maloogaloogaloogalooga (How many "loogas" are there supposed to be, anyway?). It's forgettable because other than some of the goofy stuff that the hunchperson says, there's not a single situation or person that really sticks to your memory.

BMOC was recommended to me by a good friend some ten years ago. She thought it was hilarious, and it is for someone in the mood for, well, this movie. The weakness in the movie is that it fairly reeks of B-movie, bottom of the bill, late-night-on-Cinemax-before-the-porn-lite starts.

Oh, well. If you find it and you have 90+ minutes to blow, why not. Just remember that when you get hungry and you order out for fried chicken, get the Two-Face meal.

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10/10

"TWO FACES!"

Donna Southall26 November 2001

This is possibly one of the funniest movies ever! But one that absolutely nobody has heard of. I stumbled across it when it was first released and my local video store had a promotional copy in. That was it - hooked!

You've just got to watch it to check out the look on Bob's face when he's been goaded into eating all of the chocolate cake.

A classic !

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10/10

Caaaaathy Malooooooga!

danielle_88_uk8 June 2005

Love this film! I was only 1 when it came out but we have it on video and me and my mum think it is one of the funniest films I have ever seen! nobody else who we have show it to likes it though! my favourite parts are: 'you can have any piece of chicken you like, a leg, wing?' '2 faces!'/ (singing)'Caaathy Malooga, Malooga Caaaaathy' at the top of his tower/when he stuffed his face with chocolate cake and it all gets stuck in his beard/when he is in the Psychiatrists sat on the bed thing and he can't lay backwards because of his hump and he just rolls off onto the floor!/camoola the rat 'mooka camoola'/ :oD i could go on forever! Classic Film!

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my vote...

dr foo3 July 1999

I have been bumping into this movie late nite for awhile now and it's grown on me. Bob is a really winning character, and probably deserves his own teevee show.

I give this movie One Malooga and Four Loogas!

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10/10

A hunchback living in a tower at U.C.L.A. falls for a co-ed.

cco-27 September 1998

The first time I watched this movie, I nearly turned it off after a few minutes - it seemed too ridiculous to bother with. But I'm glad I stuck it out. Allan Katz has made a film destined to become a cult classic (at least around my house). There are shades of Chaplin, Keaton, Marx and all the great physical comedians here. Watch it once and you'll be scratching your head. Watch it twice, and you'll be chanting "Mocha! Mocha!" right along with Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga.

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10/10

A great film for the entire family

joelafives13 June 2006

I saw this movie with my kids in 1990 while we were vacationing. I think it was on HBO. ll of us really enjoyed the film. I was able to acquire a VHS copy a couple of years later and in fact, I haven't run across a person that I have shown it to that didn't like it. It really works well on the small screen. The stars do a very credible job. Of course Alan Katz is really fantastic as Bob Malooga Looga Looga Looga Looga. but I would really like to see Lions Gate release it on DVD. Lions Gate owns all of Vestrons film library apparently. I've sent an email I urge others who liked the film to do so as well. Their email address is general-inquiries@lgf.com

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8/10

After the first beer ...

jlewis195715 July 2005

First, this is a favorite movie of mine. I do love watching it, but NOT for any cerebral reason whatsoever. My son likes it similarly, but the females in the family dread when it comes on TV. So many of the lines in the movie just seem to be repeated for a week or so afterwards, as my son and I amuse ourselves.

While I don't recommend beer for the younger ones, watching the opening credits to this movie with the first beer almost completely in is a great start. The rest of the time (in moderation) is just simply going to be fun. This is NOT "Saving Private Ryan".

The sad thing about this movie, is that aside from the writer/star, Allan Katz, all other performances are completely forgettable. This is a movie written by, and for, the star to perform in. Tom Skerrit and Cindy Williams try hard ... but they just don't have the lines. Nor does anyone else for that matter. Everyone is a straight man for Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga. You can easily understand why this was not an Academy Award contender.

That said ... there is some really funny stuff here. If you don't take yourself too seriously, you too may be able to simply laugh your butt off watching this. And if you also have a "stupid movie" collaborator like I do with my 16 year old son, why then you can double your fun!

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8/10

A Great Romp on Campus

Helismoke6 January 2022

If you suspend a little disbelief and know a little bit about campus politics at the Universty of " Just About Everywhere " you'll enjoy this feature. And anyone who likes Cindy Williams and Tom Skerritt will be glad to see them in top form 32 years ago!

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