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A Balasaur Score of 41 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 17%, Metacritic 33/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,003 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
172 audience votes
Key crew
- Carol BlackScreenplay
- Steve MinerDirector
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- C. Thomas HowellMark Watson
- Rae Dawn ChongSarah Walker
- Arye GrossGordon Bloomfeld
- James Earl JonesProfessor Banks
- Melora HardinWhitney Dunbar
- Leslie NielsenMr. Dunbar
- Ann WalkerMrs. Dunbar
- James B. SikkingBill Watson
- Max WrightDr. Aronson
- Jeff AltmanRay McGrady
- Julia Louis-DreyfusLisa Stimson
- Maree CheathamDorothy Watson
Stills
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Themes
scholarshipsecret identityharvard universitycollegelos angeles, california