Good Burger (1997)
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The story
To pay off damages from a car crash involving his teacher, high school student Dexter Reed takes a summer job at Good Burger. There, he meets and reluctantly befriends Ed, a dimwitted but well-meaning cashier. While working together, Dexter and Ed stumble upon an evil plot orchestrated by a rival fast-food restaurant, Mondo Burger, which is attempting to put Good Burger out of business.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a car crash with his teacher, Mr. Wheat, Dexter Reed takes a job at Good Burger to pay for the damages. He meets Ed, a dimwitted cashier, and eventually forgives Ed for causing the crash. When a rival restaurant, Mondo Burger, opens and begins hurting Good Burger's business, Dexter discovers Ed made a tasty sauce that could save their restaurant. Dexter exploits Ed's gullibility to extort money for the sauce recipe. However, after feeling remorseful, Dexter learns that Mondo Burger's owner, Kurt Bozwell, is using an illegal chemical called Triampathol and plans to shut Good Burger down. Kurt kidnaps several employees and tries to poison Ed's sauce with shark poison. Dexter and Ed escape from Demented Hills Asylum, commandeer an ice cream truck, and return to Good Burger to stop the poisoning. They eventually expose Kurt's crimes to the police, leading to the closure of Mondo Burger and Kurt's arrest. Dexter apologizes to Ed, tears up their contract, and they return to Good Burger as heroes.
- First release year
- 1997
- Runtime (minutes)
- 95
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Brian Robbins
- Writers
- Dan Schneider · writer; Kevin Kopelow · writer; Heath Seifert · writer
- Cast and characters
- Kenan Thompson · Dexter Reed; Kel Mitchell · Ed; Abe Vigoda · Otis; Dan Schneider · Mr. Baily; Shar Jackson · Monique; Jan Schweiterman · Kurt Bozwell; Linda Cardellini · Heather; Sinbad · Mr. Wheat
- Genres
- teen comedy; buddy comedy; children's film
- Themes
- friendship; loyalty; corporate greed
- Tone and mood
- comedy; silly
- Premise and plot tags
- fast-food rivalry; summer job; buddy comedy
- Source material / true-story basis
- Good Burger comedy sketch from the Nickelodeon variety series All That
- Franchise connections
- Good Burger
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but has developed a cult following over the years.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 33% · review count: 45; Metacritic · score: 41 · scale: 100 · review count: 17
- Production trivia
- Filming took place over six weeks from March 9 to April 21, 1997.; The film was released in the UK in 1998.; The original DVD lacked bonus features.
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