Porky's |  | Director: Bob Clark (III)
Actors: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 36710
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 6305168903
UPC: 086162090691
EAN: 9786305168904
ASIN: 6305168903
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1982
Release Date: May 21, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Reviled by critics and embraced by the public during its initial run (1981), Porky's is interesting to watch after all these years. What holds up about this horny coming-of-age tale is remarkable. Writer/director Bob Clark has little more than sex and practical joking on his mind, and his high school seniors from Angel Beach, Florida, rapidly move from one to the other. Clark displays a sense of timing and, perhaps rarer still, a sense of male friendship--its brutalities and its bonds--that feels right, not artificial. Surprisingly, the showcase practical jokes are still funny: the Everglades encounter with Cherry Forever, the hole in the girls' shower, and Beulah Balbricker, the humongous gym teacher. The comedic set-ups and payoffs surprisingly still work. Clark's insistence on a subplot about anti-Semitism, however, still sticks out as A MESSAGE. Kim Cattrall really got her start here (although almost no one else did) as Ms. Honeywell, a.k.a. "Lassie." Clark later distanced himself from the irritating Porky's sequels and went on to make the wonderful Christmas Story, the tale of a little boy who wants a BB gun for Christmas. --Keith Simanton
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thelinuxguy
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Product showed up in reasonable amount of time and in the shape it was advertised in. (used)
Goofy movie October 30, 2009
Debra DiPatri (Philadelphia, PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was a gift for my fiance. He is the one who really likes this movie
American Masterpiece! Actually Canadian... August 14, 2009
Rube Goldfinger (savannah, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bob Clark is the most underrated filmmaker of his generation. And this is the film that made him one of the most beloved. While early 80s comedies relied on star power and heavy gag-driven comedy, "Porky's" appeared with great realistic serio-comedy and a bunch of natural unknown actors.
The film follows horny teenagers. You'd expect it to just be stupid storytelling and non-stop tasteless humor. But Clark fleshed out the characters into broad, believable, flawed humans. Each one has an interesting backstory or purpose.
Very compelling in that "coming-of-age" way that doesn't take itself too seriously. Best description: A dirty "American Grafitti".
 Somewhat dorky and intermittently funny July 23, 2009
Viva (So. Cal.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Somehow, I thought this movie was funnier in my memory. Now that I've seen it again, I see that it's mostly a cliched comedy, with a bunch of jerks and dorks who are hard to sympathize with. The only exceptions are the Jewish fellow, Brian, and the cop who helps his brother and pals get revenge after Porky and his pals beat them up.
Crass humor abounds, Miss Honeywell earns her legendary nickname of Lassie, the description of the wanted poster for the male private part is somewhat amusing, and there is an explosive yet somehow anticlimactic ending.
Okay for a few laughs at most. There are much stronger 1980s comedies to be seen, however.
Porky's Hilarious! The one Size Fits all Collection. year I was born '82. April 25, 2009
Jose Lopez (Miami,Florida USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love and appreciate this fine movie, it is a hilarious raunchy classic,Porky's never has a dull moment. Favorite Line" So Much wool you could Knit a Sweater!" laughing my butt off.
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