Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love is a 1994 American made-for-television comedy film, a sequel to the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds, and the final installment in the Revenge of the Nerds series.

Revenge of the Nerds IV:
Nerds in Love
DVD cover
GenreComedy
Romance
Based onCharacters
by Tim Metcalfe
Miguel Tejada-Flores
Steve Zacharias
Jeff Buhai
Written bySteve Zacharias
Jeff Buhai
Directed bySteve Zacharias
StarringRobert Carradine
Curtis Armstrong
Julia Montgomery
Ted McGinley
Corinne Bohrer
Jessica Tuck
Robert Picardo
Music byGarry Schyman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJeff Buhai
Steve Zacharias
ProducersOoty Moorehead
Robert Carradine (co-producer)
CinematographyZoran Hochstätter
EditorGary Karr
Running time92 minutes
Production companiesFox West Pictures
Zacharias/Buhai Productions
Distributor20th Century Fox
Release
Original networkFox
Picture formatColor
Audio formatStereo
Original release
  • May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09)
Chronology
Preceded byRevenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Plot

Dudley "Booger" Dawson (Curtis Armstrong) is marrying his Omega Mu girlfriend Jeannie (Corinne Bohrer), but the father of the bride tries to stop them, as his desire to maintain his conservative, nouveau-rich standing clashes with his daughter's common interests with and love for the nerdy Booger. Jeannie's father works with his loathsome son-in-law Chip (the husband of Jeannie's older sister Gaylord) to find a way to discredit Booger and cause Jeannie to call off the wedding. Lewis Skolnick and the other nerds discover the conspiracy and work to save Booger's wedding ceremony from being torpedoed. In a subplot, Lewis' wife Betty is pregnant with their first child, and is in her third trimester as the wedding date approaches.

Booger fights an accusation that he fathered an illegitimate child, whose name is Heidi, and introduced as "Heidi Dawson" (her first name really is Heidi, yet her real last name is not revealed) by Chip. Jeannie's mom tells her husband that she will leave him if he does not support his daughter's wedding to Booger, and Chip's accusations fall apart when the little girl reveals she was "drafted" from an orphanage to play the illegitimate child role. Chip's wife decides to divorce him and throw him out of their lives forever, leaving Chip to swear his own revenge against the nerds (while Gaylord declares to cheers that her next husband will be a nerd). Booger and Jeannie are married, Betty gives birth to a healthy baby boy, and the newly married couple tell Heidi they would like to adopt her.

Cast

Note: Lewis' best friend, Gilbert did not appear in this film, but is briefly mentioned by Booger. Wormser doesn't appear in the film either.

Promotion

The film was broadcast as part of the Monday night "Fox-o-Rama" promotion.[1] As a promotional gimmick, Fox telecast the film in 3-D and "aroma-vision", the latter of which utilized a series of scratch and sniff cards sold at 7-Eleven outlets, each to be used at certain points during the movie.[1] A prompt appeared at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to let viewers know when to smell their cards and which card to sniff. Several other network shows employed similar gimmicks with aromatic cards and 3D glasses at around the same time, including Living Single and Married... with Children. The 3D effects used in these broadcasts was based on the Pulfrich effect.

Reception

Todd Everett of Variety had a subdued reaction to the film. He said it was "capably directed" and that the 3-D and "aroma-vision" effects were "OK", and praised several of the actors' performances, but criticized the script as being typical made-for-TV filler, and said that overall the Nerd series was wearing thin.[1]

References
  1. Everett, Todd (May 4, 1994). "Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love". Variety. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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