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Summary
A teenaged boy's family once hosted a Russian exchange student in their home for a year. Several years later, as adults, the two find themselves competing against each other in a Triathlon competition.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 52GoodWatch 47
IMDb5.3
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −22 min on the typical 100
typical 10078Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1987
November 1, 1987
39 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
SpanishMade in
- United States
23 of 23
Mark NeelyHoward Markel
Terry FarrellJenell Johnson
Clarence Gilyard Jr.James B. White- DDDavid D'ArnalDimitri Suslov
Norman AldenCoach Elam
Virginia CapersVelma
Jon CypherJohn C. Roosevelt
Barry CorbinWalt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Tina AndrewsJustine- MLMatthew LichtYoung Dimitri
Alexander PolinskyYoung Howard- KMKelly MeadowsYoung Jenell
- MLMelanie LasherPretty Little Girl
- DLDarius LawrenceYoung James B.
- SLSusan LuckMuffy
Tally ChanelSexy Girl
Becky LeBeauShower Girl
Sheila LussierSexy Girl- HHHenry HarrisCop
Billy BartyThe Little Russian
Michael BerrymanAcme Labs Man
David NelsonCurrent Resident- TMTemple MathewsRedneck
Directing · 1
- Bill Berry Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Temple Mathews Writer, Producer
Camera · 1
- Arledge Armenaki Director of Photography
Other crew · 3
- Gregory J. Barnett Stunts
- Jeannie Epper Stunts
- Pat Romano Stunts
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