Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.
Making the Grade has generally received positive reviews.
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Making the Grade was released in 1984 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 22 reviews, giving Making the Grade (1984) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 20%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Making the Grade a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 67%, Making the Grade is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1984, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1984 with similar scores include films like Body Double and The Company of Wolves.
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