Puddle Cruiser 1996

5.6 / 10   27 vote(s)
R
Comedy Romance

A student falls in love with a fellow student who is defending his buddies in university court. He "proves his love" (more like his masculinity) to her by playing rugby against her ex-boyfriend.

Release Date 1996-10-18
Runtime 1h 42m
Director Jay Chandrasekhar
Producer
Writers Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme

Puddle Cruiser is Broken Lizard's first foray in to the film world, and though it would be many years until they brought us their masterpiece Super Troopers, Puddle Cruiser is still an interesting watch. It has less comedic value than any of their films to follow, and it is only in the characters of Matt and Grogan that you can see the trademark stoner humour that Broken Lizard would come to represent. Puddle Cruiser is more of your typical 90's "teen movie" a little bit of comedy, a little bit of romance, some coming of age themes and someone gets beaten up. That formula runs through the film and it works, it just doesn't work spectacularly.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Gimly