Good Burger
Short description
Two teenagers spend their summer working at Good Burger, a small fast-food restaurant. When a huge chain opens across the street and threatens to put the place out of business, the pair set out to keep it running. The film grew out of a sketch comedy series, and its central joke is the contest between the modest local counter and the slick corporate giant.
Brian Robbins directed, working from a screenplay by Dan Schneider, Heath Seifert and Kevin Kopelow; Robbins and Michael Tollin produced. It was the first feature Robbins directed, ahead of Varsity Blues, Ready to Rumble and later comedies. Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson, both from the television show, play Ed and Dexter, with Sinbad, Abe Vigoda, Shar Jackson and Schneider in supporting parts. Around fifty performers and roughly seventy crew members are credited.
Made for about nine million dollars, the film took in roughly twenty-four million worldwide, a return that made it a commercial success on a modest scale. Audience response was middling: on IMDb it holds 5.8 out of ten from some thirty-six thousand votes, and on TMDB 6.2 out of ten from about six hundred. Critics were harsher, giving it 4.4 out of ten across forty-five reviews, a clear gap below the viewer scores. It runs ninety-five minutes.
What's left behind the scenes
- According to Kel Mitchell, one of the lead actors who played Otis, Abe Vigoda was already 76 years old at the time of filming, but despite his age, he ran and climbed over fences perfectly, as required by the script.
- During filming, synthetic PVA-based glue (so-called Elmer's products) was added to the food to make it look better on camera. Instead of ice cream, culinary fat was used, as the ice cream itself would simply melt under the spotlights.
- According to Kenan Thompson, there was almost 2,000 pounds of meat on set during filming, and it began to spoil. The actor said he genuinely felt sorry for the extras who had to eat this meat with long-cold french fries. But on screen, these burgers looked appetizing.
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