Alicia I love this movie so much

ThiefHott Too much of everything

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

utgard14 Joe Don Baker is out to shut down the video arcade because his Valley girl daughter won't stop hanging out there. It's an '80s teen comedy so you pretty much know what the ceiling is on this. It's lowbrow and childish but harmless and even funny in places. The Dorfus character is the 'funny gross fat guy' that all post-Animal House comedies seemed to have. Jon Gries is in this in an embarrassing early role as King Vidiot. The old school video game stuff is cool and, of course, the female nudity is nice. Some great boobs on display here, for those interested. The strip video scene is a highlight. It's not the best '80s teen sex comedy but it's enjoyable enough. Personally I think it's impossible to completely dislike anything with Corinne Bohrer in it.

Scott LeBrun Although I was of the right age to have gotten caught up in the video game fever of the early 1980s, somehow this silly, obnoxious, but entertaining film managed to escape my notice (I wasn't as into movies as I am now). What it does best is capturing a fad & era on film; it's very much a snapshot of the time. It's also good natured raunch; there's a lot of very attractive young ladies on hand who do show us the goods. I would agree that there isn't much finer in life than sexy young gals jiggling and shaking while totally getting into the playing of the games. Of course, a youth oriented sex comedy of the time isn't complete without an antagonist, and Joe Don Baker fills that bill admirably. Having also starred for director Greydon Clark in the slasher spoof "Wacko", he's an uptight citizen & businessman named Joseph Rutter, who schemes to shut down a popular video arcade, convinced that it's a den of depravity. Opposing him are the amiable operator of the arcade, Jefferson Bailey (Scott McGinnis) and master video game player Jonathan Andrew McDorfus (Jim Greenleaf), while ultimately assisting him is weirdo King Vidiot (Jonathan Gries), who's already constantly butting heads with Jefferson. And the two who are more of a hindrance than a help are Rutter's two moron nephews, Arnie (John Diehl) and Max (John Voldstad). You get a lot of flash with this one, folks: the colours just leap off the screen. This is exceptionally loud 'n' lively stuff, maybe too much so at times, but in the end the movie's hard not to like, even as subtlety is in short supply. The characters are genuinely entertaining, especially scene stealer Gries. Get a load of Diehl's wardrobe, as well. The pop songs are all catchy, and Clark keeps the movie running smoothly along, with episodes such as dweeb / new arcade employee Eugene Groebe (Leif Green) turning on Rutter's neglected wife. Among the lovely ladies are perky Corinne Bohrer as Rutter's daughter Patsy, Playboy Playmates Kym Malin and Lynda Wiesmeier, and B movie babe Becky LeBeau. All in all, "Joysticks" (which never passes up an opportunity for a sexual joke), is irresistibly cheesy and thoroughly unpretentious stuff. Seven out of 10.

movieman_kev Joe Don Baker (along way from his Walking Tall glory days, he'd bounce back though) plays Joseph Rutter a father who is mad that his daughter is always hanging out at the local video arcade. He crusades to shut it down, but the management and the other local arcaders have something to say about that. Cue 'hijinks and misadventures' and gaming contests. This movie can and will trick you into thinking it's going to be a fun, if totally guilty pleasure, film at the beginning. The opening theme song is amazingly memorable in that '80's kitchy kind of way that you can't help but smile. The first, I don't know, maybe 10 minutes seem to reinforce that you'll be in for a forgotten classic of teen sex movies of yesterday. But then it goes wrong, horribly wrong. The jokes turn stale, everyone involved grows slightly more stupid (not that they were anywhere close to MENSA members before, but you know what I mean) And the movie just loses pretty much everything it may have had going for it, ceasing to be fun or even entertaining. I really wonder if there will ever be a good film centered around video games (in all likelihood not, but one can dream) My Grade: D Eye Candy:Kym Malin & Kim Michel get topless; Erin Halligan shows all

EyeAskance The dubious honors given this film are entirely justified. This is, without question, among the most moronic comedies ever made. Quite interesting as a time capsule of the early 1980s, however, and a real gas for anyone who was a youngster at that time. The plot concerns a popular video arcade in danger of being closed down by nogoodnik Joe Don Baker. Who cares about that, though......you rented this to see boobs. Right? Singular boobs. Pairs of boobs. Sets, groups, and crowds of boobs. Yes...JOYSTICKS is a veritable Wall of Boob, and while you're busy boobing it up, you can also enjoy the most sophomoric humor ever be offered up in a teen sex comedy. As an extra bonus, there's a gang of comically over-the-top "punkers", the likes of which were commonplace as guest villains on T.V. crime shows throughout the 80s(tri-color frightwigs, bondage gear, lots of chains...yeah, you remember...)Shamefully fun trash, if you don't mind hitting the kill-switch on your brain for 90 minutes. Wakka Wakka Wakka.4/10