My review was written in March 1989 after watching the film on MCA video cassette.
"Screwball Hotel" is a painless but overly familiar sex comedy. Universal briefly released it last December4 in Florida (where pic was lensed), with ancillary markets likely to provide effective returns commencing with May video release.
Well-worn formula, familiar from endless Cannon releases, has three young guys on the loose amidst beautiful women in an idyllic resort setting. Jeff Greenman plays the stereotypical fat boy, kicked out of a Massachusetts military school with mates Michael C. Bendetti and Andew Zeller.
Trio heads to Florida to work at the Rochester Hotel whose staff has quit over back pay. They unite with pretty staffer Lori Deann Pallet to try and save the hotel from corrupt schemer Charles Ballinger by organizing weird fundraising efforts, including illegal casino gambling and an oil wrestling contest.
Loosely directed by Rafal Zielinski, whose "Screwballs" is a forerunner in the same genre, pic features relatively little nudity but plenty of tease. Former Penthouse models Corinne Alphen (a vet of similar "Spring Break" feature), Lori Deann Pallet and Andi Bruc add to the pulchritude, with fellow looker Laurah Guillen also handling okay slapstick comedy bits.
With British backing from London-based Avatar, pic seems tailored for the U. K. market and has popular Yank-in-Blighty comedian Kelly Monteith prominently featured. He does tv-type skits, dressing up as Indiana Jones or Bogie in "Casablanca '', as part of his varied sex games with Guillen.
Problem is that the script (credited to five writers) isn't very funny, especially the old-fashioned spoofing of drugs and silly satire of prudish, hypocritical televangelists (much better handled in Universal's recent "Fletch Lives" release). Tech credits are fine and pic boasts a bouncy out-theme sung by Fire on Blonde.
"Screwball Hotel" is a painless but overly familiar sex comedy. Universal briefly released it last December4 in Florida (where pic was lensed), with ancillary markets likely to provide effective returns commencing with May video release.
Well-worn formula, familiar from endless Cannon releases, has three young guys on the loose amidst beautiful women in an idyllic resort setting. Jeff Greenman plays the stereotypical fat boy, kicked out of a Massachusetts military school with mates Michael C. Bendetti and Andew Zeller.
Trio heads to Florida to work at the Rochester Hotel whose staff has quit over back pay. They unite with pretty staffer Lori Deann Pallet to try and save the hotel from corrupt schemer Charles Ballinger by organizing weird fundraising efforts, including illegal casino gambling and an oil wrestling contest.
Loosely directed by Rafal Zielinski, whose "Screwballs" is a forerunner in the same genre, pic features relatively little nudity but plenty of tease. Former Penthouse models Corinne Alphen (a vet of similar "Spring Break" feature), Lori Deann Pallet and Andi Bruc add to the pulchritude, with fellow looker Laurah Guillen also handling okay slapstick comedy bits.
With British backing from London-based Avatar, pic seems tailored for the U. K. market and has popular Yank-in-Blighty comedian Kelly Monteith prominently featured. He does tv-type skits, dressing up as Indiana Jones or Bogie in "Casablanca '', as part of his varied sex games with Guillen.
Problem is that the script (credited to five writers) isn't very funny, especially the old-fashioned spoofing of drugs and silly satire of prudish, hypocritical televangelists (much better handled in Universal's recent "Fletch Lives" release). Tech credits are fine and pic boasts a bouncy out-theme sung by Fire on Blonde.