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Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, stars of the popular Nickelodeon series All That, confront the ogre of faceless corporate tyranny and have fun doing it in this comedy for young people. Ed (Mitchell) ... read more read more...is a teenager who lives for his job at Good Burger, a small but friendly neighborhood hamburger stand, while his buddy Dexter (Thompson) also works there, but lack Ed's single-minded devotion to his job -- he's there because he accidentally destroyed the car of his teacher Mr. Wheat (Sinbad) and has to raise money to pay the damages. When Mondo Burger, a mammoth fast-foot chain, opens across the street, it looks like Good Burger is history, until Ed formulates a secret sauce that brings hundreds of new customers to their door. However, the monomaniacal manager of Mondo Burger, Kurt (Jan Schweiterman), is determined to get his hands on the sauce and put Good Burger out of business. Meanwhile, Ed and Dexter must rescue Otis (Abe Vigoda), the world's oldest fast food employee, from the Demented Hills Asylum, and Ed might just find love with Monique (Shar Jackson) if he could take his mind off the burgers long enough to pay attention to her. Good Burger also features basketball star Shaquille O'Neal as himself and George Clinton as one of the Demented Hills inmates. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Brian Robbins

Release Date: July 25, 1997

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  • CreedsDelight
    January 12, 2012
    CreedsDelight
    Ed: Welcome to Good Burger! Home of the Good Burger! Can I take your order?

    There are films that are good; films that are bad; and films that are so bad that they're good. Good Burger falls into the third category. I'm closing into my seventeenth year, and I saw Good Burger for ... read morethe first time a few weeks back. After some thought, I hated it, but after a repeated viewing, I really found the funny side in this; the bad moments.

    Ed: Look I'm grape nose boy.

    Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, popular stars of the old Nickelodeon series All That team up in Good Burger to bring down Mondo Burger, a rival burger joint across the street. The plot's pretty self-explanatory.

    Customer: Excuse me? Look, I ordered one Good Burger with nothing on it.
    Ed: That's what I gave you.
    Customer: No! You gave me a bun. Just a bun! Look! There's no meat in here.
    Ed: But you said you wanted nothing on it.
    Customer: Yes, but I expected a meat patty!
    Ed: Dude, a meat patty is something. You said "nothing".

    These guys are incredibly funny when together. Kel Mitchell is the dumbfounded worker (hence the quote above), and Kenan is the kid who wants to enjoy summer (hence his fatness). Put these two together in a partnership, and the results are side-splitting.

    Stupid humor works well for me, and it's definitely worth multiple viewings.

    Ed: I'm a dude. He's a dude. She's a dude. 'Cause we're all dudes.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    December 4, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    As far as family films are concerned, Good Burger is a terrible example of such a film. This one poorly made film that should never have been made in the first place. I hated this film, and thought it was a waste of time. The script was terrible, poorly executed and the acting wa... read mores awful. The cast right from the start was mediocre, and I can't understand why this film got made. Seems that they'll make anything to market it to a brain-dead audience. The film is poor, with nothing funny going on, and Sinbad makes this trash even worse. The guy is not funny whatsoever, and this film yet again proves it. This film could have been a good, memorable family film. This film is mediocre in every way, the film is boring with a poorly written script, and the film is simply put a poorly made comedy film that doesn't satisfy. The problem with Good Burger is that gags are poorly conceived, and aren't funny. I saw this when it was first released, and I was pretty young. Back then, I didn't find anything to like about the film, I though that the films humor was pretty stupid and lacked originality. As a family film, Good Burger is a film to avoid, and is not a memorable film by any means. This is a poorly made film with awful acting, awful jokes and an awful cast. Sinbad is terrible, and is actually perfect for this film because this film is about as funny as his so called career. A boring film with little effective comedic substance.
  • spielberg00
    July 16, 2011
    spielberg00
    What the heck!?
  • fb100002359227440
    May 17, 2011
    fb100002359227440
    Good Burguer is a fun movie. The worst thing is the silly gags on the Dan Schneider's screenplay.
  • coollala0910
    September 11, 2010
    coollala0910
    "Good Burger" is dadgum hilarious! Maybe critics hated because of its used and cliched pllot. Yes, the plot is used, been-there-done-that, and cliched but the acting and humor is sure to please anyone.

    Kel Mitchell's performance as Ed is comic genius. Okay, I'm overreacting. K... read moreenan Thompson was also good too. Every dialogue scene between Kenan and Kel is hilarious! It is impossible to not have fun with this movie.

    "I don't remember what my dad looks like either, but at least I get to see him everyday."
  • stormyweather980
    August 15, 2009
    stormyweather980
    When I saw the previews of "Good Burger," I just about knew that I wouldn't like the movie. However, my mom said that it was funny, so I watched it one day. It's about two unlikely teenagers who get a job at a local restaurant called Good Burger. They become friends and they have... read more to team up to have a chance to compete with a brand new restaurant called Mondo Burger that is expected to put Good Burger out of business. With Ed's new secret sauce and all the Good Burger employees teaming up, they might have a chance.
    I thought at first that "Good Burger" would be aimed mainly at young kids who watch Nickelodeon and that it wouldn't be that funny, but it turned out I was wrong. It has a lot of funny parts and it kept me entertained enough so that I actually wanted to see what was going to happen. I recommend anybody to watch this movie. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. Surprisingly decent movie.
  • LitelBluHli
    February 15, 2009
    LitelBluHli
    OMG! This movie wants me to eat from the restaurant! I'm hungry right now...

    But seriously, I enjoyed this movie back in the day...as a child.
  • skactopus
    May 1, 2008
    skactopus
    Just by looking at the cover/poster you will come to the conclusion that this film is pretty darn stupid. Which it is. Yet, it isn't entirely a time waster. Why? Because of a show titled All That. "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger! Can I take your order... read more?"

    This movie is no surprise for fans of the show. More specifically, the early years of the show back in the early-mid nineties. The plot is nothing spectacular and when it all comes down to it, it is just Good Burger vs. Mondo Burger. The savior of the film is the character of Ed whom you come to love because of his stupidity. His dialogue is somewhat predictable, but it is still funny as it is delivered. "Uh ... no." The only thing is that 90 minutes is just a bit much to handle. In small moderate doses, Ed is hilarious, but in a movie it becomes a little tiresome by the end, although not entirely. Just watch out for the burger mobile.

    The acting is nothing special, although I give props to Kel for actually pulling off the Ed character for 90 minutes. A good thing about this film is that there are many recognizable faces. Sinbad, Carmen Electra, and Linda Cardellini provide small parts, while Shaquille O'Neill and George Clinton show up for cameos. Also, be on the lookout for fellow All That cast members Josh Server, who has a pretty funny character, and Lori Beth Denberg as All That character Connie Muldoon.

    In the end this is a decent watch for fans of the early years of All That and/or the "Good Burger" segments. "I'm a dude. He's a dude. She's a dude. 'Cause we're all dudes."
  • Chiefilms
    March 2, 2008
    Chiefilms
    Loved the show Kenan and Kel and All That but when this movie came out, both shows were going downhill.
  • sanjurosamurai
    November 23, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    i love the good burger

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Critic Reviews

Lisa Alspector
May 21, 2008
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

A laboriously slow suburban adventure... Full Review

Leonard Klady
May 21, 2008
Leonard Klady, Variety

The meat of the piece is definitely FDA cinematically approved, and perfect if you like this brand of entertainment with the works. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
January 22, 2002
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

Anyone who doesn't smile is probably either too adult to count or too dead to care. Full Review

Anita Gates
January 1, 2000
Anita Gates, New York Times

It's hysterically funny. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Take any two young people off the street and throw them into a movie, and they'd be no worse. No one could be worse. Full Review

Andy Seiler
January 1, 2000
Andy Seiler, USA Today

Good Burger is not very well done. But it does have energy.

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It didn't do much for me, but I am prepared to predict that its target audience will have a good time. Full Review

Jeff Millar
January 1, 2000
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

The vast majority of me -- which is not 11 -- wanted several times to run screaming into the lobby and plunge my head into the nacho hot-cheese cauldron.

Ken Fox
May 21, 2008
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide

A fresh, funny, super-sized kid's comedy that may even have a few grown-ups cracking smiles. Full Review

Derek Adams
June 24, 2006
Derek Adams, Time Out

Few people can be so big-hearted as to tolerate Ed's agonizing brand of pedantic humour. Full Review

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  • What was the name of the mondo burger president in the movie good burger?  Answer »
  • Name the movie this quote is from- "Is it because I'm black?" "Wha- Ed, I'm black too!"  Answer »
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