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The Freshman

The Freshman

6.3/ 10

TMDB Rating

306

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1990

Release Year

102 min

Runtime

Comedy
Crime

Overview

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Keywords

movie business
affection
spoof
dinner
godfather
importer
vermont
errand boy
menu
komodo dragon

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Reviews(2)

7.0avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

November 16, 2014

6
6/10

Fresh or Ripe? The Freshman is a sort of comedy drama sprinkled with self aware barbs at film analysis. It’s a great opportunity to see Marlon Brando relaxed and fully playing up the self-parody angle. Plot finds Matthew Broderick as Clark Kellog, a film student arriving in New York who through u

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kevin2019

February 20, 2026

8
8/10

"The Freshman" is a very entertaining and satisfying film on every level when it could have been nothing more than a one joke, one dimensional novelity based upon the very appetising prospect not of a Komondo dragon banquet, but of watching Marlon Brando successfully reprising his Academy Award winn

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