Archie-Return to Riverdale
by Dick Lowry
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Actor: Christopher Rich, Gary Kroeger, Karen Kopins, Lauren Holly, Sam WhippleDirector: Dick Lowry
Cinematographer: Frank Byers
Editor: Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
Producer: Andy Heyward
Producer: Graham Cottle
Producer: Vicki S. Horwitz
Writer: Evan Katz
Writer: John L. Goldwater
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 100 minutes
Release Date: 1997-07-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: New Horizons Home Video
Studio: New Horizons Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Archie-Return to Riverdale
Movie Review: A nice try
Summary: 1 Stars
When ever I travel I always buy Arche comics because they provide joyous laughs. Watching this movie a week ago made me realize that some comics shouldn't be made into movies. The cast mainly full of unknowns excepet for Lauren Holly. The plot revoles around the gang at their high school reunion. But where are Chuck and Dilton ? Another flaw is having the same charcters play each other when their 15 which is dumb. The film's low point comes when Jughead tries to rap. I would made this film when the gang was in high school and have them reunite at the end instead of baseing the whole film around the reunion. I'm also thankful that the feature film version that was in devolpement back in 2001 with a cast incudling Tobey Maugiure,Joshua Jackson and Christina Ricci got stuck in devlopment hell.Movie Review: Finally found it!
Summary: 4 Stars
Yaay! I remember this movie from when it first came out on TV and I loved it! It's totally cheesy, but lots of fun just the same. I had it recorded on VHS years ago, but lost the tape in a move somewhere. I was having the worst time finding it and thought all was lost until I found out that they'd changed the name of it when it was released on video! They've removed some of the best scenes imho, but oh well. At least I've got most of it! Woo hoo! I highly reccommend this to anyone who's an Archie fan, it's lots of fun!Movie Review: A WHO'S WHO OF ACTORS/ACTRESSES
Summary: 3 Stars
I had taped this movie years ago from TV and caused me some problem finding it. The actual title is Archie - To Riverdale and Back Again, which doesn't make sense since he elected to stay in Riverdale at the end of the movie. I loved Christopher Rich in The Charmings, and Fran Ryan in The Wizard. I'm a Picket Fences fan, so it was nice to see Lauren Holly as Betty. Of course way back when, I watched Charles Angels with David Doyle as their boss' frontman. And who could forget Sam Whipple in those "Please don't squeeze the Charmin" commercials? I thought they did a pretty good job updating those highschoolers into working adults, though I do think they overdid it a little with Betty. She's okay as a schoolteacher, but taking a shower in Archie's place??? And I couldn't buy Mr. Lodge endangering all those lives with a bomb. I really enjoyed the scene with Jughead and his son rapping to Sugar Sugar, but didn't dig the new Big Ethel. It's a movie I won't take seriously, but I will enjoy the silliness of it when I am in the mood for some schmaltz and nostalgia.
Movie Review: Very Good Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like the Comics Archie I recomend this Movie.
I had the oppertunity to work on this movie and we all had fun filmimg.
Movie Review: A poor tribute to an American icon
Summary: 1 Stars
I have been a huge fan of Archie Comics for many years and still am. This film should never have even been made. If it was made at all, it should have only portrayed the wonderful world of Riverdale, U.S.A. the way it was created and intended to be. Archie and the gang are perpetual teenagers and are not intended to ever "grow-up". It's what has made the comics work and so much fun all these years. Archie should never choose between Betty and Veronica. Jughead should never start liking girls, never get or keep a job and should never watch what he eats. Reggie should never reform and become a nice guy. This film put these innocent, likable characters in adult situations that have absolutely no place in the world of Riverdale. Archie and his fiancee living together? Mr. Lodge trying to have Archie murdered? Betty and Veronica both trying to seduce Archie in a hotel room? This is certainly not the Riverdale I grew up with and still enjoy to this day. Some things should not ever change or be tampered with. While the cast did their best with the poor script, it never really should have been made in the first place. By comparison, the reunion film of "The Andy Griffith Show", "Return To Mayberry", while it made it quite clear that things had indeed changed in Mayberry over the years, people had died, grown older and moved on and moved away, at least it did manage to preserve the integrity, dignity and charm of the series on which it was based. That is much more than I can say for this film. It was and is a complete waste of time and talent. Better to read the comics and give this turkey a miss.
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