they do not make movie like this anymore though some may say that a good thing . although this be amongst the first of disney pg rat film and it have more of the feel of the g film their studio turn out in the70s ( i. e. freaky friday and the world great athlete ) than the pg film that come out in the early 80s ( i. e. watcher in the wood and tron and something wicked this way come ) . because of disney backing and midnight madness obviously have a large budget . a huge cast and a ton of diverse location go to show that . but zaniness and a madcap scavenger hunt and and spectacular visual style weren not enough to save the film from be an enormous flop . a failure at the box office and most of u be introduce to the film on hbo in the early 80s and back in the day when the same film would be show 29 time a week ( oh and wait they still do that . ) . essentially hbo do for this film what cbs do for the wizard of oz they create an enormous cult audience for a sugary sweet mega flop . the big problem that make this a bad film be that there too many character and very few of them be flesh out eddie deezen squad do not even have name . the blue team and although theyre the villain and be the most endearing and have the most work put into their character ( with the exception of the girl and who can not act and doesn not have enough to do ) . harold and perfectly play to the hilt by stephen furst and be really the only one whose character be fully realize in the film . the other standout character be goof off melio and play with ton of charm by now director andy tennant . although then dr. pepper spokesman david naughton be suppose to be the star and his character often come off obnoxious and particularly when pit against his brother adam and michael j. fox . while everyone have favorite character and i do not think anyone who love the movie could disagree that furst and fox be the only two character that you really learn anything about . despite the film many flaw and bad actor ( most of whom fell off the face of the earth after this movie ) it still work because the actor appear to be have fun and fun on the set equal fun on the screen . come on and what college jock doesn not dream of float around in a beer vat and what zoftig girl doesn not dream of steal the show at the local discotech . er . i guess it would be at a rave nowadays . campy and squeaky clean fun for anyone who be young in the 70s and 80s and it only fit that this have finally get the massive video release that it deserve . but where the hell the widescreen dvd release with the commentary and trailer and the full version of the song that play in the disco .