Released: October 27, 1986
Directed by: George Mendeluk
Written by: Bradley Kresden, George Mendeluk & Michael Paseornek based on characters created by Janis Allen, Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg & Harold Ramis
Starring: Sally Kellerman & Patrick Dempsey
Plot: When a porn star dies but is refused admittance into heaven, she's given a second chance to earn her wings by coming back to earth as a ghost to help an awkward teenager with his love life.
IMDb: 3.2/10Rotten Tomatoes: No score
My Score: 1/5
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Keeping in line with the crazier aspects of the series perpetrated by it's predecessor (an alien at summer camp?), Meatballs III, subtitled Summer Job, stars Sally Kellerman as the ghost of porn star Roxy Dujour. She dies while filming a movie but isn't allowed into heaven because she hasn't done enough good deeds. She's given the chance to earn her way in by helping out a nerd with his love life. And not just any nerd, but Rudy, Chris Makepeace's character from the first Meatballs film, now an awkward, nerdy teenager. Rudy in this film is played by Patrick Dempsey in his first feature length starring role. Dempsey is the only one that can see Kellerman in her ghost form although she can still interact with her surrounding environment. When she gives him the requisite geek-to-chic makeover, there is a sequence of scenes where we see a row boat rowing itself as well as a number of floating objects including a pair of pants, condoms and shopping bags. There's even a mock sword fight inside of a barbershop between the barber and a floating comb. As if that wasn't bad enough, the jokes include a salami down the pants of Dempsey, a mop bucket full of urine, and such classic lines as, "...you're the only guy I know who could make love to a Cheerio and not break it." As the film progresses, Kellerman, doing her best impressions of famous blonde bombshells from the golden age of cinema, tries to get the romantically ignorant Dempsey to see what's really important in a relationship with a girl and, of course, succeeds by the end of the movie. The problem with the movie isn't so much the acting, which isn't that great, but the script full of unfunny jokes and cliches. Not even the copious amount of naked breasts displayed can save this drudge. Co-starring Shannon Tweed and Maury Chaykin, the movie also features uncredited roles for Caroline Rhea, in a so-quick-you-might-miss-it one-line part that is her first on-screen role, and legendary musician Ronnie Hawkins, as the singer in Mean Gene's bar.
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