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Once again Dexter Riley (a young Kurt Russell) and his science lab pals astound and confound Medfield College's head dean when their latest concoction might either save the struggling institution from bankruptcy or get the top-level staff fired. In this third of the four Medfield films, Riley accidentally ingests a vitamin compound that gives him superhuman strength, leading to sponsorship by a cereal company and possible defeat of a rival university in a weightlifting contest. Although today Medfield's team would be disqualified for drug use, in this pre-steroid scandal picture it's the scheming adults who are the bad guys. Thanks to a Medfield Board of Directors traitor (an amusingly villainous Dick Van Patten), the competing sponsor sends a couple of bungling burglars (one played by Cesar Romero) to steal the formula. Kidnapping, hypnosis, and a down-to-the-wire weightlifting finale mark this 92-minute, G-rated film, which is short on subtlety but long on wholesomeness. Kids as young as 4 will enjoy the weightlifting and burglary antics, but the school politics and corporate warfare subplots will lose them temporarily. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Something happened to Dexter (2004-06-24)  This is an enjoyable Disney romp with stars like Phil Silvers Eve Arden along for the ride and the return of Joe Flynn as Dean Higgins Cesar Romero as A.J Arno and Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley. The only disappointment is Russell's appearance is really pretty short with about 15 minutes at the beginning and another 15 at the end. But if you enjoyed The Computer that wore Tennis Shoe's and Now you see Him now you Don't this DVD is a must.
Buyer beware (2004-05-09)  "The Strongest Man in the World" is far from the best movie Disney studios produced in its family-film heyday (late '50's to early '80's). However, I still find it to be quite enjoyable, especially the beginning and ending half-hours, which are quite funny. So why only one star? BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN WIDESCREEN, BUT IN A CUT-RATE 1:33:1 FULLSCREEN PRINT, with no special features whatsoever. So what's up, Disney? Do you think we viewers are a bunch of lunkheads who can't handle widescreen? Then why not OFFER BOTH VERSIONS? After all, there's enough room on the disc for both, especially since you don't include special features at all on your second-tier titles. I give Disney much credit for it's special editions and Vault Classics Collections for presenting beautifully restored, widescreen prints with wonderful special features like vintage newsreels and cartoons. And thanks to the recent special editions of "Apple Dumpling Gang" and "Escape to Witch Mountain," I now know how my favorite child stars of the '70's (Kim Richards, Clay O'Brien, Stacey Manning, Brad Savage, etc.) look and are doing nearly thirty-years later as adults. But there is simply no excuse for throwing the rest of their titles into such thoughtless and cheesy packages. "Blackbeard's Ghost" simply looks terrible in fullscreen, as does "Follow Me Boys." I have no doubt "Stongest Man..." does too. So buyer beware, and join us widescreen lovers in holding out for product worth buying. Incidentally, "Now You See Him Now You Don't," the previous title in this series is in widescreen, while the first film "Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" isn't. God only knows why.
One of Disney's better "live" entries (2004-03-22)  Gee I remember seeing this on a double bill with the animated film"Robin Hood" way back in the '70s. This was when Disney made tonsof live action comedies Like The shaggy D.A. & The love bug series The story is Milford College's unknown discovery of a formula forsuper strength Kurt Russell becomes the title character and Milfordenters him into the school's national strongman event which if theywin can mean much needed money,Meanwhile "The Dean" Dick Van Pattenis secretly planning to sell the formula to a cereal company called"Kringle Krunch" while a rival cereal company plans to steal it. With a memorable cast including Ceasar Romero,Joe Flynn and the always wonderful Eve Arden this is one of Disney's more memorablefamily fairs and a nostalstic look back at when Disney had a goodhold on boxoffice comedy. My 4 stars is lack of widescreen formatNow, where's Disney's "The world's greatest athlete" at.
When Disney Was Great. Disney needs to provide more on DVD (2004-03-12)  With Kurt Russell, Michael McGreevey, Joe Flynn, Cesar Romero and Dick Bakaylan you can't go wrong with these incredible character actors. This is when Disney was great! As far as i'm concerned Disney died after The Rescuers (1978,1979). Dexter Riley's experiment goes awry, a strength formula is accidentally created and transferred to his cereal. Krumply Krunch and Krinkle Krunch (Cereal rivals) compete for the best cereal company. Great Stuff but stay clear of the first of this 3 part series called "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes."
DISNEY DOESN'T GET IT!!! (2004-02-23) No wonder the company is about to be taken over and broken up -- DVD was introduced to be an alternative to video, to offer more than video: better picture, more extras, and most importantly, more picture. Letterboxing. Widescreen. The complete image. So what does Disney do? They take some of their most beloved live-action films such as this one, and dump it on DVD in full-frame editions. What is the point of that? Who isn't used to widescreen DVDs yet? Why should I waste my money replacing my old Disney videos with the same crappy full screen image as before? Disney just doesn't get it, and their sales show it.
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