Meet the Deedles (1998)

★ 4.5 1h 33m 86 votes IMDb

Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for revenge.

Meet the Deedles

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Paul Walker
Paul Walker as Phil Deedle Died 2013 · Glendale, California, USA Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He became well known in 1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues. However, he was perhaps best known for...
John Ashton
John Ashton as Capt. Douglas Pine Died 2024 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA John David Ashton (February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Sergeant John Taggart in the hit action-comedy films Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills...
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper as Frank Slater Died 2010 · Dodge City, Kansas, USA Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. H...
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden as Elton Deedle Age 85 · Bredenbek, Germany Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor. The internationally-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning and People’s Choice Award-winning film and televisio...
Richard Lineback
Richard Lineback as Crabbe Age 74 · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany Richard D. Lineback (born February 4, 1952) is an American actor. He has performed in character roles in the films Speed, Twister and Varsity Blues.
Robert Englund
Robert Englund as Nemo Age 78 · Glendale, California, USA Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and voice-actor, best known for playing the fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger, in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He receiv...

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r96sk 7/10 Oct 08, 2020
Not even apologetic (well, maybe a little) with this one, I just about enjoyed <em>'Meet the Deedles'</em>.

My love of Paul Walker from the <em>'The Fast and the Furious'</em> franchise is possibly clouding my judgement slightly, but I honestly like Walker and co-star Steve Van Wormer in this. They play their ridiculous roles well, their characters are - simply - cringey surf 'dudes' - they come across as intended, while Walker and Van Wormer work together nicely under those conditions.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying this is anything close to a great film. However, it's a pure turn off your brain and watch type of production. It didn't even make me laugh all that much, but the stuff with PW and SVW is enjoyable for some reason. I name those two only, as the other characters and subplot is indeed absolutely terrible.

I like Dennis Hopper, as most do I'm sure, but his character and story is terrible. It's just as nonsensical as the above, but way less enjoyable. That almost knocked my feelings to give it a bad rating, but thankfully they focus more on Walker/Van Wormer's side of the story; every time Hopper's part appears, it's more of an annoyance than anything else.

I didn't expect to like this, especially with the cover and how dodgy Disney's barrage of comedies have been so far in the late 1990s. While this isn't anything amazing, it just narrowly gets a 7* rating from me. I do understand why most dislike it.

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