Unlikable charmless bootleg Ferris Bueller ripoff
It seemed like John Hughes wrote this at the same time, Frank Whaley was just like Bueller (Bueller?) in delivery, it just never landed. Not a single snide joke landed. Came off as a completely unlikable character.
This movie was so bad it probably is what kept Whaley in the permanent low B high C list for the rest of his career.