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Back to School (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 20  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Synopsis: A self-made millionaire decides to join his only son who is having difficulty in fitting in at school as a freshman in college. This impulse gesture sets him on a path to much laughter, a little romance, a lesson in things that money can't buy, and unanimous acclaim as the most popular man on... A self-made millionaire decides to join his only son who is having difficulty in fitting in at school as a freshman in college. This impulse gesture sets him on a path to much laughter, a little romance, a lesson in things that money can't buy, and unanimous acclaim as the most popular man on campus. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Ned Beatty, Robert Downey

Director: Alan Metter

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Feb 8, 2008

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Observe, and offer cod psychological analysis to your friends.

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02/27/08
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4/5

This Rodney Dangerfield vehicle is a lot better than it should be.

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02/27/08
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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[An] acceptable time-passer.

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01/26/06
Time Out
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3/4

The result is unsophisticated, unilluminating, unambitious, and hilarious.

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02/27/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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It's a good character for Dangerfield, one that veers him away from the 'I don't get no respect' pathos that comes too easily to him, and enough attention is paid to the minimal plot to integrate Dangerfield's classically constructed one-liners.

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02/27/08
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Dangerfield dominates most the film, happily upending everything around him.

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08/18/07
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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Dangerfield's best cinematic offering, but it's the late Sam Kinison's cameo that steals the show.

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10/28/05
Bill Clark
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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

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04/29/05
Brian Juergens
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3/5

No review available.

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09/01/04
Ryan Cracknell
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4/5

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08/06/04
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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4/5

Dangerfield at his feature film best--and no, really, I do mean that as a good thing.

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03/24/04
Widgett Walls
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2/5

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03/20/04
Frank Swietek
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3/5

Click to read the article

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12/22/03
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com
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4/5

Rodney Dangerfield's funniest film

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07/15/03
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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The film is a good-natured potpourri of gags, funny bits, populist sentiment and anti-intellectualism.

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05/21/03
Nina Darnton
New York Times
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Hilarious Dangerfield vehicle.

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02/07/03
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
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10/31/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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10/03/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Easily Dangerfield's best movie--for what that's worth

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09/12/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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