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Back to School (1986)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:20
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... 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]
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Ned Beatty
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Ned Beatty, Robert Downey, Sally Kellerman, Oingo Boingo
Director: Alan Metter
Director: Alan Metter
Reviews for Back to School
The result is unsophisticated, unilluminating, unambitious, and hilarious.
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.
Dangerfield dominates most the film, happily upending everything around him.
Dangerfield's best cinematic offering, but it's the late Sam Kinison's cameo that steals the show.
Dangerfield at his feature film best--and no, really, I do mean that as a good thing.
The film is a good-natured potpourri of gags, funny bits, populist sentiment and anti-intellectualism.
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