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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

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Mar 28, 2000

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

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02/27/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Observe, and offer cod psychological analysis to your friends.

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02/27/08
Channel 4 Film

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

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/27/08
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Dangerfield dominates most the film, happily upending everything around him.

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08/18/07
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

[An] acceptable time-passer.

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01/26/06
Time Out

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
Bill Clark
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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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No review available.

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04/29/05
Brian Juergens
Brian Juergens
Freeze Dried Movies

No review available.

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09/01/04
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
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08/06/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

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
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

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03/20/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Ba-da-bing, punch line, ba-da-boom.

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

Rodney Dangerfield's funniest film

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07/15/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

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
Nina Darnton
New York Times
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Hilarious Dangerfield vehicle.

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02/07/03
Gerry Shamray
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

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10/31/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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10/03/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Easily Dangerfield's best movie--for what that's worth

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