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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 romance, a lesson in things that money can't buy,... 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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Release:

Mar 28, 2000

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed - 1.85
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33
  • Dual Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.0 - French
  • Dolby Digital 5.0 - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Additional Products:

  • Booklet

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

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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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Observe, and offer cod psychological analysis to your friends.

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02/27/08
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This Rodney Dangerfield vehicle is a lot better than it should be.

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02/27/08
Kim Newman
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Dangerfield dominates most the film, happily upending everything around him.

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08/18/07
James Kendrick
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[An] acceptable time-passer.

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01/26/06
Time Out
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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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08/06/04
Randy Shulman
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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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03/20/04
Frank Swietek
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Click to read the article

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12/22/03
Greg Muskewitz
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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
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10/31/02
Brian J. Arthurs
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10/03/02
Philip Martin
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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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