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... [More]
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Ned Beatty
Director: Alan Metter
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Reviews for Back to School
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The result is unsophisticated, unilluminating, unambitious, and hilarious. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Observe, and offer cod psychological analysis to your friends. Full Review |
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4/5 |
This Rodney Dangerfield vehicle is a lot better than it should be. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Dangerfield dominates most the film, happily upending everything around him. Full Review |
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[An] acceptable time-passer. Full Review |
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B+ |
Dangerfield's best cinematic offering, but it's the late Sam Kinison's cameo that steals the show.
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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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3/5 |
Ba-da-bing, punch line, ba-da-boom. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Rodney Dangerfield's funniest film
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3/5 |
The film is a good-natured potpourri of gags, funny bits, populist sentiment and anti-intellectualism. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Hilarious Dangerfield vehicle.
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Easily Dangerfield's best movie--for what that's worth
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June 22, 2005:
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