Wipe that smug grin off your face and go home.
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01/12/07
Billy Madison (1995)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:14
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Billy Madison, the dim-witted son of a millionaire, wastes his life guzzling beer and devising obscene pranks until his father threatens to leave him nothing. In order to earn his father's respect,... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Bridgette Wilson
Director: Tamra Davis
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Reviews for Billy Madison
Like so many Saturday Night Live skits, this film comes up with some interesting ideas but then doesn't have a clue what to do with them. Also like that show, this movie is just not funny.
01/01/00
Throwaway plot but enough funny "Sandler moments" to satisfy anyone looking for some strange, cheap laughs.
01/01/00
As one character tells Billy in the finale: "Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to you."
01/01/00
Top CriticOkay, the plot is inane, but it's the basis of a series of really funny scenes.
09/10/02
Those unfamiliar with Sandler's antics may...begin to find him annoying sometime between the appearance of the Universal logo and the end of the opening credits.
06/01/08
Top CriticIf you've ever had a yen to relive the third grade, this must be the next best thing.
05/20/03
Top CriticWhen you get that Sandler's comedic persona is meant to be annoying, like Beavis and Butthead or Cartman, the laughs come thick and fast.
06/01/08
Yet another forgettable and asinine entry into the Adam Sandler oeuvre, Billy Madison is ridiculous and stupid yet, ashamedly, made me laugh from time to time.
01/01/00
Billy Madison is a sorry excuse for a movie, and director Davis and star Sandler should be very embarrassed.
01/01/00
Director Tamra Davis and screenwriters Sandler and Tim Herlihy scatter the bad jokes like fertilizer. Nothing sprouts.
02/13/01
Top CriticIs this how one conducts a career these days?
01/01/00
A vintage specimen of a master at the apex of his talents.
05/13/05
Idiotic, amateurish - and really, really funny.
10/10/01
The film should have featured more absurd and nonsensical elements.
06/01/08
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01/01/00
Duh-m Sandler, typical fare for him
10/23/04
Typical Sandler
08/13/03
Better than it deserves to be.
04/24/03
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