It all falls to Farley, who plays a good bonehead but isn't quite ready for prime time.
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01/01/00
Tommy Boy (1995)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:16
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.1/10
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Reviews for Tommy Boy
There’s nothing to grasp, nothing that gives off that good feeling of enjoying a comedy.
08/28/05
This Tommy Boy is no pinball wizard, but you may leave the theatre wishing that the character were at least deaf, dumb, and blind.
01/01/00
Farley and Spade have a definite chemistry, and they do their best to pick up the slack. [Blu-ray]
12/26/08
The movie is an assembly of cliches and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies, all its better.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is predictable and very silly stuff, but there are some solid laughs.
01/01/00
The most peculiar aspect of the movie is that some of it is played straight.
05/20/03
Top CriticStupid is apparently in.
05/06/08
Top Critic...Spade and Farley are so good together...
10/06/05
Most of the time, it's good for a solid laugh.
01/01/00
David Spade and Chris Farley made a fine comedic team.
11/07/02
Tommy Boy is a good belly laugh of a movie.
02/13/01
Top CriticAs a sketch for a Saturday Night Live show, it would have been a tour de force. But as part of this rather unimaginative movie, it's just a bit with a burning desk.
01/01/00
Top CriticAstounding for its number of effective gags, and it is a comedy that loses nothing on repeat viewings.
08/02/02
If you’re expecting classic comedy, you likely won’t enjoy Tommy Boy, but if you have Saturday Night Live-level expectations, it will be a pleasant surprise.
01/01/00
It's not high art -- but it IS pretty damn funny, and sometimes that's more than good enough.
08/20/05
Tommy Boy unspools just as you expect it to, and the comedy is as unrewarding as the story
06/09/05
If this pairing sounds like movie magic to you, we're sure you'll love the picture.
05/06/08
Against the odds of a feeble script and uninspired direction the duo do, in fact, grow on you, and there are a smattering of silly laughs.
05/06/08
Inane and tasteless comedy of obesity and incompetence.
05/06/08
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