Tommy Boy Reviews
The movie is an assembly of cliches and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies, all its better.
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| Original Score: 1/4
Filmcritic.com
Tommy Boy unspools just as you expect it to, and the comedy is as unrewarding as the story
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| Original Score: 2/5
Film Threat
There's nothing to grasp, nothing that gives off that good feeling of enjoying a comedy.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
As 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.
Groucho Reviews
Farley and Spade have a definite chemistry, and they do their best to pick up the slack. [Blu-ray]
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| Original Score: 2/4
San Francisco Examiner
It all falls to Farley, who plays a good bonehead but isn't quite ready for prime time.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Austin Chronicle
This Tommy Boy is no pinball wizard, but you may leave the theatre wishing that the character were at least deaf, dumb, and blind.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
This is predictable and very silly stuff, but there are some solid laughs.
The most peculiar aspect of the movie is that some of it is played straight.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
Time Out
Top CriticIt's some indication of the wit involved that Farley is reduced to cracking fat jokes at his own expense.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
If this pairing sounds like movie magic to you, we're sure you'll love the picture.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
