Back in the Day (2014)
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Cast
as Jim Owens
as Laurie Miller
as Ron Freeman
as Skunk
as Carol
as Mark
as Molly
as "T"
as Annette Taylor
as Len Brenneman
as Ange Kramer
as Principal Teagley
as Agent
as Ange's Son
as Assistant Principal
as Bridal Store Employee
as Mrs. Miller
as Teen Mooner In Car
as Mark's Friend
as Neighbor
as Stephanie
as Stripper
as Young Jim
as Young Len
as Young Lori
as Young Mark
as Young Skunk
as Young "T"
as Skunk's Neighbor
as Angry Guy in LA Traffic/Mascot
as Tifficult
as Wife In Car
as Young Daughter In Car
as Young Son In Car
as Ange's Teenage Daughter
as Referee
as Cute Waitress
as Guy In Bar
as Ficklin
as Husband In Car
as Jason
as Woman #1 at Reunion
as Woman #2 At Reunion
as Man #1 At Reunion
as Man #2 At Reunion
as Los Angeles Radio DJ
as Skunk's Baby
as Skunk's Neighbor's Wife
as Stripper #2
as Stripper #3
as Teen #2 In Car
as Teen #3 In Car
as Teen #4 In Car
as Ange's Infant
as Len's Daughter
as Hot 96 DJ
Critic Reviews for Back in the Day
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (8)
[A] stale, schmaltzy and testosterone-drenched comedy.
Nostalgia needs to be grounded in something real, something true, in order for it to have any resonance. Otherwise, you're just left with a formula that was tired 20 years ago.
There are a lot of odious movies yet to come in 2014, no doubt, but they'll have to work to beat "Back in the Day" for awfulness.
Cloying and smug when it's not being unfunny and crass, the high school reunion comedy "Back in the Day" hits lows with a frequency that suggests a world-class sharp shooter or free-throw king.
Good for a couple of fart jokes and otherwise utterly forgettable.
There aren't many laughs along the way (unless you count fart jokes), nor is there any nostalgic value.
Audience Reviews for Back in the Day
Not often does Evansville see the return of a native son-turned-Hollywood Top Dog, so Showplace East was brimming with eager viewers on the night of Michael Rosenbaum's movie screening + talkback, hoping to rub elbows and share their I knew-you-whens. Not having watched much "Smallville" but always having been a fan of his chrome dome, I enjoyed Rosenbaum's Dane Cook-y stand-up persona which, albeit fratty, livened up the typical Q&A format. "Back in the Day" is a raunchy, nostalgic, coming-of-middle-age, high school reunion romp, and while that trope is trite, Rosenbaum brings some smart surprises to the lewd/scatological genre: the rude-nude-dude bouncing along in the pick-up truck and the slo-mo close-up of his giblets; the hiding in the shower dual vomiting scene, and my favorite, the homage to Hitchcock's "Psycho" shower scene with the illusory flash cuts and colored water going down the drain. The men are all pretty much the same, the women are also pretty much the same, and the small-town loser stereotypes are a bit stale, but Sarah Colonna plays a great wallflower with secret bondage fetish, Morena Baccarin is sassy and accessibly beautiful in a "regular girl" role, and Rosenbaum's likable straight man who does the honorable thing in the end is all the more impressive after having seen his real life dude-brah persona. The script does rely too much on flashbacks, but it was nice to see familiar Evansville and Newburgh scenery. The movie ends well with the half-patronizing but ultimately comforting thumbs up on Jim's ubiquitous insurance-shilling ads.
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Back in the Day Quotes
| Mark: | Honey, take off my pants, I'm gonna poop |
| Mark: | Honey, take off my pants, I'm gonna poop. |
| Mark: | Can you get herpes from boobs? |
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