Back to School
Back to School

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- 66/100 based on 34,756 votes
  • Released: 1986
  • Runtime: 96 mins
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  • Studio: Orion Pictures
  • Genres: Comedy

Millionaire businessman Thornton Melon is upset when his son Jason announces that he is not sure about going to college. Thornton insists that college is the best thing he never had for himself, and to prove his point, he agrees to enroll in school along with his son. Thornton is a big hit on campus: always throwing the biggest parties, knowing all the right people, but is this the way to pass college?... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Back to School:

Rodney Dangerfield
Sally Kellerman
Burt Young
Keith Gordon
Robert Downey Jr.
William Zabka

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Millionaire businessman Thornton Melon is upset when his son Jason announces that he is not sure about going to college. Thornton insists that college is the best thing he never had for himself, and to prove his point, he agrees to enroll in school along with his son. Thornton is a big hit on campus: always throwing the biggest parties, knowing all the right people, but is this the way to pass college?

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Creative Loafing - 9/10 by Matt BrunsonOne of the brightest (and least pretentious) comedies of the past quarter-century, the 1986 box office hit Back to School is the sort of film that's easy to watch repeatedly over the years.
Empire - 8/10 by Kim NewmanAs vehicles for fat comedians who were big in the States but never exported well go, this self-proclaimed slob comedy is nearly a masterpiece and certainly much better than the comparable Revenge of the Nerds films.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Dave KehrIt'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 into something like a dramatic situation. This is what they mean by “a good vehicle.”
Chicago Sun-Times - 8/10 by Roger EbertThis is exactly the sort of plot Marx or Fields could have appeared in. Dangerfield brings it something they might also have brought along: a certain pathos. Beneath his loud manner, under his studied obnoxiousness, there is a real need. He laughs that he may not cry.
Christian Science Monitor - 8/10 by David SterrittThe profoundly strange presence of Rodney Dangerfield triumphs over sloppy writing and lumpy editing in this sometimes raunchy farce about a middle-aged dad who joins his son as a freshman at college. The theme of father-son loyalty is attractive, and the supporting cast is strong.
Chicago Tribune - 8/10 by Gene SiskelIn this very funny Rodney Dangerfield comedy, there has been an important shift in Rodney`s entertainment persona, a shift that has made this small film a monster hit.
Common Sense Media - 8/10 by Brian CostelloClassic '80s comedy has lots of profanity, innuendo.
People Magazine - 8/10 by Ralph NovakThis is at best a flyweight summer movie.
Herald Sun (Australia) - 7/10 by Leigh PaatschThis guilty-pleasure comedy works best as a cinematic time capsule for the unique comic stylings of the late Rodney Dangerfield.
The New York Times - 7/10 by Nina DarntonThe film is a good-natured potpourri of gags, funny bits, populist sentiment and anti-intellectualism.

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