last but certainly not least in my quadruple of movies i grew up on, is tommy boy. Now, here's a movies that shows you how a colledge idiot should act, that's for sure. Chris Farley and David Spade (i thnk that's thier names, i can't tell it's been so long since i've seen it) deliver the comedy preformance that never ever ever gets old for me. being that chris FArley is dead, this has a good chanc... read more
"The movie is an assembly of cliches and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies, all its better.
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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.
- Desson Thomson, Washington Post"
raisleygordon added this to a list 1 month, 1 week ago
"15.02.2013
"I'm starting to picking up your sarcasm."
"Well, I should hope so, because I'm laying it on pretty thick."
This is one of the few movies i could tolerate Chris Farley and David Spade in. Most of the time i just find them both annoying, but i actually like this film. It has a lot of funny moments and even a few sweet ones. Farley and Spade also play off each other very well in this film. I also really like road trip movies for some reason. My favorite part of the film has to be Rob "
Villiana added this to a list 4 months, 1 week ago
""Listen up, you little spazoids. I know where you live and I've seen where you sleep. I swear to everything holy that your mothers will cry when they see what I've done to you.""
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Decent comedy but it focuses too much on the story-line rather than being funny throughout, much like a lot of 90's/80's movies. R.I.P. Chris Farley, a true Wisconsin legend, I met his mom when I worked at Walgreens on Madison's northside, one of the nicest ladies I've ever met."
NMartucci added this to a list 7 months, 1 week ago
"Ebert's Rating: 1 out of 4 stars
Ebert's Review:
`Tommy Boy" is one of those movies that plays like an explosion down at the screenplay factory. You can almost picture a bewildered office boy, his face smudged with soot, wandering through the ruins and rescuing pages at random. Too bad they didn't mail them to the insurance company instead of filming them.
The movie is an assembly of cliches and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies, all its better. It has only one original idea, and th"
"Chris Farley was a comedic genius. No one can match him in physical/slapstick comedy. Farley and Spade would have been the best comedic duo of my generation if Farley hadn't died at such a young age. R.I.P. Tommy Boy still to this day is the funniest movie I've even seen."
Sabin Kenobi added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago