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Billy Madison

1995

Tamra Davis

Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Bridgette Wilson ...

4.9

3,098

Comedy In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Even if this film doesn't live up to the absurdist, 'Groundhog Day'-type potential of its premise, it succeeds as a reasonably smart no-brainer"	NEU
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"Adam Sandler’s best movie"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Avoid, avoid, for the love of God, AVOID! (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"[Sandler] is a sweeter, milder version of Jim Carrey's uber doofus, just as 'Billy Madison' is a more kid-friendly version of 'Dumb and Dumber'."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"This runt of a comedy never locates its central joke"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"[It] bring a certain manic energy and no-holds-barred attitude to the proceedings but still feel like they’re stretching sketch material to feature length"	NEU
United States	Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times	"Tamra Davis and screenwriters Sandler and Tim Herlihy scatter the bad jokes like fertilizer. Nothing sprouts"	NEG

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