ComedyFan2010
Looking at the reviews Billy Madison seems to be a movie that people either love or hate. Unfortunately I am not one of those who loved it even though I expected to. I have seen many Adam Sandler movies that I liked. And having heard that this is supposedly his best one I thought I will like it too. But it ended up being a disappointment.The idea itself is funny. But it somehow falls flat and there were no really funny moments that I expected when watching a movie about a dumb guy who is back to school with little kids. There were some funny moments. But very few, and they were not funny in a laugh out loud way but more in a smirking way. Adam Sandler's acting isn't that great either in here. He is presenting a stupid guy with a stupid voice (luckily he didn't use that voice through the whole movie or I wouldn't have been able to finish it). His character is in no way a bad guy but he is also not likable in a way that makes one want to root for him. It seems his father loses no matter who gets his company. And his character didn't seem to develop to make one think at the end that he is less of an annoying idiot than in the beginning.One thing I liked about it though was the setting and the clothes. This colorfulness makes one feel those happy 90's. And the school remind us of the beautiful childhood days and makes one want to go to school again as well. So props to the ones responsible for it. I also enjoyed Steve Buscemi's appearance. The scenes with him were I would say the better ones.At the same time I think I did see it as a young teenager and from what I recall back then I liked it. So it seems to be done for a much younger audience. But it shouldn't be too young since lots of the humor is a bit dirty.
nuoipter termer
Billy Madison is a great hilarious movie. I've also seen Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, Anger Management, and Click. All of those are very good movies. Billy Madison is the best Adam Sandler movie I've seen. A goofball named Billy goes to school starting with first grade so he can manage his dad's company. The movie is extremely silly. It's packed full of great entertainment. One of my favorite scenes is where Billy says to a student in school something and the kid just stares at him in shock. So Billy turns to the student on the other side of him and says the same thing. This is a wonderful movie.
JLRMovieReviews
Adam Sandler is a wealthy young boy, in mind that is. He's 27, but he acts like he's 7 with his uncontrollable and wild antics and no sense of responsibility or thought about him. His father, played by Darren McGavin, was going to leave his hotel business to him, but Adam shows no interest in anything but goofing off and playing. But when Adam hears that Dad's assistant Bradley Whitford is the heir, Adam says he can straighten himself out to be the responsible man his father wants him to be. A bargain is made – if he can pass a crash course of grades 1st through 12th, (two weeks of each,) then he will inherit the family business. For some reason, I have been avoiding Adam Sandler movies like the plague, since most of his humor is usually childish, infantile, dumb, silly, etc. I must have seen something years ago to have come to this conclusion, But recently I decided to watch a few. After finding out that this movie and "Happy Gilmore" were his best, I saw them. While the highlight of the later is Bob Barker and him duking it out on the golf course (and enjoying that part), I appreciated "Billy Madison" more. He seems to be in his element in the company of children, while in school and the scenes with them are genuinely funny, amusing and sweet. There's a charming purity in their sharing, along with some, of course, crude or gross things - but not so much so. This is probably tamer than a lot of Adam's films making this easier to take and more wholesome. A wholesome Adam Sandler film! Yes, I did say that! See it for yourself!
gavin6942
In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man (Adam Sandler) must repeat grades 1 through 12 all over again.This can be dismissed as a "stupid" comedy or a "juvenile" one, and that would not be completely wrong. But it also happens to be one of the more enjoyable films from Adam Sandler. Along with "Happy Gilmore", it is one of the two classics. (Now, I happen to like "Wedding Singer" more, but I think we can all agree that "Click" was a disappointment.) The script is actually more clever than it first appears, because some of the jokes that are the strongest have their setup in the first half and the punchline in the second. This was very smart, very well-crafted.
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