Billy Madison Movie
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To inherit his family's fortune, Billy is going back to school... Way back.
Billy Madison's going back to school... Way back.
There's a new name for dumb.
A comedy about an overwhelming underachiever.
Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.
| Adam Sandler | Billy Madison |
| Darren McGavin | Brian Madison |
| Bridgette Wilson | Veronica Vaughn |
| Bradley Whitford | Eric Gordon |
| Josh Mostel | Principal Max Anderson |
| Norm MacDonald | Frank |
| Mark Beltzman | Jack |
| Larry Hankin | Carl Alphonse |
| Theresa Merritt | Juanita |
| Dina Platias | Miss Lippy |
| Hrant Alianak | Pete |
| Vincent Marino | Cook |
| Jack Mather | Ted 'Old Man' Clemens |
| Christopher Kelk | Rollo the Janitor |
| Marc Donato | Nodding 1st Grader |
| Tamra Davis |
6.10 out of 10 (22902 votes)
Visitor Reviews
BEST ADAM SANDLER MOVIE EVER
posted on 04 Aug 2009This is the best movie ever. It's funnier every time I watch it. How could you possibly not like it. There is no way!!! I saw this movie once and I was laughing my @$$ off. I went out the next day and bought it. If you don't think it's funny, then you are going deaf. "You can see the lips movin' but you can't make out the words."
Sandlers best
posted on 16 Jul 2009It seems that nowadays everything Adam Sandler touches becomes gold. But he made this movie when that wasnt true. Even that this movie wasnt that of a big hit its the best movie Adam made to this date. It seems that Adam came quietly to Hollywood and he will leave with a roar. But that will not happen any time soon cause he is the funny man of hollywood. Go rent this movie cause its damn funny!!!!!1
Can a movie get any better than this? NO!
posted on 08 Jul 2009I've seen this movie 33 times...most times for any movie in my case. What sets this movie apart from others to me? Simple. This is by far the stupidest, most pointless, and least emotional movie i have ever seen, and i love every second of it. There are too many classic moments in this movie to just mention a few, but i guarantee, if you like movies like this, you will love this movie. Other movies which are similar are Tommy Boy, Detriot Rock City, American Pie, and There's Something about Mary. Oh, and don't forget Happy Gilmore (the other actually good Adam Sandler movie). The movie closest to Madison's calibur, however, is Mallrats. You gotta check that one out. It's sad Adam won't make movies like this anymore...but i guess all good things must end.
Not ashamed to say this was really funny
posted on 25 Jun 2009Looking at some of the reviews here reinforces the fact that there are certain people that like different types of humor. If stupid humor makes you laugh, this is your comedy. If you like stale British cerebral humor, maybe you should stay far away from this. I'm sure we all have our favorite and unfavorite comedians. I happen to like Sandler because he is immaturely funny. I think Dave Chapelle's show is pretty damn funny too. I never thought Sam Kinison was funny (the screaming is annoying) nor do I care for Chris Tucker.I saw Billy Madison at the theater, a friend and myself and the 8 other guys randomly scattered around the seating area found this to be pretty damn hilarious. I laughed at about 8 different scenes and that is a lot for me for any one movie. I still laugh at a few of the scenes when I see repeats and yes I have it on video.Those of you who dislike this movie are more than likely too old and stuck on your Bob Hope type era comedians and refuse to admit any others. Sandler isn't the greatest comedian who ever lived but his shtick was fresh and original when this movie came out. I have a video of him back when he did stand up and the guy is brilliant. Again, people who get easily annoyed and upset with the stupid type humor steer clear of this movie and save yourself the aggravation that these sad negative reviewers subjected themselves to.
As a film buff, I am embarrassed to say this, but I love this movie
posted on 23 May 2009This movie is by far the highest level of guilty pleasure in the long list of all the films I've ever seen. I have to admit it, though, I like this movie very much and I've seen it around 15 times, more than most of the films that I would call my very favorites. It's a perfect midnight Friday movie. You don't want to go to bed, but you don't want to do anything mentally stimulating. I watched this all the time with my younger brother at that time of night. This movie, Happy Gilmour, and King Pin are the triumvirate of late night comedies. I guess a good fourth one would be Dumb and Dumber.This movie is absolutely STOOPID with two big fat O's. But I cannot help myself from laughing at that big ol' penguin. There are dozens of great visual and spoken jokes in Billy Madison. The "Drunk Chicks" magazine that Billy reads has never not made me giggle. I have never not laughed at: "He called the sh*t 'poop'!" or "Don't tell me my business, Devil woman!" or "If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis." I guess that's the main thing that appeals to me in this, Happy Gilmour, King Pin, and Dumb and Dumber. It's as if someone said something so horrendously wacky that it just has to intrigue you. Most people find that kind of thing awfully unfunny, but, I don't know, for some reason I just like it. My brother can make me laugh jut by repeating any line from these movies, and I can him. I give it an astounding 8/10. I tried to rate it a 7 at first, but I just can't lie to myself anymore.
A 'Perfect' Comedy
posted on 20 May 2009As far as a comedy goes, I give this movie a perfect score...10 out of 10. I have to admit, I am a bit prejudiced, since I am an Adam Sandler fan. I normally don't like "dumb" comedy, but I like that he can be funny without being dirty and sinful and cussing as much as some other comics do. (I am a Christian, and I find those sorts of things offensive.) This movie is childish, but you fall in love with Billy's ability to speak to children; to get through to them and help them. This movie has a "Big Daddy" feel to it. (I also enjoyed that movie.) Bridgette Wilson is a wonderful actress, and she's as beautiful as ever in this movie. She and Sandler are wonderfully coupled in "Billy Madison." This movie is a must-see for anyone who needs a laugh ... or two.
This is the funniest movie of all time.
posted on 09 Apr 2009Most of Adam Sandler's movies are crap but this is without a doubt the funniest movie, ever. Like when they throw a sandwich at Chris Farley, or when the scary lunch lady serves them sloppy joes, or my favorite, when the dog on tv says "Speak For Yourself, Moron!" This is silly unique humor in the style of Monty Python and Family Guy. And it is good.
funniest Adam Sandler movie out there
posted on 06 Apr 2009I have been an avid fan of Adam Sandler since Saturday Night Live. Seeing all his movies the day they are released and laughing at every one of them. This is the funniest movie he has ever made....(with Waterboy as a close second)....YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!!!!!
SUPER MOVIE
posted on 03 Apr 2009This movie is a great movie. It is so funny and a movie for all ages. It's about a grown man tht lives with his wealthy father and never got to get his high school diplom becasue his behavior he barley got threw elementry school. So he has to go back threw K-12 to get his fathers business.
my favorite comedy of all time
posted on 21 Mar 2009I am the biggest Adam sandler fan since he was in Saturday night live, since then i have followed his career every step of the way till he reached the status of superstar!!!.I really enjoyed this movie i thought that the idea was really original and adam is really good for roles like that this was by far his best movie the only one that can compete with this movie is happy gilmore
Totally Awesome!!!
posted on 12 Mar 2009This movie was so cool. why the rating on it is not so good I do not know? Adam Sandler does things in his movies that I have never seen done in others. Particularly the way he acts in this movie which I will not tell could not be done to perfection by other Actors. The singing routine was funny as all get out. I would say this is his second best movie next to Happy Gilmore. But as we all know you can't give the person with the main role all the credit without his co-stars he would be a funny man running into a wall, which was what he was like in Punch-Drunk Love. I always like the bad guy in his movies as well. They make Adam Sandler a driving force in which to break through that wall.I give this film a 10!
For Moron Eyes Only
posted on 03 Mar 2009Billy Madison is the type of mungo movie that leaves one speechless on how it could have ever been made. The answer, of course, is because that champion of dullards was involved - Adam Sandler, playing the eponymous Billy Madison with every ounce of talent the Christian god forgot to give him. A fine businessman he is; a writer and comedian he's not.In order to inherit his father's hotel empire, twenty-something idiot-boy, Billy Madison must promise his father (Darren McGavin) that he'll repeat grades 1 through 12 in six months and graduate, or the empire will fall to a business acquaintance (Bradley Whitford).We discover Billy can't even spell "rock." How then are we expected to believe this imbecile who fills his days with "daiquiris, stroke mags and Nintendo" can accomplish his task in six months? About now the speechlessness starts. This is not an underprivileged person deprived of getting the breaks and so therefore failing at life - Billy is an enabled douchebag whose father paid off teachers to pass him and who refused to educate himself, until his inheritance was at stake, at which point he suddenly wants to turn over a new leaf only to inherit the riches.This is not a nice man. He is neither hero nor anti-hero. He is a waste of space. And the directionless movie can't even make up its mind on how to portray him, because even though it disparages higher learning at every turn, the disparagement is in direct opposition to the plot of the movie itself, where Billy needs to graduate, i.e. display that he has learned, in order to claim his inheritance.And the smokin' blond first grade teacher (Bridgette Wilson) – instead of considering him the illiterate moron he is for trying to pass first grade – falls for him. Well, we all know she's attracted to a multi-billionaire's son for his personality, right? Directed nominally by Tamra Davis, from an unfunny script by Tim Herlihy and Sandler (Herlihy would go on to write all Sandler's "comedies" until 2002), Billy moves up through the grades via a montage, not actually doing tests or learning anything, but through attending camp, playing basketball, writing derogatory notes about the ugliness of his fourth grade teacher and having lice exams.Is it even worthwhile wasting my server space on this review, or you frying your braincells reading it, or Adam Sandler pretending to act in it? The answer is no.(Movie Maniacs, visit: poffysmoviemania.com)
A great start to Adam Sandler's movie career!
posted on 30 Jan 2009 I just saw this today, and it was one great comedy!
INTRO: BM was one of Sandler's first movies, although it was ignored by the "professional" critics, (that includes the annoying Amazon editorial reviews) many others enjoyed it. AS has made many other movies since then, all cult classics.
PLOT: Billy Madison is a 27-year old who is quite a slow learner. His father is the owner of Madison Hotels, and he wants to retire and needs an heir. However, Billy is his only son, and Billy is "slow", like I said before. His father says if he can make it from 1st to 12th grade, being in each grade two weeks, he can own the hotels. But he also has a rival, Eric, who wants to be the owner, too.
MY OPINION: What a funny premise this movie has. This movie is quite entertaining, and very amusing. Just watch it and see!
Smiles :)
posted on 21 Jan 2009Ive seen this movie many times. I cant go a year without seeing it. Me and my friends chip in to rent it often. Its very funny. Its so cool when Adam destroys those kids in dodgeball! I always laugh! Or the paper bags he sets on fire on that guys step! Its a real classic in my book so check it out!
A comedy classic like no other!
posted on 10 Aug 2009One of Adam Sandler's best movies, Billy Madison is the absolutely hilarious film that sparked Sandler's long reign as a romantic comedy box office draw. Exhibiting a sharp wit, combined with a touch of sensitivity for the fairer sex, the former Saturday Night Live standout successfully distances himself from the lewd and crude comedy path and creates a nice medium between outrageous and lighthearted comedy. It's a path he would later follow with box office hits Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, and Mr. Deeds. In Billy Madison, he follows that same path to perfection...
Billy Madison follows the life of a character by the same name (Adam Sandler) - a 27-year-old unemployed heir to a hotel fortune who lacks all ambition. The opening scenes capture Billy lying by the pool with his friends, hungover and completely out of his mind, and they set the tone for a movie filled with humorous antics and great one-liners. But Billy's life of laziness is turned upside down, when his father (Darren McGavin) decides that he's going to retire from running his multimillion dollar hotel empire. He appoints his arrogant and condescending assistant Eric Gordon (Bradley Whitford) as heir apparent. The appointment comes as a shock to Billy who thought he would automatically inherit the reigns upon his father's retirement. But when Billy's father reveals that he paid all of Billy's teachers from kindergarten to high school to give his son a passing grade, the young man begins to understand why. Billy quickly offers a deal to his father that if he can pass grades K-12 all over again, then he will inherit control of the hotel empire after all. His father agrees.
As Billy goes through each grade, he meets a number of new friends - mostly third graders. He also falls in love with his beautiful third grade teacher Veronica Vaughn (Bridgette Wilson) who is quick to condemn Billy as a lazy, self-absorbed, screw-up. However, she later recognizes his sensitivity and special way with children, and she develops an interest in him as well. Also interested in Billy is the gay elementary school principal Max Anderson (Josh Mostel). When Eric Gordon sees that Billy is going to successfully pass each grade, he blackmails Principal Anderson. If Anderson doesn't go on TV and tell the world that Billy paid him for a passing grade, he'll tell everyone about Anderson's hidden past as a pro-wrestler named "The Revolting Blob" who accidentally killed another wrestler in the ring.
When Billy's grade school friends come to his aid, it's determined that Billy and Eric will fight for control of the hotel empire via an "academic decathlon". Now, only Billy's wits can win him what he most desires...
Billy Madison is a movie with a number of hilarious scenes. In one such scene, a third grader accidentally "pees his pants" and is afraid to get on the bus during a field trip. Sandler throws some water on his pants and tells the other children that "peein' in your pants is cool"! thus saving the child from embarrassment. In another scene, Billy calls ex-classmate Danny McGrath (Steve Buscemi) to apologize for picking on him as a kid. After the phone call, Danny crosses Billy off of his master list of "people to kill". Later, Danny comes to Billy's aid.
Overall, this is a fun movie. If you like lighthearted comedy with just a touch of outrageous behavior, then you'll enjoy this breakout Adam Sandler hit. Billy Madison won't be found on anyone's list of Academy Award winning all-time great cinema masterpieces, but it's just as entertaining as any film that would be. That's why I rank it as a must-see movie. Make sure to check it out...
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