Billy Madison

Billy Madison

For Adam Sandler fans only, this dopey comedy features the former Saturday Night Live star as an overindulged rich guy whose father insists he repeat grades 1 through 12 before taking over the family business. The scenario is perfect for Sandler's infantile leanings (which he has fortunately outgrown in more recent movies), and for the most part the jokes about being too old and too big for the experiment are obvious. Chris Farley and Steve Buscemi turn up in uncredited cameo appearances, but otherwise the film is pretty dismissible, except for those diehards who can't get enough of Sandler. --Tom Keogh

Genre: Comedy
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
16
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
1995
89
31,318 Views
Billy Madison's Going Back To School ... Way Back!
To Inherit His Family's Fortune, Billy Is Going Back To School ... Way Back!
There's A New Name For Dumb.
A Comedy About An Overwhelming Underachiever.

Principal Anderson:
[on TV] The statement I made about Billy Madison was and is completely untrue.

Eric:
No.

Principal Anderson:
I know now that shall never escape my fate as the Revolting Blob.

Eric:
No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! [angrily throws a stapler, and it hits his secretary, accidentally knocking her out]

Principal Anderson:
It's something I must learn to live with.

Eric:
Joyce?

Brian:
What a mess. First, this psycho goes on TV, lies, then retracts it, and now Eric's secretary is in a coma. Carl, has anyone been able to find out anything about this Max guy?

Carl:
No, sir. He's vanished.

Eric:
[to Brian] I believed in Billy all along.

Billy:
[to Eric] Oh, cut the horseshit! I know you blackmailed Max.

Brian:
Take it easy, Billy. Things were going along great, until this wrestling freak messed things up. Billy should get another shot at high school.

Eric:
Hey, rules are rules. Billy was supposed to finish each grade within the 2 weeks, or I get the company. He didn't finish 9th grade.

Carl:
Eric, certainly there are extenuating circumstances.

Eric:
Extenuating, exshmenuating! We had a deal. A signed, written deal. Each grade, 2 weeks, or I get the company.

Brian:
Well, technically, you're right, but--

Eric:
Oh, shut up, Brian! I've had to listen to your jawing for too long. [mimicking Brian] "Well, technically, mmeh-mmeh-mmeh--" [normal voice; loudly] Just SHUT UP! [gets up] Are you ready to hand the company over to me now?

Brian:
No!

Eric:
Then I'll see your ass in court.

Brian:
Good.

Eric:
Nice talkin' to ya, shitheads. Hhhheh-heh-heh-heh-heh!

Knibb High Principal:
Mr. Madison, what you've just said was one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Billy:
Okay, a simple "wrong" would've done just fine. [sits back in his seat]

Knibb High Principal:
[to Billy] You remain one point ahead. [to Eric] Mr. Gordon, it is your turn. [to Billy] Mr. Madison, choose the topic.

[Billy examines the topic chart]

Billy:
I choose "Business Ethics".

Knibb High Principal:
[draws a question card] Mr. Gordon, the American business environment has fundamentally changed, following the insider trading and savings and loan scandals. Explain business ethics and how they're applied today.

Student in the audience:
Booo!

[Eric gets out of his seat and approaches the microphone]

Eric:
The, uh... ethics of, uh... business can be summarized in...

Student in the audience:
Booo!

Eric:
See, ethics are, uh... Y'know, the... the thing about ethi-- [completely loses it] GAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

[Eric whips out a revolver in a fit of rage and kicks down the microphone. Everyone panics and flees]

Eric:
[angrily] That question was not fair! That was not in the reading! I demand a new question.

Billy:
[smugly] Take it easy, psycho. You blew it, you lose.

Eric:
[turns to Billy] I oughtta blow you away, you miserable...

Billy:
Well, go ahead and do it!


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