Tommy Boy (1995)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Peter Segal

Writers (WGA):

Bonnie Turner (written by) &
Terry Turner (written by)

Release Date:

31 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

Plot:

An incompetent, immature, and dimwitted heir to an auto parts factory must save the business to keep it out of the hands of his new, con-artist relatives and big business.

Plot Keywords:

Buddy | Con Artist | Critically Bashed | Obscene Finger Gesture | Lifting Person In Air

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 6	9:00 PM	COMEDY
Tue. July 7	4:30 PM	COMEDY

Cast

Chris Farley	...	Tommy
David Spade	...	Richard
Brian Dennehy	...	Big Tom
Bo Derek	...	Beverly
Dan Aykroyd	...	Zalinsky
Julie Warner	...	Michelle
Sean McCann	...	Rittenhauer
Zach Grenier	...	Reilly
James Blendick	...	Gilmore
Clinton Turnbull	...	Young Tommy
Ryder Britton	...	Young Richard
Paul Greenberg	...	Skittish Student
Graeme Millington	...	Frat Boy
Michael Cram	...	Frat Boy
Dean Marshall	...	Frat Boy

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, some drug content and nudity.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 (uncut) | UK:PG (cut) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Fred Wolf worked on the screenplay uncredited.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Richard and Tommy are getting on the elevator at Zalinksy's office building, they first show them at the elevator with no one behind them. But when the shot goes back to them from the kid accusing Tommy of robbing the bank, Marty and Zalinksy are magically there behind Tommy and Richard.

Quotes:

Tommy: Does this suit make me look fat?
Richard Hayden: No, your face does.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Call On Me

Top movie

This film should go down as a slapstick comedy classic. Farley's untimely death should be lamented, he was a comic god. This movie is unashamedly stupid, but if you'll just relax it's also one of the funniest films you'll ever see.

Ok, it has a paper-thin plot, but it does contain some cinematic firsts: a moose breaking its way out of a classic car; Rob Lowe being electrocuted through his pecker; a fat man in a little coat.

See this film. Twice