Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy
PG-13 | 31 March 1995 (USA)
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To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

Reviews
Manthast Absolutely amazing
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
jacobjohntaylor1 This is not a funny movie. It is very overrated. I think people will like a comedy movie because it is a comedy movie. It really does not have to be funny. Most people just think everything is hilarious. This movie like most comedies does not have a good story line. It fact it has an awful story line. Not the most people who are big on comedy movies would care.
Gooddude If you wan to laugh your ass off this is the one! ranks right up there with Animal house and caddyshack. "is that for me Dad? no son, that's for me". classic line for Bo Derek! its a feel food buddy movie, with some timely one liners and plot twists. Brothers don't shake hands, brothers hug! If you were every in a sales job on the road, this will hit home. Chris was the next john Candy, taken before we could see all his genius.
SnoopyStyle Tommy Callahan III (Chris Farley) is a dumb good-natured klutz who finally graduates college after seven years. His father Big Tom Callahan (Brian Dennehy) owns a family auto parts empire in Sandusky, Ohio but it's not going well. Nevertheless, Big Tom is taking out new loans to start up a new brake pad factory and marrying Beverly (Bo Derek). Beverly's son Paul (Rob Lowe) is a jerk. Big Tom puts resentful Richard Hayden (David Spade) in charge of looking after Tommy. Tommy reconnects with former schoolmate and shipping manager Michelle Brock (Julie Warner). When Big Tom dies, the bank reneges on the promise loan until Tommy puts everything he owns on the line. Tommy goes on the road to sell brake pads with a reluctant Richard Hayden.Chris Farley is naturally adorable and a great physical comic. He exudes charm. David Spade is his perfect partner with his sarcastic superior manner. The movie excels when the duo is on the screen together. It doesn't work quite as well without both guys together. They are simply a hilarious team.
brchthethird A fun (but only occasionally funny), dumb comedy. The plot is rather simple and unspectacular and the acting is serviceable. Chris Farley is really the only reason to see this movie, due to various comedic episodes peppered throughout the run time. He's able to elevate the material somewhat on his charm and charisma, even bringing a little heart/pathos to the role. You can't really say that for the rest of the movie, though, because it's filled with clichés, plot holes, lapses in logic and implausibilities. Still, the strong central performance by Farley, who proves himself quite adept at physical comedy, is reason enough to see it at least once.