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Stupid is apparently in.
Brian Lowry, Variety
Tommy Boy
If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.
1995 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Peter Segal
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Tommy Boy
Overview
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
Director and cast
- Peter Segal Director
- Chris Farley as Thomas 'Tommy' Callahan III
- David Spade as Richard Hayden
- Brian Dennehy as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
- Julie Warner as Michelle Brock
- Bo Derek as Beverly Barish, aka Beverly Burns
- Dan Aykroyd as Zalinsky
- Rob Lowe as Paul Burns (uncredited)
- Sean McCann Cast
- Zach Grenier Cast
- James Blendick Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
42%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The most peculiar aspect of the movie is that some of it is played straight.
Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh
Tommy Boy is a good belly laugh of a movie.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
As a sketch for a Saturday Night Live show, it would have been a tour de force. But as part of this rather unimaginative movie, it's just a bit with a burning desk.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
The movie is an assembly of cliches and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies, all its better.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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