Back To School
Self-made wealthy guy Thornton Melon decides he needs a better education, and also to spend some time away from his cheating new wife. Thornton then decides to enter the school as a student himself, and becomes a big hit on campus.
19 November 1963, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
23 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
11 June 1945, Sacramento, California, USA
10 November 1948, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 December 1929, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
30 April 1940, New York City, New York, USA
August 01, 2013
Dangerfield proves once again why he's one of the funniest men on screen.
August 01, 2013
The profoundly strange presence of Rodney Dangerfield triumphs over sloppy writing and lumpy editing in this sometimes raunchy farce.
August 01, 2013
Dangerfield seems to be setting the film's brisk pace and flawless timing himself.
August 27, 2010
One of the brightest (and least pretentious) comedies of the past quarter-century, the 1986 box office hit Back to School is the sort of film that's easy to watch repeatedly over the years.
February 27, 2008
It's a good character for Dangerfield, one that veers him away from the 'I don't get no respect' pathos that comes too easily to him, and enough attention is paid to the minimal plot to integrate Dangerfield's classically constructed one-liners.
August 01, 2013
I mean no disrespect to Rodney Dangerfield in suggesting that Back to School is a comedy that belongs back on the drawing board.
June 17, 2014
Classic '80s comedy has lots of profanity, innuendo.
January 16, 2013
In this very funny Rodney Dangerfield comedy, there has been an important shift in Rodney's entertainment persona, a shift that has made this small film a monster hit.
August 01, 2013
Back to School is furious fun.
August 01, 2013
The vibes, here, are all wrong, and Dangerfield's unique timing is disrupted in most scenes.
August 01, 2013
This is at best a flyweight summer movie.
