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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   22,422 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bonnie Turner (written by) &
Terry Turner (written by)
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Release Date:
31 March 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Chris Farley at his best more (178 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le courage d'un con (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Tommy Boy - Durch dick und dünn (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Tomazek (Slovenia) [sl]
Tommy Boy (Spain) (video title) [es]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, some drug content and nudity.
Runtime:
97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
On the DVD commentary director Peter Segal reveals that they used James Newton Howard's score to Dave and George Fenton's score to Groundhog Day (1993) as temp-track music. The Groundhog Day music was used as temp score in the "airplane scene". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tommy bends the car door back into position at the gas station, it is visibly dented and crumpled along the edge. Immediately after, Richard goes to open the door, it falls to the ground, and is in pristine condition. more
Quotes:
Gas Station Employee: I'm picking up your sarcasm.
Richard Hayden: Well, I should hope so, because I'm laying it on pretty thick.
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Movie Connections:
References Bambi (1942) more
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Maniac more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Chris Farley at his best, 19 February 2003
Author: rottenaddict from Hampshire UK

What can you say about Tommy Boy, well its without a doubt stupid, over the top, and not a film with any real message to make you think about life in general. But its also a very, very funny film and most likely my favorite Chris Farley film (Black Sheep coming a close second).

I should point out that i am English so i haven't seen any Saturday Night Live shows and only know Farley and Spade from their films and Spades stand up comedy. I think that if you want a film to watch that kills an hour and a half and keeps you laughing from start to finish then this is for you.

It does have moments of slushy "i love you" in it but they are very few and far between and the slapstick comedy is well worth the wait. The story line is very basic, Farley must sell his late fathers brake pads to keep his business alive. But its the amount of situations that both Farley and Spade encounter along the way that make the film so funny and watchable.

I can't say enough about this film to really sell it to anyone but it simply is a very, very funny film and ironicly if it has a message to leave the viewer with its how sad the loss of Farley is and how much great comedy was lost once he died.

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