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Billy Madison (1995) -- In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.
Billy Madison (1995) -- Billy yells gibberish, screams, and bites a man's hand during his father's important business dinner.
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Billy Madison (1995) -- Billy gets Ernie to call Ms. Vaughn at home and see if she likes him more than a friend.
Billy Madison (1995) -- During his final exam game show, Billy parallels the industrial revolution with a children's story.

Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   34,908 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tim Herlihy (written by) &
Adam Sandler (written by)
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Release Date:
10 February 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
To inherit his family's fortune, Billy is going back to school... Way back. more
Plot:
In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(25 articles)
‘Other Boleyn’ Director Takes ‘First Grader’ Back to School
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 28 November 2009, 10:59 PM, PST)

Sandler golf suit?
 (From JoBlo. 24 November 2009, 1:54 AM, PST)

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Stop looking at me, Swan! more (180 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and crude humor.
Runtime:
89 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All of the names on Danny McGrath's People To Kill List (except for Billy Madison and Eric) are those of the crew, directors, or producers of the movie more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the O'Doyle family station wagon skids off of the road. You can see a bracket and a cable on the front end of the car. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Billy Madison: [sings] # Suntan lotion is good for me. / You protect me, hee-hee-hee. #
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I'm Not The One more

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39 out of 55 people found the following review useful.
Stop looking at me, Swan!, 22 May 2001
8/10
Author: mattymatt4ever from Jersey City, NJ

What can I possibly say? This is no "Citizen Kane," but this is one of the movies that sticks out in my mind the most. It's a twisted, crude, tasteless comedy but never ceases to bring out extreme laughter, even after I've seen it approximately 200 times--give or take. I just cannot get tired of this movie! There are things in this movie that cannot be understood, like every Sandler flick. What the hell was the deal with the penguin? However, it's a memorable moment. There are so many memorable quotes from the film. It's one of those movies I can quote line per line off the top of my head.

Here's a share of my favorite quotes:

(singing) "Suntan lotion is good for me. You protect me. Tee-hee-hee."

"O'Doyle rules!"

"It's too damn hot for a penguin to be just walkin' around. I gotta send him back to the South Pole."

"You're giving the company to Eric? He is a bad, bad man."

Adam Sandler has that brand of comic genius in which you don't know what you're laughing at, but it's damn funny! You can't help it! I can't rant and rave about anything artistically brilliant about "Billy Madison." Yet it's one of my favorite movies of all time.

It's funny, it's original, it's Sandler! Nuff said.

My score: 8 (out of 10)

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