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40
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
It succeeds as a reasonably smart no-brainer. If you've ever had a yen to relive the third grade, this must be the next best thing.
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30
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
A more kid-friendly version of "Dumb and Dumber." And there's even a moral: "Yahoo for education," though the movie doesn't really put any muscle behind it.
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25
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
By the end, you feel like a drill sergeant-you want to wipe that stupid grin off Sandler's face.
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25
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USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Sandler mugs through a back-to-school daze. [13 February 1995, p.D1]
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25
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Adam Sandler's creative songs and silly expressions on "Saturday Night Live" may have turned him into a celebrity, but this movie based solely on his antics doesn't work.
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25
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San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
Tedious, unfunny.
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20
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Los Angeles Times Peter Rainer
Director Tamra Davis and screenwriters Sandler and Tim Herlihy scatter the bad jokes like fertilizer. Nothing sprouts.
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20
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TV Guide
The film should have featured more absurd and nonsensical elements. Certainly the plot is ridiculous, and so completely illogical that to see it fall by the wayside in favor of some inspired lunacy would not have been a loss.
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20
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Empire
Okay, a couple of sniggers sneak out, but on the whole the effect is stone cold.
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12
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Billy Madison is so singularly stupid that "Dumb and Dumber" looks (almost) like a beacon of braininess and taste in comparison.
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