Tommy Boy (1995) movie poster

Tommy Boy (1995)

"If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards."
ThumbScore
👍 74%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 43%
Comedy

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Director
Peter Segal
Runtime
1h 38m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.8/10 (1,036 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
40%
Metacritic
46

Cast

Chris Farley as Thomas 'Tommy' Callahan III · 75% avg
David Spade as Richard Hayden · 72% avg
Brian Dennehy as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan · 73% avg
Julie Warner as Michelle Brock · 72% avg
Bo Derek as Beverly Barish, aka Beverly Burns · 66% avg
Rob Lowe as Paul Burns · 71% avg
Dan Aykroyd as Ray Zalinsky · 74% avg
Sean McCann as Frank Rittenhauer

Is Tommy Boy good?

Most people think so. 74% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 43%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1505 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#85 / 107 · 1995
Rank among its director's films
#5 / 10 · Peter Segal

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

r/movies
⬆ 22,124💬 1,480 comments
Why We’re Still Talking About 'Tommy Boy' - Twenty five years later, this Chris Farley and David Spade cult classic is a perfect example of the timeless allure of the big, dumb, critic-proof buddy comedy
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Top comment: "I've always loved the symbolism of Richard and his car. In the beginning of the movie he is all..."
r/MovieDetails
⬆ 9,412💬 79 comments
It took the crew of Tommy Boy [1995] five weeks to get the shot of the deer standing on the car. They gave a car to a trainer who fed a deer and let it eat and poop in and around the car for a month so the deer could get used to it before they could bring in cameras and get the shot they needed.
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Top comment: "Holy shit that’s cool. I doubt you’ll see anyone put that much dedication into a single shot for a..."
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