Billy Madison (1995)

Did you people see the same film I saw?

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Billy (Adam Sandler), an adult who lives his life as an obnoxious man-child, is told by his father that he will not inherit the family hotel business unless he can pass grades one to twelve in a giant three month sprint. It's not clear what this will prove, exactly, since the problem his father is trying to avoid is putting someone unqualified in charge of thousands of employees, but that's the premise so whatever.The villain of the movie is played by Bradley Whitford, who wants to take over the company himself and says mean things to Billy (usually after Billy has said something obnoxious or weird to him). We're supposed to root for Billy, despite his objectively anti-social behavior: he and his friends leave burning bags of feces on neighbors porches, play games that involve throwing food at restaurant walls to see which item will fall first, and grabs a woman's breasts on a dare, even after correctly identifying it as assault. In general, he behaves like a bored member of medieval royalty torturing the peasants for amusement, but just listen to those funny voices!Of course, everyone knows that Billy will win in the end and get the girl, because we are supposed to identify with his sense of childlike whimsy and know that his crimes don't count because there's no malice behind them. It's a depressing message because it supports the idea that our society should be divided into castes and we need to accept that Billy is from the rich and powerful caste and should stay there.Billy, by every conceivable standard, does not deserve and is not qualified to control the fate of thousands of people. Eric, Whitford's character, is a jerk. But a jerk who put in his time and is already quasi-performing the job of running the company. And presumably he is doing it well enough that the owner views him as a good replacement despite the animosity he clearly has for his own son.But the message is that despite that Billy should be put in charge anyway because of his family name, regardless of his behavior and the legitimate possibility that he is suffering breaks from reality (he sporadically hallucinates a giant penguin that he chases and has bizarre, unhinged conversations with).The other message, only slightly less depressing, is that money fixes all problems. Want everyone to like you, even after you've treated them poorly? Buy them expensive gifts. Did you make a waste of your life? No problem, just buy a second chance and force your way into school with other, less rich, people's kids. Who cares if you're disruptive to their education? They only exist to teach you life lessons and build up your self-esteem.In the end, I think that maybe I'm just not the right audience. For one, I'm way to old to even be in the vicinity of the target demographic for this film. I would never have even watched it but for a younger relative of mine who wanted to see it (and did enjoy it). But I also just don't enjoy this kind of humor. Sandler has tons of fans who idolize this movie as one of his greatest, so it's safe to say it's at least partially just me.Still, none of this probably matters. There's little point to worrying about the message this movie is sending; it's over two decades old and, young movie buffs aside, is hardly influencing the current generation. I enjoy writing reviews so I thought I'd add my take, but really I doubt many will even read this review among the thousands of reviews already written. If you enjoy really silly humor and simple plots, you might enjoy this film, otherwise it's probably best to just pass.

Nowadays Adam Sandler makes awful films like Pixels, Big Daddy, Jack and Jill, and more. But this is one of thee fewest ones that are actually great. Now I will agree, Sandler acts like a complete idiot. I'm not sure if he does it in real life, but certainly in his movies. But take out the scenes where he messes up with the elderly with one of those bags, it's pretty damn good. Is it the best movie around? I did consider that when I was younger, but no. While I don't really watch too much Sandler, he at least had some potential when I was younger. People say Sandler is the worst actor, while I do admit he's pretty dumb, I can't consider him the worst.

This movie was not bad but not good either. There were times I got a good laugh but most of the movie appeared to be more drama than comedy that I couldn't laugh as much. The majority of the movie is Sandler acting like a retard because he skipped school since his childhood and now has to complete each grade in a span of 2 weeks else his rival gets his father's company. There were some good moments in the film and Sandler interacting with little kids forming a good friendship with them was fun to watch.For the full review... https://nksrinathmoviereviews.blogspot.in/2016/12/billy-madison-1995- review.html

In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man (Adam Sandler) must repeat grades 1 through 12 all over again.This can be dismissed as a "stupid" comedy or a "juvenile" one, and that would not be completely wrong. But it also happens to be one of the more enjoyable films from Adam Sandler. Along with "Happy Gilmore", it is one of the two classics. (Now, I happen to like "Wedding Singer" more, but I think we can all agree that "Click" was a disappointment.) The script is actually more clever than it first appears, because some of the jokes that are the strongest have their setup in the first half and the punchline in the second. This was very smart, very well-crafted.