Back to School

1986 - ENGLISH - MOVIE

Comedy Romance Sport

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself. Back to School is a 1986 American English-language Comedy Romance film featuring Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Downey Jr. and Scott Wilder. Paper Clip Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Chuck Russell. Back to School is written by Rodney Dangerfield, Greg Fields, Dennis Snee, Steven Kampmann, William Porter, Pj Torokvei, Harold Ramis and Rich Eustis and it is directed by Alan Metter. Orion Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Back to School was released on 13th June 1986 and takes a screen time of 96 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Back to School was made on a budget of $11 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $91 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Steven Kampmann, Will Porter, Peter Torokvei and Harold Ramis. Cinematography was done by Thomas E. Ackerman and editing by David Rawlins. The music was composed by Danny Elfman.
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cinematic minimal psychological populist enjoyable
  • Jini Score
    9.3/10
  • Critics Score
    76%
  • Rating
    6.6/10
  • Jini Score
    9.3%
  • Critics Score
    76
  • Rating
    6.6
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Release Date13 JUN 1986
Budget$ 11 MILLION
Language

English

Genre

Comedy , Romance , Sport

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Back to School Reviews and Ratings

Average Review Rating : positive

65.78%

Positive Review Rating : 76%

76%
    • Roger Ebert

      This is exactly the sort of plot Marx or Fields could have appeared in.Dangerfield brings it something they might also have brought along: a certain pathos. ( Read More )
    • Brian Costello

      In many respects, this thoroughly enjoyable comedy is a classic of its genre, the 1980s collegiate party movie. ( Read More )
    • Kim Newman

      This Rodney Dangerfield vehicle is a lot better than it should be. ( Read More )
    • Dave Kehr

      Its a good character for Dangerfield, one that veers him away from the I dont get no respect pathos that comes too easily to him, and enough attention is paid to the minimal plot to integrate Dangerfields classically constructed one liners. ( Read More )
    • Jay Boyar

      But five minutes or so of decent stand up comedy material in the course of an entire movie just doesnt make for a satisfying experience. ( Read More )
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