Billy Madison
Tags: cult, comedy, stupid, entertaining, prank

Plot synopsis:
Billy Madison is the 27-year-old heir to a Fortune 500 hotel company that his father, Brian, has created. He spends his days drinking with friends and creating disturbances across his father's estate. One day, Billy ruins a dinner meeting between his father and his associates by acting obnoxiously. Brian loses confidence in his son and chooses the conniving Eric Gordon as his successor. When Billy begs his father to reconsider his decision, Brian reveals that he secretly bribed Billy's school teachers to give him passing grades. The two finally compromise: Billy must complete all 12 grades in two-week intervals to prove he is competent enough to manage the company.
Shortly after enrolling into school, Billy becomes attracted to a teacher named Veronica Vaughn, who initially ignores him. Nevertheless, Billy successfully progresses through his first two grades. He finds himself as one of Veronica's students in the third grade and earns her respect by standing up for Ernie, his friend and classmate. Billy becomes popular among the third graders and misses them as he advances through school. Billy's progress alarms Eric, who becomes increasingly agitated as Billy completes each grade. Eric blackmails Billy's principal, Max Anderson, into claiming that Billy bribed him for passing grades.
Brian swiftly terminates his agreement with Billy and renames Eric as his successor. Billy grows distraught and reverts to his carefree lifestyle. Veronica motivates him to return to school, while his grade school classmates convince Max to retract his bribery accusations. Brian agrees to give Billy another chance but Eric cites that Billy failed the challenge by taking more than two weeks to complete a grade. He then threatens to sue Brian if he does not pass the company onto him. Billy intervenes and challenges Eric to an academic decathlon to finally settle their feud.
Both men excel in different activities but Billy manages to take a single-point lead before the contest's final event, a Jeopardy!-style academic test. Billy stumbles on the opening question in the event, and Eric is given the chance to win the contest by answering a question about business ethics. Eric is unable to withstand the pressure and breaks down. He brandishes a handgun, but Max tackles Eric before he can harm Billy. Eric recovers from the attack and attempts to shoot Veronica, but he is shot by Danny McGrath, a rifle-wielding madman whom Billy apologized to earlier for bullying him.
At his graduation, Billy is delivering a speech. Billy announces he will pass the hotel business to Carl Alphonse, one of his father's more polite businessmen, and attend college in order to become a teacher. Eric watches on and fumes in frustration over Billy's decision.

Review: 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!
Billy Madison in a landslide is Adam Sandler's best film.
Maybe the humor is a little stupid, but that is because before seeing this movie, you have to make sure your brain is not in Fellini mode and in Sandler mode.Story revolves around Billy Madison, who must go back to school (he is 27) and graduate High School so he can take over his father's hotel ring.
If you want to see a movie that is fun, puts you in a good mood, and never gets old, then see Billy Madison.
All of you Sandler haters will think this is stupid, but everyone who likes Adam Sandler, or doesn't mind humor that is kind of stupid will love Billy Madison.This is one of Adam Sandler's first movies, and it's one of his best also.
Other movies that put you in a good mood are Happy Gilmore, Beavis and Butthead Do America, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, and Tommy Boy.Overall, Billy Madison has a somewhat stupid sense of humor, but it does make you laugh, and it's such an entertaining movie.
It has also become one of the most quoted and memorable films over the past 12 years.It's about a 27-year-old man who makes a bet with his dad that if he repeats and passes grades 1-12 (Where is K?), he will take over for his dad's hotel company, instead of his dad's obnoxious and sociopathic friend Erik (played to perfection by Bradley Whitford; despite Billy not having any experience in the field at all...).
here is your movie.But that aside, "Billy Madison" isn't just awful like many other goofball comedies of the 90's and 00's, it is very entertaining and memorable...
I never thought Sam Kinison was funny (the screaming is annoying) nor do I care for Chris Tucker.I saw Billy Madison at the theater, a friend and myself and the 8 other guys randomly scattered around the seating area found this to be pretty damn hilarious.
I still laugh at a few of the scenes when I see repeats and yes I have it on video.Those of you who dislike this movie are more than likely too old and stuck on your Bob Hope type era comedians and refuse to admit any others.
As a comedian, Adam Sandler does great on all of his comedy films but this one will always stand as one of his best most funniest films.
I'm quite surprised at the number of people who found this movie funny, but I suppose we all have different tastes.Sandler's whiney voice and stupid faces are annoying, unoriginal, and done better by many others (e.g JL Lewis).
His character is unlikeable, the plot is boring, and I just cant believe that this script was ever written.I can identify the jokes but fail to understand why they are funny (like the clown with blood out of his mouth).
Unlike the Happy Gilmore character, Billy Madison is nothing more than a driveling idiot from the start of the movie to the end.I had avoided watching this movie for years because I figured it would be rather bad, but I figured that my kids, after watching and liking Happy Gilmore, would get a kick out of it.
Hate hate hate him.I did not enjoy this movie.Could someone, somewhere, please explain why they think Sandler is funny?
All in all, "Billy Madison" is stupid and funny at the same time, just like "A Night at the Roxbury" and "Dude, Where's My Car?".And one more thing.
This idea makes no sense and it's rather stupid.Well, despite a totally lame story idea, Adam Sandler manages to occasionally do something with the slender material he's been given (of course, since he co-wrote this, he has no one to blame but himself for the premise).
After my viewing of "Billy Madison", I can understand better the level of vilification that Adam Sandler attracts from some quarters....
There was only one funny line in this movie, although not remotely fresh or innovative, and it perfectly describes the whole experience: "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.
It's also quite hilarious because, you see, BILLY MADISON is the kind of movie you'd roll your eyes at if that immature side of you wasn't still kicking.BILLY MADISON launched the big screen career of Sandler, who was winding down his memorable stint at the floundering Saturday NIGHT LIVE at the time.
Some classic lines include:"I kind of feel like an idiot sometimes but then I am an idiot so it kind of works out." "Ta-ta-Today Junior!" "The C is silent!" "I am the smartest man alive!"I thought this was one of the dumbest films I have ever seen the first time I saw it.
I fear I shall never know if I was lucky or unlucky in chancing upon this film as my first exposure to Sandler (except for Airheads, which came before his elevation to star status and in which I recall him giving a perfectly acceptable performance in a minor role); perhaps this is his greatest work and I have saved myself from far worse, perhaps this is some terrible travesty hacked to death by blinkered execs and stripped of all its comic genius.
Billy Madison, this is the film that supposedly gave Adam Sandler his huge break in Hollywood along with Happy Gilmore.
So I rented it yesterday and watched it this morning, I admit this was a fun story and had some funny moments, but for the most part I think that this is a pretty over rated comedy.
I prefer other Adam Sandler comedies like Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Anger Management, and Click where he actually acts like a grown up, those actually work comedically.
An rich nitwit by the name of Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) bets with his father (Darren McGavin) with a smile ball worker (Bradley Whitford), who could win Billy's father hotel business company but Billy has to go back to school starts from the bottom to high school.Directed by Tamra Davis (Crossroads, Half Baked) made a watchable dumb comedy, which it was a Box Office Hit in the winter of 1995.
This crude comedy has some funny moments but Sandler got better and funnier in his other movies.
why does everyone like this film, I thought that this was one of adams worst movies I gave it a 5.
He gets in people's faces, says something stupid, and we are supposed to be enchanted.the story, though, is okay...we know where it's going but the idea of a ridiculously rich kid on the brink of increasing his wealth as inheritor of a huge hotel chain, first going back to school, not college, but kindergarten, is pretty funny.
The nineties were kind to Adam Sandler, what with his Saturday Night Live career taking off to new heights and movie deals coming left and right.
If I didn't know any better, I'd think it would've been his worst.And here I am, where I usually wind up after rewatching an Adam Sandler movie; appalled and dismayed.
As you can infer, Sandler's character is a lame-brained, overgrown child also equipped with one of the most annoying, insufferable accents of his career (second to only The Waterboy).Billy's life is made; he doesn't need to work because his father is filthy rich and he is permitted to act like a senseless buffoon as long as he doesn't interfere with his father's line of work.
His father accepts and so unfolds a comedy of dead ends.Some people will be in tears watching Sandler's character yell, scream, and fight as he repeats every grade and some will even list it as one of their favorite films.
I'm astonished when people call this "the best Adam Sandler movie." Have these same people seen Reign Over Me?
But Sandler pulled out every stop on the `just plain irritating' organ to prevent this coming to pass.I suppose there's no talking people out of a laugh, but the jokes weren't funny, either..
Adam Sandler plays Billy Madison, the son of a wealthy businessman, who is about to hand over the reigns of his company to a greedy businessman.
There are some laughs in the beginning, but I didn't find the addition of Norm MacDonald very funny, nor did I think it great how the teacher who hates Billy is suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, willing to take off her clothes for him.
Adam Sandler had a very funny role (he always does in his movies), and this movie was hilarious!
I also like the other movies Adam Sandler plays in (The Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Little Nicky).
Adam Sandler brings great hilarity to the film, and the rest of the cast were very funny.
If you are an Adam Sandler fan (which I am) you should like this movie.
Adam Sandler is very funny in this movie.
Billy Madison is one of those movies that many like, but I find to be okay.
It does have some funny moments, but I feel that Adam Sandler's character is very annoying and unlikable.
But then it has moments that try to be funny, and I didn't find myself laughing.All in all, Billy Madison is okay.
Young Adam Sandler triumphs in a wacky, stupid and down right ludacris movie.
I know I'm not the only one that has a love/hate relationship with Adam Sandler's films and if there's one film of his in particular that's a good example of why then 'Billy Madison' is it.
This is probably one of Sandler's dumbest, most absurd movies (and that's saying something) and it's no surprise that it didn't go down too well with the critics, receiving an average score of 16 out of 100 on Metacritic!I do think sometimes though, no matter how bad a film may be in terms of its technical qualities and the plot and script, it can still be enjoyable and rewarding for the average viewer.
I think it's a rule in film criticism to hate Adam Sandler movies.
I couldn't pass 3 minutes of that!I want to be a film critic, but I love Adam Sander movies, for the most part!
take it for what it is, and for all you people that don't like it just remember Adam was able to make a production company from this and Happy Gilmore so hate all you want this is still a great comedy.
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).
His father wants to turn over the business to his son, but Billy spends his days drinking and messing around with his friends.Of course this film is very silly and over the top and that is its intention completely, The inevitable scenes of a full grown man sitting in a too small chair set the tone for the rest of the film.
This is one of those goofy, silly, awkward and stupidly funny flicks, starring Adam Sandler as Billy Madison, a rich but lazy son who makes a deal with his father that in order to inherit his hotel company, he must repeat Grades 1-12 in school in order to earn his education.Sandler seemed he doesn't care about good, careful and dramatic acting in this movie; he just wants to have fun and be silly, etching out slapstick comedy, gags and awkward moments whenever he can.
I had never seen any other Adam Sandler film from start to finish at the time, but over the years since then, I have seen a handful of them, and some of them I've found pretty funny.
This movie obviously relies mostly on Adam Sandler's antics for the humour, which can sometimes be funny.
Billy didn't want to look like an idiot so he made a deal with his dad that if he did each grade of school in two weeks, he would get the company.
This being the first Adam Sandler movie i've seen, i didn't really expect much at first.
But Billy won't let that happen, so he'll go through grades 1-12, to prove to his dad he's not an idiot!Sandler is loads of laughs in this movie, along with Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Norm MacDonald, Chris Farley, and many more!
F.U.N.N.Y. This is probably the funniest movie I have ever seen, Sandler is funny and excellent in this role and it is just a gem!
I can not put this down, the most stupid things are made funny in this movie, like the Penguin scenes.
I'm not even that big of a fan of Adam Sandler but i like him here.Billy Madison is a comedy.
It's about a twenty something kid called Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) who goes back through school to impress his dad (Darren McGavin).
I'm a fan of adam Sandler and think most of his movies are good.
Watch it with that in mind!But I'm writing like I dislike the film but I was satisfied with the movie and laughed many times!If you just want a brainless comedy!
The plot of Billy Madison and Adam Sandler's antics throughout are immature, silly, and at times, just plain stupid.
First of all, this is not a movie that you would rent if you really want to 'LAUGH', cuz with this movie you can't, although I kinda like the hilarious quotes, well if you wanna have a CRAZY movie, and if you like these kinda movies, rent this one, but I WARN you....Not Funny, No Originality, No Good Acting, Sorry this one FAILED for sure, Mr.Sandler** out of *****.
Billy Madison, a 1995 comedy, was directed by Tamra Davis and co-written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy.
Adam Sandler's "Billy Madison" is perhaps one of the most uniquely funny movies I have ever seen.
Billy Madison is the best movie I think ever created!
I think this is Adam Sandlers best movie.
Adam Sandler plays Billy Madison, the goofball slacker son of a hotel chain owner.
This movie isn't as funny as Sandler's other flicks like Happy Gilmore, Bulletproof, Airheads or The Waterboy but it's funnier than The Wedding Singer or Big Daddy.Billy Madison is a rich kid who mooches off of his father's success.
So Billy makes a deal with his father to go back to school(1st through 12th grade)and if he wins he gets the company instead of Eric, who tries to stop him.This movie is really funny, even though some of the jokes are rather weak.
I like bill murray he's great, and in this movie Adam Sandler has no resemblence to bill murray.
Of coarse, I think that MOST every movie with Adam Sandler in it is going to be funny.
Billy Madison is without a doubt the BEST movie I have ever seen.
Billy Madison is 1 of the best movies ever.
There are so many quotable moments in this film yet I found myself laughing at times because of the movie's complete and utter stupidity.
Billy Madison is Adam Sandler's best movie ever!
In my opinion, still the best Adam Sandler movie to date.
As Adam Sandler's movies were made, they became more and more commercial - and less humorous with every one.
Billy doesn't want to be cut out so agrees to go through school all over again - doing one grade every two weeks.Adam Sadler films are very much a matter of taste - if you like him doing his usual `dumb guy who makes good' stuff then you'll be right at home with his early films.
I know that these things are not what the film is about, but one has to wonder how stupid the writers think the audience are when they simply switch Veronica from hating Billy to being totally in love with him with no explanation or reason!
Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) is a goofball slacker who drinks all day and do nothing.
It has so many things to laugh about and quote...it's HILARIOUS.Adam Sandler is Billy Madison...your typical slacker spends his days getting drunk with friends.
His Whenever Billy finds out that Eric (Bradley Whitford) is taking over his father's company, and not him, he asks to go through grades 1-12 all over again to prove he's not an idiot and get the company.Adam Sandler gives a hilarious performance, and he also falls for a teacher (Bridgette Wilson) and everyone else (especially Chris Farley)me...I give it 10 out of 10 because i like comedies, and especially like Sandler's work..
Now I find it very rare to find a good Adam Sandler movie.
I wouldn't call Billy Madison one of Sandler's best as so many other people say it is.
There are moments of humor in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and The Waterboy, but none of them are funny movies.
Adam Sandler does things in his movies that I have never seen done in others.
Adam Sandler is Madison, sent back to school in order to gain his father's company.
This is a great movie It shows Adam Sandlers greaT talent as a writer and the plot about a guy who has to climb his way through school is brilliant I love this movie and could watch it over and over.
Billy Madison, an adult with the mind of a five-year-old child, will lose his father's company if he doesn't complete grades 1-12 again in two weeks.