Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

OneEightNine Media I have no idea why Adam Sandler movies rank higher than this. Anyway, if you want to see Chris Farley at his very best then you should check out this little gem. It is literally playing all the time on TNT, USA, FX or SpikeTV. The movie is about a loser who has to step to to save his late father's company from a member of the 1%. Funny how this film is dated but still relevant today, thanks to corporate greed and general American ignorance about what they really should be caring about. If Americans cared half as much about the economy as they do to social or foreign topics then this world would be a much better place. Anyway, Tommy, played by Chris Farley teams up with his childhood nemesis, played by David Spade and they set off on a hilarious sales trip in order to save their company and town. The film is funny as heck, especially if you're watching it for the first time. Farley and Spade are without a doubt one of the greatest comedy duos of all time. 2 years after this film was released Chris Farley died of a cocaine overdose. What a shame. Anyway, I highly recommend this comedy because it can make you laugh without objectifying women or using lewd sexual content to force a laugh out of you.

brchthethird A fun (but only occasionally funny), dumb comedy. The plot is rather simple and unspectacular and the acting is serviceable. Chris Farley is really the only reason to see this movie, due to various comedic episodes peppered throughout the run time. He's able to elevate the material somewhat on his charm and charisma, even bringing a little heart/pathos to the role. You can't really say that for the rest of the movie, though, because it's filled with clichés, plot holes, lapses in logic and implausibilities. Still, the strong central performance by Farley, who proves himself quite adept at physical comedy, is reason enough to see it at least once.

FlashCallahan Tommy is a slow-witted, clumsy guy who recently graduated college after attending for seven years.His father, Big Tom Callahan, owns an auto parts factory.When Tommy arrives home, he finds he has a position at the factory waiting for him. His dad also introduces Tommy to his soon-to-be stepmother, Beverly, and her son Paul.But when Big Tom dies, the factory threatens to go under unless new brake pads are sold.Tommy must go on the road to sell them, along with the assistance of Richard, Big Tom's right-hand man.....Here in England, this was the only Farley film that made it to the big screen, partly because at the time this sort of humour was deemed to immature for wide release.Now cinemas are rife with this stuff, thanks to the dumbing down of civilisation. It's throwaway stuff, and while the film lasts, it's okay.It would have been good to see if Farley would have become something, because his films were on a par with Sandlers at the time.Narrative is straight forward, and the whole point of the film is Farley falling over, being silly, and having crazy hair, while David Spade stands there and rolls his eyes.It's all predictable stuff, there is a point in the film, like every film like this, where they think all is lost, and then they redeem themselves.Forgettable, but slightly endearing.

Tim Kidner Dumb comedies and gross-outs don't do anything for me , usually doing the opposite and make me want to flick my eyeballs out with a sharp pencil.This mad, fast paced craze-fest is so infectiously delirious that it'd be inhuman not to warm to it and ultimately, rather like it. Or love it, though I'm not sure I want to go that far....Chris Farley is a comic actor unknown to me, apart from his parts in Waynes World, which I saw so long ago, I cannot remember him. I understand that he was one of a kind and much loved. Comparisons with the Farrelly brothers cannot be dismissed, but Tommy Boy just seems less lame and crude and has more zest and genuine enthusiasm, by all in it. And I'm not sure that the Farrelly's could extend a script about brake pads over 90 minutes, either!It's good to see Dan Ackroyd and Bo Derek, Ackroyd himself being another great comic actor. David Spade I really don't know but he makes a great Laurel to Farley's modern day Hardy. Big on size, heart and character, was Mr Farley.Not one I'll be buying on DVD but did enjoy my seeing it on Sky Movies.