the audience applauded

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. Billy Madison is one of those 90's comedies that has all the right calls for example the throwbacks, the cool music, the sexy Teacher and all of those stuff and although it does work on some levels and it's pretty damn stupid that it's actually good the movie has some running gags that just aren't that good for example the whole Penguin thing is pretty dumb and forgettable after a while, the Banana one even tho it does lead somewhere it's just a bit dumb or the Principal hitting on Billy and other stuff like that. It does have some funny moments but only a few, it's watchable and cute and the kids are also pretty cool and Bridgette Wilson is probably the only actual human being in the entire film that acts like human except Billy's dad of course. Overall Billy Madison is so stupid that it's actually entertaining but i can totally understand why some Critics hated it in the first place plus couldn't they have picked someone else to play Billy? Maybe the film would have taken better reviews just saying! (7.3/10)

Billy Madison is an older Sandler film of his 1990 era. Sandler plays the title character Billy, an irresponsible whose father (Darren McGavin) is a wealthy hotel mogul ready to retire. 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. When Billy hits third grade, he falls for his teacher (Bridgette Wilson), and when he makes it to high school and is tortured by the other kids, he remembers how badly he treated kids back when he went to school the first time. Ultimately the film is quite silly and predictable though it does contain several laughs. It starts out very rough and quite boring then becomes generally better in the middle.

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. It's probably a good movie for kids (minus the profanity) and teenagers, but adults might think the movie's pretty stupid and somewhat boring.The plot is somewhat fast-paced, but the overall acting and comedy, I though, were rather mediocre. This movie belongs on the list of films to watch only if you have absolutely nothing better to do or watch on TV.Grade D+

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.