One of my all time favorites.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Back To School is where Rodney Dangerfield is going. Heeding the advice of his father who said that no matter how successful you are, you are not a well rounded person without some education. Wish his dad was running the Department Of Education today. Dangerfield who is a multi-millionaire tycoon in the clothing business knows that money talks and he gets it to speak volumes. It's called an endowment and Ned Beatty as Dean Martin admits him.Dangerfield thinks it would be nice if he and his son Keith Gordon did the college thing together. But Keith resents dad just moving in and taking over. So does business teacher Paxton Whitehead. Whitehead is one of those who lives up to the motto, those who can't teach. Whitehead is also jealous that Dangerfield making time with English teacher Sally Kellerman.In her own way Kellerman conveys the same message to him, but it sure is packaged better. It's a Dangerfield production and all in the cast kind of play his straight men. Some of the others include Burt Young who knew Rodney way back when and is his chauffeur and general fixer of all things, Robert Downey, Jr., as Gordon's friend and roommate who is loving being part of a faster lifestyle and William Zabka, bad kid in the Karate Kid who makes life miserable for Gordon.Two small but indelible roles are Sam Kinison as a most unorthodox history professor and Adrienne Barbeau who is brilliant as the cheating trophy wife of Dangerfield. How he handles her is priceless.A must for Rodney Dangerfield fans.

One of the truly, funny if irreverent modern comedies and Dangerfield's best. A fun way to take the load off your new students by showing this. Rodney and Sally Kellerman make a great pair with Rodney his usual bumbling 'no respect' self. Yet he somehow gets the girl, for awhile anyway as the oldest student on campus. Favorite scene is at the swimming pool where Rodney takes quite a dive.This was Rodney's first movie, from 1986 but holds up well, better than most current movie fare.(Surprised at the 6.5 rating). For us, it's almost a 10. Show your kids/students along with this great poster gift: ROAD TO SUCCESS Famous 100-Yr- old Motivational Poster -Great back to school gift or Business Promo http://buff.ly/1i5SocU ‪#‎success‬ ‪#‎backtoschool

Rodney Dangerfield exudes great charm, and in Back to School he really shines. A gifted stand-up comedian, Rodney is an old school Las Vegas comic known for delivering scathing, self-deprecating, yet wholesomely witty one-liners. His unique comedy is further enhanced by his bulbous eyes, deep voice and hysterical intonations.Rodney plays Thornton Melon, an eccentric millionaire, doting father, and former college diving competition champ. Thornton went from rags to riches selling men's custom-tailored suits to the big and tall. His only child and son Jason is a freshman in college, painfully single, and having a tough time adjusting to academia, campus life, and his chosen sport - diving. Hilarity ensues when Thornton comes to his son's rescue by enrolling in the same university, partying, throwing money around and slacking off. Then he is literally put to the test, having to pass a series of exams, or get expelled by his nemesis, the pompous Dr. Phillip Barbay, Dean of Students. Thornton also has to learn to stop smothering his son and be a normal dad. Of course, Rodney doesn't do normal, which brings the laughs consistently, with an explosive dive competition-climax that has to be seen to be believed. Back to School immortalized Rodney Dangerfield like no other movie. This movie also has a great supporting cast (Burt Lancaster and the late Sam Kinison come to mind) and a fitting, cheery score by none other than Danny Elfman (three years before he did Batman and The Simpsons). You'll laugh and cheer for Thornton Melon, and after you do, you'll watch this wonderful 80's comedy gem again and again.

I can not believe this one ranks higher in score than "Easy Money". To me that one is a lot funnier than this one, which has some good stuff within it, but it just runs to long and gets to sentimental near the end. The story has a successful business man who never went to school with a son in college. Well the son is not having a good time of it and wants to drop out, but his father does not want him to. Well the son says the father did not go so why should he and this spurs the father (played by Dangerfield) to go to the same college to prove a point. There are some funny things initially, but like a lot of comedies of this type it gets to sentimental at times, there are a few lags between the laughs and after a point you just wish it to be over. Dangerfield is mostly funny in this one, though he is at his best near the beginning of the movie while at a party thrown by his wife. A few good scenes when he is first going to college as I enjoyed his first meeting with Sam Kinneson as a professor. Like I said though this movie just seems to go on to long and they have to invent plot points to make the movie more serious than it need be. Sure some people may like this kind of thing, I am just not one of them though. So for me the movie was almost an even split making it not good, but not bad.