Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Great Film overall

Absolutely the worst movie.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This is not a funny movie. It is very overrated. I think people will like a comedy movie because it is a comedy movie. It really does not have to be funny. Most people just think everything is hilarious. This movie like most comedies does not have a good story line. It fact it has an awful story line. Not the most people who are big on comedy movies would care.

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.

Chris Farley was a comic genius, he could make you laugh without even trying. And, he and David Spade made a great team, the funniest comic team since Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. The basic story of this movie is that Farley plays Tommy Calahan, a burnout college student whose father (Brian Dennehy) owns a brake pad company. When his father dies, Tommy must take over and try to keep the company afloat with the help of his dad's assistant (Spade), and keep his evil stepmother and her "son" (played by Bo Derek and Rob Lowe) from usurping the inheritance. Through this somewhat clichéd storyline, we get tons of laughs, and more than a couple of dramatic moments, proving it's not just some silly little film. If you love to laugh, you can't get go wrong here.The film takes a dive into some of the greatest and most memorable scenarios. From Tommy slamming into doors, burning models, and ruined cars to the memorable lines and bickering between he and fellow co-star, David Spade. The film also has a fine supporting cast, from Dan Ackroyd, Brian Dennehy, and even Rob Lowe as the antagonist. It rises above your normal comedy to be something else because the script is well thought out for the most part and it allows these guys just to really show us into their lives, while presenting a heartwarming story about saving an auto-plant. Sure, not everything is the greatest ever but this story has too many good things going for it not to like it.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

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.