If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
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Comic, classical in form, effortless and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
50 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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“Is Chris Farley the best thing in Tommy Boy?”
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“Is this Peter Segal's best work?”
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“Would Tommy Boy hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1995?”
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Cast
- Chris FarleyThomas 'Tommy' Callahan III
- David SpadeRichard Hayden
- Brian DennehyThomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
- Julie WarnerMichelle Brock
- Bo DerekBeverly Barish, aka Beverly Burns
- Rob LowePaul Burns (uncredited)
- Dan AykroydRay Zalinsky
- Sean McCannFrank Rittenhauer
- Zach GrenierTed Reilly
- James BlendickRon Gilmore
Crew
- Peter SegalDirector
- Bonnie TurnerScreenplay
- Terry TurnerWriter
- Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- William KerrEditor
- Lorne MichaelsProducer
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