Billy Madison * (1995, Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 6324

Adam Sandler’s early effort Billy Madison is a struggle to sit through.

To inherit the wealth of his hotel chain boss dad (Darren McGavin), 27-year-old Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) has to go bad to school to get the grades that evaded him first time round, in director Tamra Davis’s flabby, charmless, none-too-amusing 1995 comedy.

Sandler co-writes with Tim Herlihy, who plays one of the architects.

Running 89 minutes, this Universal release is shot by Victor Hammer, produced by Robert Simmonds, scored by Randy Edelman and Adam Sandler, and designed by Perry Blake.

Also in the cast are Bridgette Wilson [Wilson-Sampras], Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Norm Macdonald, Mark Beltzman, Larry Hankin, Theresa Merritt, Dina Platias, Harant Alaniak, Vincent Marino, Jack Mather and Christopher Kelk.

The British PG version is cut, with some of its language and crude humour edited.

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