richspenc I always found this movie funny, ever since seeing it for the first time in mid 1990s. I've always liked Chris Farley's trademark yelling, and David Spade's smartassery. Here and in their other comedy "Black sheep". There's one sad part and about 50 funny parts. The sad part is Tommy's dad dropping dead at his wedding from a stroke while marrying the sexy Bo Derek. I remember Bo Derek, also sexy in"10" with Dudly Moore. Tommy's dad's death part lasts about 5 minutes with the bagpipe music playing "Amazing grace" (I remember when they copied that part in "Family guy" when Stewie's Rupert teddy bear died in one of those cutaway gags "Family guy" is known for). After the death part, the laughs get started again. I don't have room to write them all.First the funny bits before Tommy's dad's death. Tommy running past this guy who cowers down all scared so amusingly. Then one of dad's colleagues meeting Tommy and thinking that the first thing to say when meeting someone is "I had a kidney removed, but I still have the other one". Then David's smart alec comments to Tommy when getting back from college (Tommy: "alot of people go to college for at least 7 years" David sarcastically: "yeh, they're called doctors". Then David sees Tommy's bag: "you spray that thing for bugs?"). I like on the boat with Tommy and sexy Michelle. The ten year olds yelling insults, Tommy yelling insults back and the kids not being slightly phased. Then Michelle yells at them and they suddenly run scared. I agree with Tommy, that..was.. awesome. Then the funny part with Tommy, David, and the executives at the meeting, and Tommy deciding to go on the road selling brake pads. That hardly got the others confident, their reactions included: David: "I don't think there's anyone who can help Baby Huey out there on the road". Older women at meeting: "this is where the whores come in. Whores running around shaking their little be-hinds for the menfolk". RC: "we're all screwed! Tommy's one apple that fell way off the tree!" Only Michelle stayed confident since she liked Tommy. Other funny moments; Tommy and David hitting a dear on the road, and then Tommy yelling at one of his unsuccessful sales appointments, "we just killed Bambi!" Tommy sputtering sentence fragments (as David called it) and lighting a company executive's model car on fire. David telling Tommy "watch and learn", but then him not doing much better, with the next sales exec.telling him "I don't like you, you're a smug unhappy little man who treats people like they're idiots". Tommy getting a repeated comment from different people, "did you eat a lot of paint chips as a kid?" He gets that from a sales exec. and from his new stepbrother Rob Lowe, son of dad's wife to be Bo Derek. Zalinski, Dan Akryod, big time auto parts company founder also said the line, just slightly differently, "did you live under power lines ad a kid?" Tommy responded to that and the paint chips question the same, "no...why?", looking disappointed. Lowe and Bo Derek were revealed to be up to no good and was only marrying Tommy's dad to excrete his money and his business. Tommy's dad died before finding that out but Tommy himself was furious when he found out, "they lied to my dad!" Also funny was "T bone up bull's a** or butcher's word" remark that Tommy's dad used to persuade a sale successfully, but Tommy wasn't successful when he used if because he couldn't get the words right, well that combined with his dumb unprofessional selling style in general. More funny moments; Tommy and David's "bees!" scheme to get out of getting a ticket when getting pulled over. I'm pretty sure that that trick never worked again in real life after this movie came out, since I am sure not too many people by the late 1990s had not seen this movie. Also funny are some of David's snide sarcastic remarks, such as to a gas station attendant while asking directions; attendant to David: "I am picking up on your sarcasm" David "well you should, I'm laying it on pretty thick". Then the "chicken wings" scenario that Tommy and David agree is actually a good sales tactic."remember, just think chicken wings". Tommy using the "chicken wings" tactic on a customer who was initially uninterested due to there not being a guarantee on the box (I like Tommy's persuasion mentioning how the "guarantee fairy" could really just be a crazy glue sniffer who then knocks up their daughter and steals money off the dresser)(I also liked how later during Tommy's televised scene with Zalinski, that same customer sees it on TV, and is disinterested wanting to switch the channel to watch looney tunes). Then there's David's comment about the restaurant not "deturding" the shrimp, "whoa, they caught this one after Thanksgiving feast, we're gonna need a pooper scooper" (Maybe after deturding that shrimp, they should've put it in a box and marked it that "guaranteed piece of s***" that Tommy.was saying to the customer about the guaranteed boxes. Lol). Honestly, after seeing that, I could not eat shrimp again unless I was 100% sure it was devained. I like how they make sure to mark that on bags of shrimp at the store now.

Realrockerhalloween A nice sentimental comedy about a rich kid named Tommy who will do anything to keep his father's factory in the family after his father does. Chris Farley and David Spade are a dynamic duo who play off each other extremely well you'd think they were real life brothers. The jokes are in the style of 90s SNL skits where the situations are over the top, simple and have a big pay off leaving your stomach hurting from laughing so hard. Some highlights are when they are going to be pulled over by the police, pretend bees are stinging them and get off scott free or when they pretend to be flight attendants to get a free lift to Chicago.Rob Lowe and Bo Duke are quite the team themselves as gold digging villains willing to do anything to make a quick buck. At first their relationship is a little gross until you found out they aren't really related.The music is a wonderful reminder of the time period and act as a character itself to the scene present. The story flows naturally without ever feeling slow or full and the jokes are refreshing to hear instead of today's where it nearly all vulgar.While black sheep will be my favorite, this feels like a great alternative sequel and delivers the goods. See it today.

Jordan Jacobs It was 1996, I was 8, I put Tommy Boy in the VCR. Little did I know I just made a life changing decision. The character of Tommy Callahan is one of Chris Farley's best efforts. It was written for him, and he did it better than anyone else every could have. The movie itself could have just faded into the monotony of other 90's comedies. Tommy and Richard are childhood frenemies, after a major issue at the plant, they have no choice but to get into Richard's cherry 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX and drive across the country on the biggest sales run of their lives. Will they do it? Who knows... but Bo Derek is a babe, and maybe the first MILF any 90's kid every truly crushed on.

Evan Wessman (CinematicInceptions) This isn't a comedy that's going to top any lists. There is nothing superlative about it in any regard. That said, it is by no means poorly done or unenjoyable. In some ways it's designed in a Lowest Common Denominator style (or one size fits all if that makes more sense), but essentially it hovers a little bit above mediocrity. You have good actors that have a fairly good script to work with and the product comes out as a general crowd pleaser. The comedy, though undeniably slapstick throughout, has some variety to it. This is mostly because the majority of the gags and screen time in general are split between David Spade and Chris Farley. Even in the situations where both of their characters are involved, we get different styles of comedy. The humor definitely deserves it's PG-13 certification, but there's plenty of clean humor mixed in as well. There's a fair amount of recurring gags with Tommy (Chris Farley) being klutzy and overweight, but there is also enough verbal comedy to entertain those who don't enjoy the former style, again showing that this movie was likely made with an LCD mentality. Also, there are a fair amount of laughs that come from small, nameless characters that Tommy and Richard (David Spade) meet along the way.The story, like most of the movie, is satisfactory, but unremarkable for the most part. From what I've heard, the business comedy idea is not a new one, so the storyline doesn't score any points for originality. Still, it progresses naturally and isn't hard to follow, though there are a couple of twists along the way. There are no hidden morals or deep concepts like in John Hughes movies. It ends in a sort of happily ever after, but this is presented in a sort of mocking way. The villains are, again, satisfactory, though unremarkable and get relatively little screen time. Besides, it's a comedy so most viewers probably care more about the journey rather than the outcome.The execution is alright, though it doesn't need much attention considering that it's a comedy. The acting is pretty good, and, as stated before, they are given a pretty good script and characters.If you like road trip comedies like Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, or The Great Outdoors, this is worth a shot. I wouldn't recommend going out to spend money on it, but if you can't find anything else worth watching, give it twenty minutes and enjoy if you can. Overall Rating: 8.3/10.