Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Movie Review (Like)

The movie that I am reviewing is "Billy Madison", a comedy movie starring Adam Sandler. This movie was released in 1995. The movie is about a 27- Year old man who is trying to take over his fathers hotel business but does not have the school qualifications to do so. He slacked all the way through high school and is now forced to take grades 1-12 over again to get the business. I think that this plot is hilarious and very clever. Some of the situations Billy gets put into are awkward, funny and most of all stupid. The themes of this movie are not obvious. One of the themes is to work hard until the end because you never know how things can help you later in life. Another theme is even if you have a lot of money and glory, you can still suffer and not to get ahead of yourself too much. The main character, like I said previously, is a 27-year old man who did not graduate from high school and wants to take over his fathers business. The next character is the man whom Billy is competing against for the job. His name is Eric, a selfish prick who does anything he can do to make sure that Billy does not get the job. Another character is Veronica Vaughn who is Billy's 3rd grade teacher, that is very attractive and is more than just a teacher to Billy. They had their ups and downs but in the end they fall in love and live happily ever after. The writer had many things spinning around when he wrote this movie. His main goal was for a comedy movie but in the end it turns out to be a very funny movie with some suspense as to who will get the job. This is a dialougue of Billy talking to his dad:
Brian Madison: Remember that spelling bee you won in the first grade? Rock: r-o-k?
Billy Madison: Yeah, so what's your point?
Brian Madison: r-o-C-k!
Billy Madison: Ohhh yeh! The c is silent.
This is just an example of how funny and clever this movie is.

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