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Wonderful character development!

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Billy (Adam Sandler), an adult who lives his life as an obnoxious man-child, is told by his father that he will not inherit the family hotel business unless he can pass grades one to twelve in a giant three month sprint. It's not clear what this will prove, exactly, since the problem his father is trying to avoid is putting someone unqualified in charge of thousands of employees, but that's the premise so whatever.The villain of the movie is played by Bradley Whitford, who wants to take over the company himself and says mean things to Billy (usually after Billy has said something obnoxious or weird to him). We're supposed to root for Billy, despite his objectively anti-social behavior: he and his friends leave burning bags of feces on neighbors porches, play games that involve throwing food at restaurant walls to see which item will fall first, and grabs a woman's breasts on a dare, even after correctly identifying it as assault. In general, he behaves like a bored member of medieval royalty torturing the peasants for amusement, but just listen to those funny voices!Of course, everyone knows that Billy will win in the end and get the girl, because we are supposed to identify with his sense of childlike whimsy and know that his crimes don't count because there's no malice behind them. It's a depressing message because it supports the idea that our society should be divided into castes and we need to accept that Billy is from the rich and powerful caste and should stay there.Billy, by every conceivable standard, does not deserve and is not qualified to control the fate of thousands of people. Eric, Whitford's character, is a jerk. But a jerk who put in his time and is already quasi-performing the job of running the company. And presumably he is doing it well enough that the owner views him as a good replacement despite the animosity he clearly has for his own son.But the message is that despite that Billy should be put in charge anyway because of his family name, regardless of his behavior and the legitimate possibility that he is suffering breaks from reality (he sporadically hallucinates a giant penguin that he chases and has bizarre, unhinged conversations with).The other message, only slightly less depressing, is that money fixes all problems. Want everyone to like you, even after you've treated them poorly? Buy them expensive gifts. Did you make a waste of your life? No problem, just buy a second chance and force your way into school with other, less rich, people's kids. Who cares if you're disruptive to their education? They only exist to teach you life lessons and build up your self-esteem.In the end, I think that maybe I'm just not the right audience. For one, I'm way to old to even be in the vicinity of the target demographic for this film. I would never have even watched it but for a younger relative of mine who wanted to see it (and did enjoy it). But I also just don't enjoy this kind of humor. Sandler has tons of fans who idolize this movie as one of his greatest, so it's safe to say it's at least partially just me.Still, none of this probably matters. There's little point to worrying about the message this movie is sending; it's over two decades old and, young movie buffs aside, is hardly influencing the current generation. I enjoy writing reviews so I thought I'd add my take, but really I doubt many will even read this review among the thousands of reviews already written. If you enjoy really silly humor and simple plots, you might enjoy this film, otherwise it's probably best to just pass.

Looking at the reviews Billy Madison seems to be a movie that people either love or hate. Unfortunately I am not one of those who loved it even though I expected to. I have seen many Adam Sandler movies that I liked. And having heard that this is supposedly his best one I thought I will like it too. But it ended up being a disappointment.The idea itself is funny. But it somehow falls flat and there were no really funny moments that I expected when watching a movie about a dumb guy who is back to school with little kids. There were some funny moments. But very few, and they were not funny in a laugh out loud way but more in a smirking way. Adam Sandler's acting isn't that great either in here. He is presenting a stupid guy with a stupid voice (luckily he didn't use that voice through the whole movie or I wouldn't have been able to finish it). His character is in no way a bad guy but he is also not likable in a way that makes one want to root for him. It seems his father loses no matter who gets his company. And his character didn't seem to develop to make one think at the end that he is less of an annoying idiot than in the beginning.One thing I liked about it though was the setting and the clothes. This colorfulness makes one feel those happy 90's. And the school remind us of the beautiful childhood days and makes one want to go to school again as well. So props to the ones responsible for it. I also enjoyed Steve Buscemi's appearance. The scenes with him were I would say the better ones.At the same time I think I did see it as a young teenager and from what I recall back then I liked it. So it seems to be done for a much younger audience. But it shouldn't be too young since lots of the humor is a bit dirty.

Overall: It's an entertaining flick which is probably worth a one time watch if you don't mind Sandler Style.Good: It is entertaining at stages and the acting is quite well done, with the maid and the headmaster being my personal favorite characters. The premise is fun and decently handled. It's a nice, warm plot that does what it needs. I didn't notice anything special about the music or the cinematography.Bad: This is the kicker for many; it's an Adam Sandler movie. It hits every nail on the head and you can wash that down with some of Sandler's signature style. It is one of his better movies but that isn't saying much. The ending is also predictable and illogical for his father.Best Part: The continuous reign of flirting from the maid to Sandler is funny, a tad bit stereotypical but doesn't get old.6/10

This is one of those goofy, silly, awkward and stupidly funny flicks, starring Adam Sandler as Billy Madison, a rich but lazy son who makes a deal with his father that in order to inherit his hotel company, he must repeat Grades 1-12 in school in order to earn his education.Sandler seemed he doesn't care about good, careful and dramatic acting in this movie; he just wants to have fun and be silly, etching out slapstick comedy, gags and awkward moments whenever he can. It's probably a good movie for kids (minus the profanity) and teenagers, but adults might think the movie's pretty stupid and somewhat boring.The plot is somewhat fast-paced, but the overall acting and comedy, I though, were rather mediocre. This movie belongs on the list of films to watch only if you have absolutely nothing better to do or watch on TV.Grade D+