Billy Madisonstarred Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson, Darren McGavin, Bradley Whitford and Josh Mostel. For Adam Sandler fans only, this dopey comedy features the former Saturday Night Live star as an over indulged rich guy whose father insists he repeat grades 1 through 12 before taking over the family business.
The scenario is perfect for Sandler’s infantile leanings (which he has fortunately outgrown in more recent movies), and for the most part the jokes about being too old and too big for the experiment are obvious.
Chris Farley and Steve Buscemi turn up in uncredited cameo appearances, but otherwise the film is pretty dismissible, except for those diehard’s who can’t get enough of Sandler.
The film earned poor reviews upon release, with the Los Angeles Times stating ” “Sandler has a bad habit of thinking he is funnier than we do”. In At the Movies, Siskel and Ebert gave the film a bad review, and said of Sandler “Not an attractive screen presence, he might have a career as a villain or a fall guy or the butt of a joke, but as the protagonist his problem is he creates the fingernails on the blackboard”.