Amazon.com video review:
In the mid-1980s, standup comic Rodney
Dangerfield underwent a renewed wave of popularity, finding a
surprisingly enthusiastic baby-boomer audience. What else to do but
make a movie that shows off Dangerfield's alternately knowing and
boorish humor? This may not be on the AFI list of great films, but it
delivers laughs aplenty in its story of a rough-edged tycoon who made
his fortune in clothes for the stout and tall and decides to attend
college in order to be closer to his son (Keith Gordon). There's not
much plot, but lots of room for Dangerfield's one-line riffs. The
goggle-eyed comic veteran displays surprising charm, enough to make
his romance with professor Sally Kellerman believable. Look for cameos
by late comedian Sam Kinison and author Kurt Vonnegut
Jr. --Marshall Fine
