After his auto-parts tycoon father dies, the overweight, underachieving son teams up with a snide accountant to try and save the family business.After his auto-parts tycoon father dies, the overweight, underachieving son teams up with a snide accountant to try and save the family business.After his auto-parts tycoon father dies, the overweight, underachieving son teams up with a snide accountant to try and save the family business.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
David Malloy
- Sammy
- (as David 'Skippy' Malloy)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaRob Lowe played the supporting role of Tommy's stepbrother and is uncredited. The reason for this is because he wanted to be a "happy surprise" after the script shifted focus (the film was originally centered around the relationship between Tommy and Paul). Rob was playing tennis with Lorne Michaels, and Lorne told him that he was about to start "Tommy Boy" and that he was considering him to play Chris Farley's brother. He ended up taking the part as a favor for Lorne, since he was previously in Wayne's World (1992).
- GoofsNear the beginning of the movie, when Tommy Sr. takes the men onto the factory floor, he makes everyone put on a hard hat for safety. But as they walk through the factory, most of the employees are not even wearing hard hats.
- Crazy creditsRob Lowe is mentioned on video covers, but remains uncredited on-screen.
- Alternate versionsThe UK cinema version was cut by 9 secs for a PG certificate to edit shots of a woman pulling down her bikini and the sound of a man unzipping his flies. Later releases were uncut and upgraded to a 12 certificate.
- SoundtracksSilver Naked Ladies
Written and Performed by Paul Westerberg
Courtesy of Sire Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Featured review
This film should go down as a slapstick comedy classic. Farley's untimely death should be lamented, he was a comic god. This movie is unashamedly stupid, but if you'll just relax it's also one of the funniest films you'll ever see.
Ok, it has a paper-thin plot, but it does contain some cinematic firsts: a moose breaking its way out of a classic car; Rob Lowe being electrocuted through his pecker; a fat man in a little coat.
See this film. Twice
Ok, it has a paper-thin plot, but it does contain some cinematic firsts: a moose breaking its way out of a classic car; Rob Lowe being electrocuted through his pecker; a fat man in a little coat.
See this film. Twice
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,679,899
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,027,843
- Apr 2, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $32,679,899
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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