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Back to School

1986 · 96 min

A breezy, joke-filled campus romp that coasts on its star's wisecracking charm and ends on a warm, crowd-pleasing high.

Tagline
He enrolled in college for the pursuit of finer things...like co-eds, shapely professors, fun and rock and roll.
Overview
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • class
  • education
  • redemption
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Alan Metter
Written by
PJ Torokvei, Steven Kampmann, Harold Ramis, William Porter
Starring
Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., William Zabka, Paxton Whitehead, Adrienne Barbeau
Music
Danny Elfman
Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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