Review of Tommy Boy (1995) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 27 Oct 1998
The movie is an assembly of clichés and obligatory scenes from dozens of other movies, all are better. It has only one original idea, and that's a bad one: The inspiration of making the hero's sidekick into, simultaneously, his buddy, his critic and his rival.
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This review of Tommy Boy (1995) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 27 Oct 1998.
Tommy Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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