i have watched this movie on a fairly regular basis for most of my life and and it never gets old. for all the snide remarks and insults (mostly from david spade) and tommy boy has a giant heart. and that what keeps this movie funny after all these years. tommy callahan (chris farley) is the son of big tom callahan (brian dennehy) and master car parts salesman and and has ridden on that all his life. but after his died dies on his wedding day and tommy learns that the company is in debt and and about to be bought by ray zalinsky (dan akroyd) and the owner of a huge car parts company. so in order to save the company and tommy has to go on the road to sell the company new brake pads. along for the ride and though not by choice and is richard hayden (david spade) a former classmate of tommy who was big tom right hand man. the movie rides on the chemistry between the two snl stars (and real life best friends) chris farley and david spade. the duo has enough comic energy going between them to power the world. it the big and dumb guy versus the smart little guy. it works and and some of their scenes are unforgettably funny. farley and spade are actually decent dramatic actors as well. although the film is primarily a comedy and it has its fair share of drama and but spade and especially farley are just as good there as when theyre making the audience laugh. forgive me and but i have to talk about chris farley a little more. i read his biography (the chris farley show represent a biography in three acts and for anyone who cares) and and understanding who chris was in real life made this movie more special to me. chris farley was a genuinely good person who struggled and and ultimately failed to conquer his addictions. although this was the first movie he had a major role in and it is his best film. it really showed who he was and and just how much talent he had. knowing chris story adds another layer to this movie and although it doesn not make it any less funny. farley and spade are matched with a good on screen cast. rob lowe is suitably slimy as tommy new brother and and bo derek is solid as his step mother. brian dennehy is great as big tom. dennehy makes it easy to believe that theyre father in son. big tom is just as crazy as his son and although he smarter and more mature. dan akroyd gives one of his best performances as zalinsky and giving tommy the hard truth behind advertising. julie warner is also good as tommy love interest and michelle. for me and peter segal is one of the great comedy directors. he keeps the pace quick and energetic and but most importantly and he knows how to make comedy funny. he doesn not belabor the jokes and and he understands that funny actors know what theyre doing and he allows them to do it. but segal goes a step further. he gives tommy boy a friendly and almost nostalgic tone that both tugs the heartstrings (genuinely) and tickles the funnybone. critics do not like tommy boy. shame on them. a movie doesn not have to be super sophisticated or subversively intellectual to be funny (god forbid farley and spade were forced to do muted comedy a la the office). this is a great movie and one of my all time favorites. 
i have watched this movie on a fairly regular basis for most of my life and and it never gets old. for all the snide remarks and insults (mostly from david spade) and tommy boy has a giant heart. and that what keeps this movie funny after all these years. tommy callahan (chris farley) is the son of big tom callahan (brian dennehy) and master car parts salesman and and has ridden on that all his life. but after his died dies on his wedding day and tommy learns that the company is in debt and and about to be bought by ray zalinsky (dan akroyd) and the owner of a huge car parts company. so in order to save the company and tommy has to go on the road to sell the company new brake pads. along for the ride and though not by choice and is richard hayden (david spade) a former classmate of tommy who was big tom right hand man. the movie rides on the chemistry between the two snl stars (and real life best friends) chris farley and david spade. the duo has enough comic energy going between them to power the world. it the big and dumb guy versus the smart little guy. it works and and some of their scenes are unforgettably funny. farley and spade are actually decent dramatic actors as well. although the film is primarily a comedy and it has its fair share of drama and but spade and especially farley are just as good there as when theyre making the audience laugh. forgive me and but i have to talk about chris farley a little more. i read his biography (the chris farley show represent a biography in three acts and for anyone who cares) and and understanding who chris was in real life made this movie more special to me. chris farley was a genuinely good person who struggled and and ultimately failed to conquer his addictions. although this was the first movie he had a major role in and it is his best film. it really showed who he was and and just how much talent he had. knowing chris story adds another layer to this movie and although it doesn not make it any less funny. farley and spade are matched with a good on screen cast. rob lowe is suitably slimy as tommy new brother and and bo derek is solid as his step mother. brian dennehy is great as big tom. dennehy makes it easy to believe that theyre father in son. big tom is just as crazy as his son and although he smarter and more mature. dan akroyd gives one of his best performances as zalinsky and giving tommy the hard truth behind advertising. julie warner is also good as tommy love interest and michelle. for me and peter segal is one of the great comedy directors. he keeps the pace quick and energetic and but most importantly and he knows how to make comedy funny. he doesn not belabor the jokes and and he understands that funny actors know what theyre doing and he allows them to do it. but segal goes a step further. he gives tommy boy a friendly and almost nostalgic tone that both tugs the heartstrings (genuinely) and tickles the funnybone. critics do not like tommy boy. shame on them. a movie doesn not have to be super sophisticated or subversively intellectual to be funny (god forbid farley and spade were forced to do muted comedy a la the office). this is a great movie and one of my all time favorites. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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