Billy Madison

Billy Madison is a 1995 comedy film starring Adam Sandler as a manchild who must repeat grades 1-12 to inherit his father's company.

The title character's name has become shorthand for someone regressing to childish behavior or facing remedial challenges: I felt like Billy Madison going back to community college at 35.

Related

Adam Sandler · Happy Gilmore · spelling · bee · penguin · shampoo · conditioner · bus · Chris Farley · stupid · graduation · elementary · principal · business ethics · spelling bee · SNL · nincompoop · nudie

Categories
Opposites
maturity and intellectual seriousness

Billy MadisonGood Will Hunting

Film about hidden brilliance

Hermione Granger · Atticus Finch · Rhodes Scholar · Matilda · Lisa Simpson

adam sandler comedy persona

Billy MadisonJames Bond

British intelligence agent

Hannibal Lecter · sophisticate · Don Draper · Patrick Bateman · dry wit

privileged slacker vs self-made achiever

Billy MadisonRocky Balboa

Erin Brockovich · self-made man · rags-to-riches · Andrew Carnegie · overachiever

Family

Madison, bill, bills, billed, billing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG