Why it may be worth watching
- Big Bully combines Comedy elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips.
- Viewers currently rate it 4.7/10 from 86 votes.
Movie
Big Bully
A comedy for the kid in all of us.
A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
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Cast
Rick MoranisDavid Leary
Tom ArnoldRosco Bigger - Fang
Julianne PhillipsVictoria Tucker
Carol KaneFaith Bigger
Jeffrey TamborArt Lundstrum
Curtis ArmstrongClark
Don KnottsPrincipal Kokelar
Doug AbrahamsGuard
Faith PrinceBetty Lundstrom
Tony PierceUlf
Blake BashoffBen Leary
Cody McMainsKirby Bigger
Harry Waters, Jr.Alan
Viewing guide
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Comedy. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
Content notes
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Themes and topics
bully
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Reviews
KamuraiExternal review ·
Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
I love getting in the "way back machine" and seeing Rick Moranis movies, and I'm not a big fan of Tom Arnold, but he nails this big dumb bully role.
There is a lot of establishing information, and they work really hard to express a parallel in parents vs children and projecting a "break the cycle" morale on the story, but most of the movie is just Tom being a jerk to Rick. It's almost a Tom and Jerry movie.
I honestly spent a lot of the movie trying understand why Tom wasn't under arrest.
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Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
I love getting in the "way back machine" and seeing Rick Moranis movies, and I'm not a big fan of Tom Arnold, but he nails this big dumb bully role.
There is a lot of establishing information, and they work really hard to express a parallel in parents vs children and projecting a "break the cycle" morale on the story, but most of the movie is just Tom being a jerk to Rick. It's almost a Tom and Jerry movie.
I honestly spent a lot of the movie trying understand why Tom wasn't under arrest.
It's not the best movie, but it's reliably good.
If you're feeling an urge for a late 90's movie and this looks interesting, give it a shot.
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