Big Bully (1996)

Director:

Steve Miner

Writer (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A comedy for the kid in all of us.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Bully | School | Teaching | Reunion | Humor

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Rick Moranis	...	David Leary
Tom Arnold	...	Rosco Bigger (Fang)
Julianne Phillips	...	Victoria Tucker
Carol Kane	...	Faith Bigger
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Art Lundstrum
Curtis Armstrong	...	Clark
Faith Prince	...	Betty Lundstrum
Tony Pierce	...	Ulf
Don Knotts	...	Principal Kokelar
Blake Bashoff	...	Ben Leary
Cody McMains	...	Kirby
Harry Waters Jr.	...	Alan
Stuart Pankin	...	Gerry
Justin Jon Ross	...	Young David
Michael Zwiener	...	Young Fang

MPAA:

Rated PG for mean-spirited pranks, some crude humor and language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Finland:K-10 (video premiere) | Norway:11 | Spain:7 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG (certificate #34058) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Kitsilano Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Lee Rich Productions

Trivia:

The librarian says that "Green Eggs And Ham" is 8862 days late, which is roughly 24 years and is more accurate than when David tells Victoria that he owes $6886.10 at 5¢ a day; that would be 137722 days or 377 years. He actually owes $443.10 at 5¢ a day (at that time).

Goofs:

Continuity: Kirby puts drops in his ear during class. There are four shots of him at his desk. In one of them, the bright green pen is missing from his desk.

Quotes:

[David runs into bathroom and picks up hair dryer to throw at Roscoe]
Roscoe "Fang" Bigger: What are you going to do? Style my hair?

Movie Connections:

References "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)

Soundtrack:

(I Want To) Thank You

Enjoyable Movie To Watch on TV

Big Bully is probably more suited to the small screen than the big screen. Some of the dialogue Tom Arnold spouts out is quite funny. Rick Moranis does an acceptable job in the lead role, even though it seems he's been playing wimpy characters for his whole film career.

The showdown is a little heavy handed (eg. Arnold firing a nail gun at Moranis), but was obviously thrown in to keep the movie from getting too dull.

If it's on TV late at night, watch it...and then go to bed.

Rating: **