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Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   9,027 votes
Director:
Penelope Spheeris
Writer (WGA):
Fred Wolf (written by)
Release Date:
2 February 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
There's one in every family.
Plot:
A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
I agree with Gene Siskel. This film is absolute trash. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Chris Farley ... Mike Donnelly

David Spade ... Steve Dodds

Tim Matheson ... Al Donnelly
Christine Ebersole ... Governor Tracy

Gary Busey ... Drake Sabitch
Grant Heslov ... Robbie Mieghem

Timothy Carhart ... Roger Kovary

Bruce McGill ... Neuschwander
Michael Patrick Carter ... Scott Colleary

Boyd Banks ... Clyde Spinoza

David St. James ... Motorcycle Cop
Skip O'Brien ... State Trooper

Branden R. Morgan ... Fan
'Gypsy' Spheeris ... Pocket Pool Lady

John Ashker ... Jim Blaine
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude language and humor, drug-related material and sexual innuendo.
Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Buckley, Washington, USA more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The airplane Chris gets his jacket stuck in is a Cessna 340. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when Mike flies out of the cabin after the boulder hits it. more
Quotes:
Mike: What the hell was that?
Steve: A chunk in the road or something.
Mike: I just chunked in my pants.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-09)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Punk more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
I agree with Gene Siskel. This film is absolute trash., 14 November 2007
1/10
Author: spencer10 from United States

While many critics did not like the comedy duo of Chris Farley and David Spade I thought those guys were funny and while 1995's "Tommy Boy" was panned miserably by critics I thought that film was hilarious. Since that film did well at the box office director Penelope Spheeris who made the hilarious "Wayne's World", lost her directing skills a little bit with "The Beverly Hillbillies", and improved once again with a 90's version of "The Little Rascals" thought it would be a good idea to re-team the comedy duo for another film that would be released almost a year after "Tommy Boy". Boy did she make a HUGE mistake. This film makes "The Beverly Hillbillies" look like "Citizen Kane"! The story of how I got to watch "Black Sheep" was after I saw "Tommy Boy" and loved it I took a trip to Blockbuster and picked this up. I thought it would be hilarious the storyline seemed funny but there was not one part in this film I laughed at. If you don't know even Gene Siskel before he died said this was the only film he ever walked out on in a theater since "Million Dollar Duck" in 1971 which forced Roger Ebert to say "boy Gene I envy you". So do I Mr. Siskel and I typically listen to audiences not critics. But I should have listened to you in this case. I even turned this off immediately and turned it back to Blockbuster because it sucked so much. An embarrassing waste of talent. If you need something to watch with Farley try his next film after this called "Beverly Hills Ninja" it is hilarious. If you under any circumstances see "Black Sheep" I will never recommend a good film to you again.

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