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==Reception== ''Back to School'' yielded $91.3 million domestically,<ref name="IMDbBoxOffice"/> and was the 6th highest-grossing film of 1986, as well as the second highest grossing comedy film of the year, behind ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' (records state that in addition to the rental and theatrical gross it received, it went on to gross $108,634,920 globally).{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an 81% rating based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 6.50/10. The site's consensus reads, "''Back to School'' gives Rodney Dangerfield plenty of room to riff—and supports the freewheeling funnyman with enough of a story to keep things interesting between punchlines."<ref>{{cite web|title=Back to School (1986)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/back_to_school|access-date=March 2, 2025|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] it has a score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Back to School |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/back-to-school |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2021-01-01 }}</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-20|title=Cinemascore :: Movie Title Search|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|access-date=2020-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|archive-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' noted that "Dangerfield seems to be setting the film's brisk pace and flawless timing himself."<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Kevin|title=Movie Review: 'Back' Gets Laughs, And Respect, Too|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-12-ca-10340-story.html|access-date=7 January 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=12 June 1986|archive-date=27 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027082600/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-12/entertainment/ca-10340_1_rodney-dangerfield|url-status=live}}</ref> Nina Darnton wrote in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that "the film is a good-natured potpourri of gags, funny bits, populist sentiment and anti-intellectualism."<ref>{{cite news|last=Darnton|first=Nina|title=FILM: 'BACK TO SCHOOL,' WITH RODNEY DANGERFIELD|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/13/movies/film-back-to-school-with-rodney-dangerfield.html |access-date=7 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 June 1986}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]]'s ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' three-star review described the film as "routine but pleasant", yet elevated by Dangerfield's persona: "This is exactly the sort of plot [[Groucho Marx|Marx]] or [[W.C. Fields|Fields]] could have appeared in. Dangerfield brings it something they might also have brought along: a certain pathos."<ref>{{cite news|date=13 June 1986|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Back to School|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19860613/REVIEWS/606130301|access-date=7 January 2013|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun Times]]|archive-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304201259/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19860613%2FREVIEWS%2F606130301|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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