REVIEW : Back to School

image/svg+xml What happens when a portly man in his 60s named Thornton Melon enrolls in college to be with his son? What happens when that man is a loutish, impulsive, and outspoken clothing magnate with no academic background but loads of practical life lessons? When that man is played by Rodney Dangerfield, the result is Back to School, the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1986. The premise of the old man returning to college wasn't new.