most lorne michael film seem to fail because theyre essentially just extend version of skit that barely manage to make people laugh in five minute segment . tommy boy be a character right from snl a big fat lovable ( in their opinion ) goof who doesn not know anything . david spade get the thankless overwhelm everyman role . he pair with the annoy overweight slob and they endure miserable misfortune a they travel cross country to save daddy business . the plot and for starter and be really faulty . the whole premise daddy dy and rich stupid son have to save the family biz can be trace back to just about any movie you want . like any snl style film it be reduce to a simple motivation empty and shallow while just a reason to see a fat guy and a thin guy be funny together . the movie big influence be the 1987 comedy classic plane and train and automobile . that movie be great because the plot isn not stale and recycled . it basic and yeah a guy travel home for thanksgiving get stick with a slob . but it real and dammit . it make all the difference . the character be real and the situation be far more real . tommy boy be pure slapstick and it ridiculous situation undermine the character we feel nothing for them and and we do not care about what happen on screen . pta walk the careful line between outrageous and utterly believable and relate able tommy boy be simply absurd and with joke like a simple deer in the headlight turn into a crash turn into a struggle with a dead deer that really isn not dead and then awakens and wreck their car . the whole wrecked car thing be steal completely from pta and it eerie how much stuff in this film actually do resemble the steve martin or john candy movie . farley be simply way too obnoxious to find likable i have never enjoy watch him in any movie and this hasn not change my mind . spade give very little to do and serve a the movie most thankless character . dan aykroyd be waste a the evil baddie who plan to destroy daddy business . the end be a joke and and not in a har har funny way . more like a oh god be they serious . way . some people dig it and that cool . but i just can not get into it and nor do i appreciate all the stuff it borrow from not just count pt and a without any credit whatsoever .