Billy Madison (1995)

A completely spoiled, obnoxious, simple-minded moron is told he will have to go back and finish grade school in order to prove he is capable enough to take over the family business and save it from the evil asshole who would inherit it.

This was Adam Sandler's first major leading role, coming hot off his success from SNL, in which he pretty much played the same gibberish-speaking cretin. This stuff was funny back before it wore out its welcome and, in some ways, this is one of the best comedies Sandler ever made because it was still pure.

There are two ways to review a movie like this: One is with a critical eye and the other is based on how much I personally enjoyed it. How funny you find this is directly proportional to your willingness to laugh at utter stupidity. I find it fucking hilarious. It doesn't have to be any more complicated than that.

3 flaming bags of poop out of 5

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Four dumb teens hit someone with their car and decide to cover it up rather than report it to the police. The following summer, they're all contacted by a blackmailer threatening to expose them, and the body count piles up.

This film is quintessentially '90s, or at least the way Hollywood tried to depict it back then. Kevin Williamson attempts to recreate some of that magic from the previous summer's hit horror whodunnit Scream, and it mostly succeeds based on a memorable hook and highly quotable title alone. In the years since its release, it's been reappraised as somewhat of a modern slasher classic, although it was mainly mocked mercilessly at the time. Regardless, it remains a simple, solid premise that more or less holds up some 30 (!) years later.

2½ urban legends out of 5