Back to School

Apparently college is the new midlife crisis. Thornton Melon enrolls at his son's college. It predictably gets silly.

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Alan Metter directed Back to School in 1986. See Alan Metter's full filmography, where to start with Alan Metter, or where to go after you've seen everything by Alan Metter.

Back to School was released in 1986 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.