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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousTouching
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Plot:
- Actor's LifeParents and ChildrenFamily LifeArtists and ShowbizLove and RomanceYouthFamily RelationsDisorder more...
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Genres:
- Comedy
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Humor:
- Silly Humor
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, 2003
English
USA
Profile of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
The mood of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is feel good, humorous, and touching. The plot centers around the life of an actor, family life, and artists and showbiz. It features silly humor. It is a comedy movie. In approach, it is realistic. It happens in contemporary times.
Summary of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
In the reverse rags-to-riches story of DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR, writer/actor David Spade's string of infectious laughs turn into waves of compassion. Former child star Dickie Roberts (Spade) has wound up working as a valet, dodging insults and lamely making attempts to regain his former glory with the help of his equally down-and-out agent, Sidney Wernick (Jon Lovitz). His buddy, the real-life recovering child star Leif Garrett, tells Dickie about a role in a Rob Reiner film that could revive Dickie's acting career. But Reiner is not convinced Dickie, whose mother and father left him at an early age, knows enough about normal life to nail the role. Dickie shows his commitment to the craft by moving in with a hired surrogate family to replicate the idea of childhood, but does not win points with his new Mom (Mary McCormack) when he introduces her kids to repugnant table manners, irreverent behavior, and foul language. As he absorbs the true meaning of tenderness and family, Dickie finally proves that he has something to offer each one of them.
Spade and executive producer Adam Sandler find classic comedy in this retro theme, which includes appearances from former child stars like Danny Bonaduce (Danny in THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY) and Barry Williams (Greg from THE BRADY BUNCH). As with JOE DIRT (2001), Spade also shows a tender side, which is surprising coming from the king of deadpan one-liners and brutal sarcasm.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 3 September 2003 |
| Runtime: | 98 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dickie Roberts
as Grace Finney
as Sidney Wernick
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Peter Hartlaub
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kevin Thomas
Users Reviews
- 07.April.2009
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- by: tpullis
- tpullis rated this movie6/10Okay
- 22.March.2009
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- by: Matthew
- Matthew rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
