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Dickie Roberts - Former Child Star
starring: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Craig Bierko, Scott Terra, Jenna Boyd
directed by: Sam Weisman

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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792199427
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0792199421
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 43184
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 05, 2003

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Amazon.com:
David Spade embodies Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star with the snide, glib, and bored attitude for which he is loved by his fans. Dickie, whose mother abandoned him in his youth when his TV show was canceled, yearns to regain the spotlight. But he can't get a promising role because the director believes that Dickie isn't a real person; so, to find his real self, Dickie hires a family to give him the childhood he never had. Dickie Roberts has some scattered laughs, but the writers have no better grasp of reality than Dickie himself; the "normal family" Dickie hires is as warm and glossy as any TV clan. A busload of real former child stars play exaggerated versions of themselves, but the result is more uncomfortable than satirical. However, if you want to see David Spade imitate a jet-ski, this is your movie. --Bret Fetzer

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A little (ok, a lot) predictable but still delivers the laughs...
David Spade's signature apathetic sarcasm gets my funny-bone every time. I find his comedic style hilarious. I think it's the tone of his voice, the way each comment rolls out of his mouth with this tinge of arrogance that makes him one of the funniest comedians working today. Even when his films are ridiculous and utterly pointless (which, honestly, a lot of his films are) he is still on point and delivers the goods. In `Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star' he fails to disappoint yet again, serving ... Read More

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- Strong at scattered points, but SO formulaic at others
By no means is this a good movie, but it is very funny in a few places. The plotline is really so simple to see coming that you can put your brain on auto-pilot and do something else such as long form income taxes or double-check the math on Einstein's Theory of Relativity and not really miss too much.

However, the scene in which Dickie finally gets it is sweet and Spade makes it work - so a one-star movie gets an additional star.

The poker night scene with Dickie and 5 other ... Read More

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- Reclaiming One's Former Fame
In DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR, David Spade took an idea he originally had for a Saturday Night Live sketch that never aired and revamped it to portray the title character, Dickie Roberts, a child star of a family sitcom in the 1970s who entered the phrase "Nuckin' Futs" into the American lexicon. Dickie's success kept him from having even a semblance of a normal childhood and after the sitcom ended, he soon found himself down and out and unable to get cast in any worthwhile projects. Dickie Roberts ... Read More

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- Hi-larious
This movie is hysterical! I do like Spade, and I loved Joe Dirt, so I gave this a viewing, even though I had heard it wasn't that good. (Actually, the story line is very similar to Joe Dirt...loveable loser searches for something to fill the void/complete him, and comes up a bigger winner than he could have ever imagined.) I actually saw it for the first time on a cable movie channel, and I wish I had seen it sooner! There are so many hilarious one liners tossed about in this movie, and Spade's delivery ... Read More

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- Berserk and maybe sick in the head

The fate of child stars is pathetic, especially if their parents are not there to make them accept that they have to grow up though they haven't had a real childhood. The film shows this dilemma in the grown-up former child star with simple signs, like the gloves he is wearing all the time. But how can such a grown-up who has had no childhood learn what it is to be a child ? The film is rather hilarious even if at times it is a little bit gross. It also reflects a little bit on what kind of straight jacket ... Read More

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