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12/13/03
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:7
Rotten:24
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: A so-so David Spade comedy with a few laughs.
Theatrical Release:Sep 5, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $22,715,908
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz, Craig Bierko
Director: Sam Weisman
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Reviews for Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Top CriticChild is father to the man in this often funny, but just as often ham-fisted, untrue Hollywood story.
09/27/03
Top CriticYou sense Spade is scared of what finding too much of himself in Dickie might mean.
09/09/03
Top CriticOuch! Spade goes sweet and gooey.
09/08/03
Top CriticThis movie is better than Lost and Found and Joe Dirt, but that’s like saying a kick in the shins is better than a poke in the eye or a kick to the groin.
09/08/03
Top CriticI often found myself laughing in spite of no one, not even myself.
09/06/03
Top CriticThe movie may appeal to fans of Spade's trademark smug and blandly disaffected comic style. And his delivery occasionally fits the material. But too many segments are flat and schlocky.
09/05/03
Top CriticThis film is not the worst Spade has ever made. Remember Joe Dirt? Unfortunately, Dickie Roberts is just another forgettable film in his desperately-seeking -a-feature -film-career oeuvre.
09/05/03
Top CriticIt's a standard joke in screwy teen comedies, but for some reason it seems kind of fresh here.
09/05/03
Top CriticDavid Spade has two-thirds of a comic idea, and the jokes occasionally hit one of their hundred moving targets.
09/05/03
Top CriticA schmaltz sand wich, with a fill ing of family-friendly sap smushed between two slices of very funny E! True Hollywood Story- style schtick.
09/05/03
Top CriticFeels like an amusing Saturday Night Live sketch that overstays its welcome by a good 90 minutes.
09/05/03
Top CriticA sweetly winning domestic comedy.
09/05/03
Top CriticEvery bit the disposable piece of piffle you think it's going to be, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is nonetheless mildly enjoyable.
09/05/03
Top CriticThere are almost enough fresh elements to make the movie worthwhile.
09/05/03
Top CriticA lot of it is painfully unfunny, but often for bizarre if not entertaining reasons.
09/05/03
Top CriticMade with consummate carelessness but with occasional moments of knowing humor.
09/05/03
Top CriticAn amiable-enough Spade vehicle that lacks that certain something, but still manages to generate its fair share of giggles.
09/05/03
Top CriticLeave it writhing in the throes of forced humor.
09/05/03
Top CriticThere are laughs, to be sure, and some gleeful supporting performances, but after a promising start the movie sinks in a bog of sentiment.
09/05/03
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