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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:25
Rotten:88
Average Rating:4.5/10
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
Has a surprising amount of heart, but heart doesn’t replace good gags.
09/07/03
The film has its moments, particularly when in satire mode. It's just too bad that not as much fun and imagination went into crafting and then fleshing out the main, predictable plot.
09/07/03
What starts off as a biting comedy turns out to have a soft, squishy middle.
09/07/03
Every moment that's meant to be touching is laughable, but the moments when we're supposed to be laughing are just funny enough to carry the movie along.
09/06/03
While most of the physical comedy is lazy and predictable...what surrounds it is a surprisingly charming diversion with a rather clever premise.
09/06/03
...the shoddy execution of Dickie Roberts is about a dozen of whoopie cushions inferior to the insightful other sources that knew how to skew the outrageousness of this subject matter.
09/06/03
Too hit-and-miss to score consistently, the film still offers plenty of strong laughs, along with a knowing take on celebrities and their foibles.
09/06/03
I often found myself laughing in spite of no one, not even myself.
09/06/03
Top CriticWorth the price of admission just to see the opening E! True Hollywood Story about Dickie, and the closing credits which feature every former child star from the past 20 years.
09/05/03
Only the latest in a long line of forgettable, unfunny "comedies" in which we're supposed to care about some intrinsically unlikable slob.
09/05/03
The 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
Starts out strong but falters in the middle.
09/05/03
This 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
Dickie Roberts, while certainly not a good movie, is a perfectly affable summer comedy, filled with nearly nonstop physical comedy and an impressive sprinkling of has-been celebrity cameos.
09/05/03
Anyone who grew up watching television or revels in every episode of E! True Hollywood Story (and you know who you are) should enjoy this movie.
09/05/03
A slightly better-than-average David Spade summer comedy that imparts its fair share of laughs but bogs down after a solid start and never makes anything special out of its premise.
09/05/03
It's a standard joke in screwy teen comedies, but for some reason it seems kind of fresh here.
09/05/03
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is alert fun as long as it stays on Hollywood and Vine ... once Dickie is transplanted to suburbia, his movie becomes just another bland, heartfelt family-oriented comedy.
09/05/03
[A] laugh-free comedy.
09/05/03
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