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A so-so David Spade comedy with a few laughs.
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Spade doesn't look to have the confidence to flourish in such a mainstream film. Dec 20, 2017 | Full Review…
Spade doesn't look to have the confidence to flourish in such a mainstream film.
Antonia Quirke
Child is father to the man in this often funny, but just as often ham-fisted, untrue Hollywood story. Sep 27, 2003 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Child is father to the man in this often funny, but just as often ham-fisted, untrue Hollywood story.
Bob Townsend
You sense Spade is scared of what finding too much of himself in Dickie might mean. Sep 9, 2003 | Full Review…
You sense Spade is scared of what finding too much of himself in Dickie might mean.
Alex Pappademas
Ouch! Spade goes sweet and gooey. Sep 8, 2003 | Rating: 2/4
Ouch! Spade goes sweet and gooey.
Peter Travers
Just a platform for Spade to tell smutty jokes to kids, fall off bicycles, puncture waterbeds, and, oh yes, learn the real meaning of family. Sep 8, 2003 | Full Review…
Just a platform for Spade to tell smutty jokes to kids, fall off bicycles, puncture waterbeds, and, oh yes, learn the real meaning of family.
David Edelstein
This 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. Sep 8, 2003
This 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.
Richard Roeper
Not at all funny David Spade movie. Dec 22, 2010 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Not at all funny David Spade movie.
Nell Minow
Has nothing of value to offer other than a dizzying number of cameos by former child stars, each of whom is only momentarily amusing as a voyeuristic opportunity to compare the grown-up on screen to the kid ever emblazoned upon our mind's eye. Jan 9, 2007 | Rating: 0/4 | Full Review…
Has nothing of value to offer other than a dizzying number of cameos by former child stars, each of whom is only momentarily amusing as a voyeuristic opportunity to compare the grown-up on screen to the kid ever emblazoned upon our mind's eye.
Kam Williams
A wince-inducing comedic atrocity. May 3, 2005 | Rating: D | Full Review…
A wince-inducing comedic atrocity.
Nick Schager
Nah. Jul 20, 2004 | Rating: 2/4
Nah.
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Instead of seeing Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, you could...pierce yourself with sharp objects. Jun 23, 2004 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Instead of seeing Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, you could...pierce yourself with sharp objects.
Judith Egerton
If the filmmakers had resisted the urge to make it so adorable and meaningful, this could have been a terrific comedy. Jan 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
If the filmmakers had resisted the urge to make it so adorable and meaningful, this could have been a terrific comedy.
Rich Cline
I thought Dickie Roberts was enjoyable! david Spade brings some pretty good talent to the table here!
Super Reviewer
its just the same man-nanny becomes friends with the kids movie but it has David Spade and hes funny
I turned it off 3/4 of the way through. David Spade was better back in the early 90's.
Definately unfunny. Why does it look like David Spade is wearing mascara??? This movie's plot is terrible, and, through the course of the movie, the use every cliche in the book. David Spade should stick to talking llamas.
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