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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

Sam Weisman

David Spade, Ashley Edner, Scott Terra, Jon Lovitz ...

4.3

551

Comedy Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is a 35-year old former child star. Now an out-of-work actor turned parking valet, Dickie is desperate to audition for a great role that could revitalize his career, but the part requires him to play a "normal" guy. Problem is, Dickie is anything but normal. He decides to hire a family to adopt him so he can relive his childhood and, in essence, grow up from scratch.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"A nauseating bowl of treacle about a man who discovers heaven in his own backyard"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There are laughs, to be sure, and some gleeful supporting performances, but after a promising start the movie sinks in a bog of sentiment (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"A largely satisfying mix of broad slapstick, seriocomic sentimentality and mostly amusing satirical thrusts at easy targets"	POS
United States	Nell Minow Common Sense Media	"[It] isn't a very funny movie. At best, audiences who don't think too much will laugh once or twice then forget the whole thing before they reach the door of the theater."	NEG
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"This passable comedy"	NEU

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