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Summary: hysterical and oddly touching!
Review: Dickie Roberts is a 1970s child star who is now a has-been. The movie opens with him on "Celebrity Boxing" getting beaten by "Webster's" Emmanuel Lewis. Then he is at poker night with Greg Brady, Screech, Corey Feldman, Leif Garrett and Danny Partridge. Dickie, abandoned by his mother when his career fizzled, craves the love he used to get as a star.Determined to win a part in a new movie, which director Rob Reiner insists he needs a normal childhood, Roberts sets out to relive childhood with a normal family. Paying $20K to live with them for a month, he is hired by the father George --- who does not bother to tell wife Grace even though she has to 'raise' him. It's essentially a single-parent house, and Dickie breaks down the barriers with nothing more than smarmy charm and becomes friends with the 2 kids and Grace. The boy Sam looks like a young Corey Feldman, which is weird. The daughter Sally is a really good actress, as is the woman who plays Grace. This is one of Spade's better works, definitely worth seeing more than once.
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Summary: "Are You Nucking Futs?"
Review: David Spade is Dickie, a sitcom child star who never shook his signature catch phrase. J. J. had "Dy-No-Mite!" The Fonz, "Sit on it!" And Dickie: "Are you nucking futs?" Early on we learn that Dickie used to be the king of sitcoms, but is a modern day moron. He is oblivious to the fact that his time has come and gone. I won't bother you with the plot line; you can watch the movie for yourself. But I will say that David Spade delivers an "allright" performance. The jokes are sometimes lame. It's childish humour, so it does not appeal to adults, but adults shouldn't let their children watch it, as this immature jokes are delivered with launguage most of the time. And believe it or not, the main character learns something about himself, and believe it or not... there IS a moral! "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" isn't worth a purchase, but it's a good rent.
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Summary: Dickie Roberts shines
Review: Pretty humorous and touching film, "Dickie Roberts" is definitely worth-watching with a great moral.
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Summary: Great Opening and ... Formulaic Story
Review: 'Dickie Roberts -- Former Child Star' starts with a wonderful mocumentary style, which cleverly uses the 'archives' of the title role Dickie Roberts (played by David Spade), who was a popular child star on TV back in the 70s. Now, having lost everything, he dreams of the comeback, and today he joins in the celebrity boxing match with Emmanuel Lewis. And Dickie loses.
In spite of a good support from Jon Rovitz, the film then begins to falter because of its contrived plot with a sugary and predictable ending in view. The film tells how desperate Dickie can be, trying to get a role in the new film by Rob Reiner (who appears as himself). Rob kindly asks the former child star to 're-live your childhood.' Which means, Dickie Roberts must learn to live a normal life in a perfectly all-American family in suburbia (with the mother Mary McCormack), and teach something about life to the kids, or be taught by them.
Now David Spade keeps the ball rolling anyway, doing impersonations of ... er ... jet-ski or motorbike, which are very energetic but unfunny. Still, he carries the show pretty well though never showing better ideas than the opening sections, in which you can see several cameos including Tom Arnold and Brendan Fraser (Dickie insists on saying 'Fraijarr)'. And you can also see Alyssa Milano (who was the little daughter of the star of 'Commando')
Perhaps you might be most interested in the end credits, where a group of real-life former child stars appear and sing a comic song. You want to see the Brady Bunch kids? Here they are. And a bit of Corey Feldman or Corey Haim singing together. But of course, it is the film itslef that really matters, and that is done by Sam Weisman of run-of-the-mill 'The Out-of-Towners' and 'What's the Worst That Could Happen?.' That tells you more than enough.
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Summary: Except for the little girl writhing sexually...it's good.
Review: Even though the tagline should have been [...] and the family should have not existed, I liked this movie...and I don't even really know why...
The occasional wit of David Spade? Nah. The child stars I didn't grow up with? None of that. I think what did it was that I didn't have to pay for what I was seeing...my friend just gave it to me 'cause he didn't like it. The very same effect that Corky Ramano had. I didn't have to pay for what I was seeing on TV, so I watched, and got some small enjoyment from it. And what's wrong with enjoyment, no matter how small the dose?--and the dose was ungodly small. I say: Nothin.
If you want to be made slightly happy by something--I guess if your knee was a little sore, and you were slightly down--you could watch this.
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Summary: Better Than I Expected
Review: I am not a David Spade fan, but my sons recommended that I watch this movie, because it was very funny and entertaining.
Well, needless to say it was funny as hell and it had very good messages thrown in, in regard to family, which is was what Dickie Roberts was missing out on. Watching this movie makes you cherish your childhood and have you thinking back to the crazy and mindless things that you did.
Later....
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Summary: One of David Spade's best!
Review: I thought this was a really funny movie.
Dickie Roberts was a popular child star on a TV sctiom. Eventullay, the ratings dropped and this TV sticom was "no more". Dickie Roberts was not a star again. His mom left him and his dad too did when he was younger. He was on his own. He was no what you would call a "failure". He wanted a come back. Well, to start out his girlfriend dumps him. He wants a part in a movie called "Mr. Blake's Backyard". He tries out. Rob Reiner directed this movie and said Dickie would have to though his childhood (cause really he did not have one) to get this part. He hires a family. The Finneys. Though the movie he gets his childhood back. He makes a comeback!
I give this 4 stars cause it was funny. The cast was also great feat. David Spade, duh! Jenna Boyd, Jon Lovitz and Leif Garrett.
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Summary: Dickie Roberts =Selfish and immature character makes good?
Review: David Spade stars as Dickie Roberts, a former child star trying to make it big after landing a series of dead end jobs. When Roberts learns of a great part, he auditions and is told that he isn't qualified for the part: he's doesn't act like a'real' person. Dickie then decides to hire a surrogate family, to learn more about 'real life'.
I liked the idea of Dickie Roberts. But I think the script and the acting just made this film fall flat. Dickie's silly wardrobe ensemble complete with gloves just was dumb. His lines were annoying. And the ending was too much.
If you want a mildly funny film with a few silly gags, this might be it. Unfortunately, I found Dickie to be a annoying and at times (pathetic) character, and I found this film tedious rather than entertaining.
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Summary: David Spade can make it on his own
Review: Many people like to criticize Spade and say that since Chris Farley died, he can't do anything. However, I can't see how anyone can watch this film and not laugh. Spade has to focus on his own comedy now that he is without Farley, rather than being able to be in a movie that focuses mostly on Chris Farley. David Spade is his own brand of humor, and most people either like him or hate him. I personally think that he is one of the funniest people to ever come off of SNL. I am one of those people who thought that Joe Dirt was hilarious, and I think the same thing about Dickie Roberts. If you have never liked any other movie that David Spade has done, then you probably won't like this one. But this is a must see (and own) for any David Spade fan's collection.
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Summary: funny
Review: Aside from some missed opportunities, the movie is very funny and will
especially appeal to the over 40 crowd who will recognize many of the
(now adult) former child actors. Jenna Boyd especially steals the show.
She's Julia Roberts in the making. Mary McCormack is the real co-star
with 10 times the screen time as Alyssa Milano. Plus you get a music
video of child stars at the end. Who knew Maureen McCormick could
sing so beautifully?
Overall, much better than trash like "Daddy Day Care" or Adam Sandler
stuff like "Big Daddy" that calls itself comedy.
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