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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
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36 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 31 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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  • Starring: Alyssa Milano, David Spade, Mary McCormack
  • Summary: Dickie Roberts (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. (Paramount)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 31
  3. Negative: 12 out of 31
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    This sleek and sunny comedy is an all-too-rare example of smart and inventive Hollywood filmmaking.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    60
    Offers a largely satisfying mix of broad slapstick, seriocomic sentimentality and mostly amusing satirical thrusts at easy targets.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    The best thing about star and co-writer David Spade's Dickie Roberts, Former Child Star is the end-title sequence, a big, sassy sing-along in which dozens of old TV child stars spew out defiant jokes about their old careers and fame's fickle fingers.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 8 out of 18
  1. Andrew
    9
    It was funny, entertaining, and still had a moral at the end... Thats what a good comedy should be.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. ArkonBlade
    5
    mildley funny but extremley predictable . the cameo apperiances by the former child stars felt more sad then any thing . spade does a so-so job carrying the film . all in all its some thing you would wach on tv or HBO. nothing much more then that,… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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