Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003

Action / Comedy

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 118 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 16274 16.3K

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Plot summary

TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.

Director

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Sam Weisman

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James Arnold Taylor as Additional Voices
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Ian Gomez as Strange Man
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Florence Henderson as Florence Henderson
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English 2.0
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1 hr 38 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Spanner-2

Nostalgic fun

A silly comedy starring David Spade as a former child star who "hires" a family in order to give himself a real childhood experience so he can nab a new part in a Rob Reiner movie. The premise is as silly as you can get but it does have some fun injokes involving quite a number of former child actors from the 70s and 80s which is great fun for tv nostalgia buffs.. Pleasant enough comedy. GRADE: C
Reviewed by ksaajasto 7 / 10

Okay movie

Uh, this movie was watchable for sure, but I wouldn't buy it if I were you. The plot line is about a Former Child Star (Dicky Roberts) who wants to relive his childhood, so a family adopts him... Pretty stupid plot line. The movie has it's few funny parts, but its nothing too hilarious. The first time I watched this movie, it was with one of my best friends at a movie theater. I absolutely loved it. I was 11 at the time I first saw it. so, it depends on how stupid your humor is. The movie is definitely worth watching, but also definitely not worth buying. If you want to see David Spade at his best, go see Tommy Boy, or Black Sheep... Something with Chris Farley. Although, I have had enough of this movie, I agree with the guy before me, it is a great family film.
Reviewed by MLDinTN 2 / 10

after reading a handful of reviews on this site...

I can't believe people are saying this was very funny and they laughed out loud. I found it to be terrible; it never made me laugh. It was beyond stupid. It may have been worse than Joe Dirt. I gave it a 2 instead of a 1 only because this wasn't one of the worst movies I've seen. It's just plain bad. Luckily, I saw it on cable and didn't pay to rent it.In this one, David Spade plays a washed up child actor who hears about this great part. He meets with the director Rob Reiner and Rob tells him he needs to learn to act like a real person in order to get the part. So Dickie hires a normal family and lives with them. He mainly hangs out with the two kids, which is creepy itself. But is also shown being pushed in a stroller by the hot mom. There are many cameos by other child stars, but that's not funny.FINAL VERDICT: I think maybe some pre-teens might like it since that age group often supports movies with bad plots, but if you are over 13, do not watch this.
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