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 Dickie
Roberts: Former Child Star
 
Starring: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Scott Terra, Jenna
Boyd and Jon Lovitz
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Rated: PG-13
Dickie
Roberts: Former Child Star is a family friendly gigglefest!
David Spade's films (Joe Dirt for
example) have been less then…well…funny. Shame really
because the petite little fella is a hoot. Hmm, this time as a
smarmy washed up child star desperate for a comeback Spade's found
his niche. It's still not classic sidesplitting comedy like say
Dumb and Dumber, but it's good for a surprisingly humorous
diversion.
Story
goes…Dickie Roberts use to be a child star of extreme proportions
then his show got canceled and his mom left in a cab. Now he's
riddled with self-doubt and hungers for a comeback - John Travolta
style.
Dickie
hears about a hot script director Rob Reiner (playing himself)
has in the works and wants the role. But the problem (and the
beginning of our little romp) is as a child star Dickie missed
his childhood and the star of Reiner's film had to have one for
the arc of the film's character to work properly…
Just
go with it…
Dickie
decides to rent a family. Yes, I said rent a family. He wants
to see how a suburban unit operates. He'll observe and be treated
as one of the kids for a month. Naturally he's immediately a misfit
complete with Hollywood style idiosyncrasies like glove wearing
and retro-polyester Swingers wear. But slowly the family
starts to bond with their new little doggie, er, Dickie.
The
outcome is completely obvious - but who cares the movie is fun
to watch unfold. Spade's a funny funny guy and his special brand
of sarcastic supreme-over-all smirk works here. The real-life
child star cameos are great and surprisingly many. They even congregate
during the credits for a ' We-Are-The-World" like child stars
are people too anthem. Hilarious. Also Jon Lovitz has a small
role as "Dickie's" loving agent. Not since The Hitler
Scene of Rat Race as Lovitz delivered
such laughs.
Ignore
the plot fallacies since the whole story from frame one is quite
ludicrous, just grab the youngin's or the niece and nephews and
get out for a few giggles on Dickie.
Snack
Recommendation: Humble Pie and Espresso
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