Death to Smoochy (2002)

Directed by

Danny DeVito

Genre

black comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 444 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former children's TV host, fired in disgrace, tries to sabotage his sweet-natured replacement. The replacement is a naive performer who plays a friendly rhino character.

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What happens

Death to Smoochy is a 2002 American satirical black comedy crime film directed by Danny DeVito and written by Adam Resnick. Starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, DeVito, and Jon Stewart, the film centers on "Rainbow" Randolph Smiley (Williams), a disgraced former children's television host who attempts to sabotage his replacement, Sheldon Mopes (Norton), and his character, Smoochy the Rhino. Produced by FilmFour, Senator Entertainment and Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance Productions, the German-British-American co-production was released in the United States on March 29, 2002, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $8.3 million against a budget of $50 million, but has since developed a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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