Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

Directed by

Sam Weisman

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 208 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former child star tries to get back into show business by landing a role in a major director's movie. He hires a family to help him experience a normal childhood he missed out on.

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What happens

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring David Spade (who also co-wrote the film with Fred Wolf), Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz, Craig Bierko, Alyssa Milano, and Rob Reiner. Spade portrays a child actor who fell into obscurity as an adult and who attempts to revive his career by getting a part in Rob Reiner's next film. In addition, the movie shows Dickie interacting with numerous former child stars, played by over two dozen actual former stars lampooning their careers, such as Leif Garrett, Barry Williams, Corey Feldman, Emmanuel Lewis, Dustin Diamond, and Danny Bonaduce. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on September 5, 2003 and was both a critical and commercial failure, grossing $23.7 million on a $17 million budget. It also marked Tony Dow, Adam Rich and Jay North's last feature film before their deaths in 2022, 2023 and 2025 respectively, as well as Fred Berry's last film to be released within his lifetime prior to his death less than two months after its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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