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Overview
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Release Date:
5 September 2003 (USA)
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Tagline:
50 million people used to watch him on TV. Now he washes their cars.
Plot:
A thirty-something former child star hires a foster family to re-create the childhood he never had. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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Being a child star rocks, it's being an ex child star that stinks
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Spade | ... | Dickie Roberts |
 | Mary McCormack | ... | Grace Finney |
 | Craig Bierko | ... | George Finney |
 | Scott Terra | ... | Sam Finney |
 | Jenna Boyd | ... | Sally Finney |
 | John Farley | ... | Referee |
| Bobby Slayton | ... | Commentator |
| Michael Buffer | ... | Himself |
| Fred Wolf | ... | Dickie's Corner Man |
 | Alyssa Milano | ... | Cyndi |
| Emmanuel Lewis | ... | Himself |
| Joey Diaz | ... | Emmanuel's Entourage (as Joey 'Coco' Diaz) |
 | Kevin Grevioux | ... | Emmanuel's Entourage |
| Brian Clark | ... | Guy in Car |
 | Leif Garrett | ... | Himself |
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Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star (USA) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, language and drug references.
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98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Australia:M |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
New Zealand:M |
Greece:K-13 |
Canada:PG |
Finland:K-7 |
Netherlands:MG6 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:12A |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #39755) |
Singapore:PG |
Norway:7 |
Spain:7
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This movie is about a washed up child star, trying to revive his career. It features Emmanuel Lewis, Maureen McCormick, Danny Bonaduce, Dustin Diamond, Barry Williams, Corey Feldman, Butch Patrick, Erin Moran, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Adam Rich, Jeremy Miller, Leif Garrett, Ernest Thomas, Tony Dow, Haywood Nelson, Corey Haim, Barry Livingston, Todd Bridges, Fred Berry, Gary Coleman, and Alyssa Milano, all former child actors. Two on-screen mothers of child actors are also featured: Marion Ross and Florence Henderson.
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Continuity: Dickie is not wearing his gloves while he is making fun of Sam's bullies. It is not until several minutes later in the movie that Gracy Finney convinces him to get rid of his gloves permanently.
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Quotes:
Sally Finney:
Dickie, there has to be water on it!
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Soundtrack:
Le Freak
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I'm going to be up front, I don't like David Spade, I was never much of a fan of his work. But one of the girls I work with mentioned how she saw this movie and that I should see it since I know so much about pop culture, including most child star actors and their history. So I decided to give Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star a chance, what did I have to loose? I have to admit that I actually enjoyed this movie. It had definitely some of the most awesome cameo's that I have ever seen, like Corey Feldman, Dustin Diamond, Danny Bonnoduchi, Barry Williams, it was just awesome to see them playing poker together, that was the best scene. But the whole movie is pretty fun.
Dickie Roberts is a former child star who's life has gone down hill since the sit com that made him a star got cancelled. He wants a comeback, but when the director, Rob Reiner, tells him that he needs a "normal" person, someone who has had a childhood, but Dickie wants the role so badly that he stays with a family to discover what he missed in his childhood. But he ends up with a lot more than he expected when this family may be all he needs.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is just a fun comedy with average acting, but a cool story. It was pretty unique and I just loved the ending credit sequence of the whole former child star actors singing about their memories and what it's like for them in today's world. Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a cute movie, some things are a bit unbelievable and the love story wasn't really needed, but it's a fun film and I would recommend it if you wanna just have a movie afternoon.
6/10