Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

2003
PG-13
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

16K

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David Spade in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

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Comedy

A thirty-something former child star hires a foster family to re-create the childhood he never had.A thirty-something former child star hires a foster family to re-create the childhood he never had.A thirty-something former child star hires a foster family to re-create the childhood he never had.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

16K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Trivia
Sally's "Brick wall, waterfall" routine was something Jenna Boyd was doing on the set between takes. The filmmakers liked it and worked it into the script twice.

Goofs
Grace Finney gets mad at Dickie for saying "crap" at the dinner table, yet minutes later she is fine with Sally saying that the tree house is "old and crappy".

Quotes
Sally Finney: Brick wall, waterfall, Dickie thinks he got it all but he don't, and I do so Boom with that attitude. Peace punch, Capt'n Crunch, I've got something you can't touch. Bang-bang choo-choo train, wind me up I do my thing. No Reeses Pieces, 7-Up, you mess with me, I'll mess you up.

Crazy credits
About 30 former child stars sing "Child Stars On Your Television" a la "We Are The World".

Connections
Featured in Reel Comedy: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

Soundtracks
True Hollywood Story
Courtesy of E! Entertainment Television

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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