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Dickie Roberts is a child star who is now
35 and parks cars for a living.
Desperately seeking new stardom, he auditions
for a role as a normal guy, but the director sees that he is
anything but normal. In an attempt to win the part, he hires
a family to live with, to help replay the childhood he never
had.
The film is somewhat enjoyable and predictable,
punching some clever jabs at the movie industry.
For me it was lots of giggles and no laugh-out-load
jokes, but I don't think it'll do any damage to your brain cells. |
Set up as an E-True Hollywood story,
Dickie Roberts gets off to a great start, but rapidly
degenerates into a series of unrelated skits, set up within a
ludicrous plot, just so David Spade can act childish.
There are some laughs, but mostly at the
expense of real former child stars who pepper the movie with
some suprising cameos.
Mediocre at best. |
This movie's intention was perhaps made
to pay tribute to child stars of yesteryear, but the truth for
some of the films cast is: once the picture ends and everyone
goes home, those child stars of the 70s and the 80s in most cases
will go back to their non-existing careers.
The message of this story is sad and is
buried deep within all the silliness of this comedy, and that's
what I liked: the message.
Show business can be a hard place to grow
up, especially as a former child star. |
