Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

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Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Sep 5, 2003

Running Time: 99 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: David Spade, Jon Lovitz, Alyssa Milano, Doris Roberts, Craig Bierko, Mary McCormack, Jenna Boyd, Sascha Knopf, Scott Terra, Rob Reiner

director: Sam Weisman

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts is a 35-year old former child star. Now an out-of-work actor turned parking valet, Dickie is desperate to audition for a great role that could revitalize his career, but the part requires him to play a "normal" guy. Problem is, Dickie is anything but normal. He decides to hire a family to adopt him so he can relive his childhood and, in essence, grow up from scratch.

Dickie Roberts, a former child star grown up into a 35-year-old has-been, decides to rent a family for a month to experience the childhood he never had--and land the part of a lifetime. Pathetic, no?

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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is pathetic as a comedy. Where it works--in a forced way--is putting across the heartfelt message buried deep within all the silliness: show business can be a hard place to grow up. Dickie Roberts (David Spade) was once a six-year-old '70s TV phenomenon whose…

September 8, 2003

"This is nucking futs." That was the catchphrase that made Dickie (David Spade) a sitcom child star in the 1970s. Now he's a washed-up adult. Casting ex-kid stars such as Barry Williams (Greg Brady), Dustin Diamond (Screech) and Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge) to play Dickie's disgruntled poker buddies is as close as this movie gets to inspired laughs. The focus is on Dickie's efforts to win a role in a Rob Reiner movie by paying to live with a real family and learning that home is where the…