Review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) by Elise M — 12 Apr 2007

BRICK WALL, WATERFALL!! lol this movie is great!! lol it has my fave actor in it, Alyssa Milano.

This review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) was written by Elise M on 12 Apr 2007.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Zack B (668) on 01 Sep 2010

One of my true guilty pleasures. David Spade, as usual, is crude and hilarious. But this film is also surprisingly touching…

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By Jake D (621) on 22 Sep 2010

It's funny jsut enough to be passable. The actings not great, but the jokes are pretty good…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 Jan 2013

The best thing about star and co-writer David Spade's Dickie Roberts, Former Child Star is the end-title sequence, a big, sassy sing-along…

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By Antonia Quirke (220) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 20 Dec 2017

Spade doesn't look to have the confidence to flourish in such a mainstream film…

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By Sean H (887) on 13 Feb 2017

This movie I rated 5 stars for a reason. David spade is vary funny in this movie just because it's PG 13 doesn't mean anything to me…

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By Jennifer M (1,179) on 30 Apr 2013

Not too bad actually. David Spade becomes annoying after a while but all together not as bad as I thought I would be lol…

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By Harry W (1,900) on 09 May 2012

A film that accurately depicts the difficulties of child stars, and an attempt to be normal afterwoods…

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By Andrew S (3,174) on 25 Jun 2013

Aside from some choice cameo's from real child stars- this film has nothing going for it…

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By Samuel M (745) on 19 Feb 2011

David Spade can be funny, but he just isn't my cup of tea…

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By John Dentino (4) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 12 Jun 2015

Occasionally funny, cameo-speckled marshmallow…

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