Review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) by Coxxie M — 05 Aug 2009

Its just the same man-nanny becomes friends with the kids movie but it has David Spade and hes funny.

This review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) was written by Coxxie M on 05 Aug 2009.

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

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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 Guido M (150) on 16 Jan 2012

It has too many kiddy jokes to make this a good movie, but something in the end shows us that it isn't bad…

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By Connor D (275) on 08 Feb 2012

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

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By Carol H (660) on 20 Jul 2013

Has a lot of heart but not a lot of laughs. Smiles, not laughs…

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By Ashley M (744) on 01 Apr 2012

Relatively funny, but proves David Spade can't completely hold his own as a star, and is better when co-starring with others…

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By Ryan K (1,614) on 15 Jul 2014

I saw this with a group of friends, it was fun and had memorable lines but it was still kind of dumb. But I don't care…

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Review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

By Michael R (2,154) on 06 Feb 2016

It's a David spade movie people, what did you expect…

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Review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

By Ryan T (1,220) on 18 Aug 2012

Maybe it is just because I love David Spade but I enjoyed this movie, ridiculous and cheesy as it is…

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Review of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

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 Ms Amanda J (191) on 20 Feb 2011

I saw this movie a very long time ago but I can remember laughing mainly about all the child-stars from the 80's making their appearance…

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