Dickie Roberts: Ex-enfant star

I watched this movie last night and it was awful. Basically the only funny parts in it were the ones in the commercials. If you are a huge David Spade fan you will probably like this movie. If you are not a David Spade fan you should not waste your time on this movie

Writing this to balance out the negative reviews. I'm not sure if some people were expecting Citizen Kane or something, but this is not supposed to be a cinematic masterpiece. This is a goofy silly movie, and a great one!

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

"Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" follows a thirty-something-year-old Dickie Roberts (a former child star) as he tries to get back into the acting business. This leads to an audition for a movie that Dickie thinks will bring him back to the people, and have people love him again. However, the director (Rob Reiner) believes that Dickie would have to live his entire childhood to get the part right, which leads Dickie to hire a family.

"Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" is not one of those movies that someone has high hopes for, and it isn't. Sure, David Spade brings out the sarcastic side of Dickie, but I don't think he had the ability to act out the more emotional parts, like when his character talks about being a mess of a human being. His voice is also way too dull, flat, boring and much too sarcastic to actually give an emotional performance.

Then, there are the jokes. Some are funny, others aren't, and this is when I start to doubt the sense of humour in the actors. Jokes are key to comedies, and "Dickie Roberts" didn't really hit it home with theirs.

I expected so much more laughs from this movie, but for what it gave me - 4/10.

It was a hot day and I decided to hit a movie. "Dickie Roberts" just happened to start at the right time for me. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. Great script, perfectly cast (especially the kids) and it was really kinda heartwarming.

If you're a pop culture nut, you'll get a big kick outta seeing all the former child stars in the poker scene and then again at the end (stay for the credits).

Spade completely pulls it off. Lovitz is his usual outstanding (but then again I'm a big Lovitz fan).

Go see it. C'mon, go ahead.