Drop Dead Fred

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Phoebe Cates and Rik Mayall in Drop Dead Fred (1991)

Dark Comedy Slapstick Comedy Drama Fantasy

A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.

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6.0/10

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Trivia
The scene where Polly tapes up the jack in the box containing Fred was based off an actual incident that happened to a friend of co-writer/executive producer Carlos Davis named Steve Burnette. Burnette's mother Gloria had an imaginary friend when she was a little girl. But the girl's mother couldn't stand the fact that her daughter had an imaginary friend. It finally got to the point to where the Gloria's mother took her imaginary friend and flushed it down the toilet. This incident traumatized her for three years.

Goofs
When Elizabeth and Fred are on the boat she asks Fred, "What is that water doing there?" He replies, "I don't know," but his mouth is saying something else.

Quotes
Fred: [Looking up Polly's skirt] Wow.
[Looks at Elizabeth and points up]
Fred: Cobwebs.

Connections
Featured in Motormouth: Episode #4.7 (1991)

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A quirky, off-beat, fun movie!

I would call this a dark comedy since it had a lot of the elements of the genre: sad moments with odd humor attached to it, and the strange, fantasy character of Fred. At first I thought "this is a very weird film!", and it is, but it grows on you and pretty soon you are having fun watching Fred's antics. I think this film definitely has the potential of having a large audience, so get out the word!