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Name: Drop Dead Fred
Released: 1991-4-19
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Ron Eldard, Ashley Peldon

Drop Dead Fred

PG-13
1h 39m
1991

11%

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Starring Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Bridget Fonda and Carrie Fisher, Drop Dead Fred is a hilarious comedy about a young woman who suddenly finds herself reunited with an old “friend”. When Elizabeth (Cates) returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred (Mayall), to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth desperately attempts to win back her husband and return to normality, with comical results.

Director:

Ate de Jong

Producer:

Paul Webster

Writer:

Carlos Davis, Anthony Fingleton

Cast:

Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Ron Eldard, Ashley Peldon

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

11%

Critics Consensus: Tackling mature themes with an infantile sensibility, Drop Dead Fred is an ill-conceived family comedy that is more likely to stir up a headache than the imagination.

Reviews

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Tony Black

The crucial problem of course is that for a comedy, it's not really very funny.

Fred is a particularly crass, unappealing imaginary friend, going out of his way to stir up trouble more than engaging in fun activities.

A fantastic cult comedy. [Full Review in Spanish]

Drop Dead Fred is an erratic stab at making madness sensible, a slapstick nightmare that goes too sane, that tries too hard to be both good and rotten.

This is easily one of the worst films I've ever seen.

June 25, 2017

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