Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

David Spade took a hiatus from dating children to act with them, and all of the has-beens sleeping in VH1's parking lot struck big with a cameo role in a zero effort comedy.

This movie finds itself in the same limbo as Dickie Roberts: too adult to be a family movie but too many family-friendly kid vibes to be an adult comedy. Are we supposed to cheer Spade on for bullying a bunch of children? McCormack plays a nice mom so it's sad to see her marry Spade in the end, though the end involving Dickie remembering his friends is nice. Fav scene: ending credits with a song sung by former stars.

Mary McCormack is adorable, and there's no Rob Schneider, but the taint of Adam Sandler still looms large. He's like the Kevin Smith of movies, one trick.

David Spade co-wrote and stars in this generic below-average Happy Madison Production. Drink for every celebrity cameo and you'll probably enjoy the movie more.

I'm a little perplexed as to why this movie was even considered for production. Honestly.Why was this movie so bad? David Spade, all the way.

David Spade is a loser.

Way funnier than I expected. Spade rains it in quite well and actually plays a likeable character. Like most of the modern SNL folks he's at his best when the shtick isn't over whelming and he seems to be churning out some good flicks lately. The song at the end credits is a hoot

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Amiable and enjoyable vehicle for Spade will appeal more in proportion to your general fondness for him; a fun cameo list helps, and the end credit crawl is a highlight, but overall the film is hurt by its fuzzy premise – it wants to be “Rob Schnieder is THE CHILD” but seems to go the long way round to get there, and then never really follows through on it, devolving into a series of “Spade Schtick Skits” and spotlighting a vaguely uncomfortable romance between Spade and McCormack.

Has its moments, but I've never been a Spade fan. He's usually not that funny unless Chris Farley is carrying the movie.

One good laugh doesn't save this movie. Try and find it and you'll regret wasting your time.

I like David Spade. But honestly, I fell asleep watching this.

Highly unfunny. Do not watch.

I've watched this over and over again. It's a MUST SEE!

rvw

Ok

Read the premise. If you still want to watch this movie, go shove some light bulbs in your asshole, asshole.

Definitely bad, but I'll admit that the poker table scene was actually funny.

Can an end credit sequence merit 11 points on its own? Apparently the answer is yes.

Funny but slow.

not bad

David Spade is responsible for buying me a new tv and paying my medical bills with all the money he actually made off of this contemptible movie after I put my fist through the screen 10 minutes in.

David Spade fans will love, everyone else will find it enjoyable but nothing special.

I like David Spade, I'm kinda bummed the world doesn't though. or else maybe he'd get some better movies.

eh...

It's wildly uneven. There are funny moments here (most of them coming from Jon Lovitz) but it certainly never adds up to anything I'd recommend.

ever heard of run ronnie run? because it came out first

I loved David Spade on TV comedy "Just Shoot Me". But in this movie he shoots himself in the foot. Maybe he should not wrote the script. But, yes, its good example, what happened to all those child stars and why they spend much of the adulthood in some rehab center.

There's a scene where David Spade takes a picture of his genitals. God damn this movie back to the hell it came from.

David Spade can not carry a movie alone. He is a great tv actor, and his movies with Chris Farley are outstanding. Dickie Roberts however is super weak.

David Spade is the most underrated comic star EVER.