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Drop Dead Fred
1991
A chaotic comic fantasy about Elizabeth, an ineffectual young woman (Phoebe Cates) who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. She comes across one of her childhood toys, a Jack-in-the-box, in which her frustrated mother imprisoned Elizabeth's childhood "imaginary" friend .. Read more
| Starring | Rik Mayall, Phoebe Cates, Carrie Fisher, Marsha Mason |
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| Director | Ate De Jong |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Drop Dead Fred
A chaotic comic fantasy about Elizabeth, an ineffectual young woman (Phoebe Cates) who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. She comes across one of her childhood toys, a Jack-in-the-box, in which her frustrated mother imprisoned Elizabeth's childhood "imaginary" friend Fred, many years ago. Low and behold she opens the box once more, and out springs Fred with 21 years of pranks stored up! The mischievous Fred enters Elizabeth's life like a whirlwind, shaking her out of her passivity with his outrageous antics. Egged on by her manic little sidekick and his hilarious escapades, a revitalised Elizabeth embarks on a campaign to win back her errant husband. Rik Mayall is perfectly mischievous and off-the-wall as the chaos-creating pal in this impish tale.
| Starring | Rik Mayall, Phoebe Cates, Carrie Fisher, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson |
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| Director | Ate De Jong |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German, French, Russian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1991 To Rent: DVD: 02 Aug 2010 |
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This boisterous comedy allows Mayall to be completely naughty, to shock, to offend...and to exasperate beyond belief.... read more on Time Out
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So who's for snot flicking?
Drop Dead Fred is a side-splittingly uproarious film, starring Rik Mayall as the extraordinary lead role - Drop Dead Fred. After splitting up with her boyfriend... read more »
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Irritatingly childish
This irritated the hell out of me. I watched it to the end, but I was tempted not to. Playground humour of the least witty kind.
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a barrell of laughs
hahahaha i love this film, i used to watch it over and over when i was a child, barrel of laughs all the way through just exactly what you would expect from rik... read more »
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Pretty funny
Very funny if you're quite immature or young, not good if you like serious, grown up movies. I'd recommend this for a movie to cheer you up, or to ... read more »
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Brand set for Drop Dead Fred remake
- 30 Apr 2009
Russell Brand has signed up to star in a remake of cult comedy Drop Dead Fred - as an imaginary friend. Brand will star in a new adaptation of the 1991 film, which originally featured comedian Rik Mayall and actress Phoebe Cates. The film tells the tale of a woman who returns to her parents' home after she is fired from her job and dumped by her husband, only to be reacquainted with her anarchic childhood imaginary pal. And it's not the only remake the star has in the pipeline - he has also... Read more
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Drop Dead Fred
A chaotic comic fantasy about Elizabeth, an ineffectual young woman (Phoebe Cates) who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. She comes across one of her childhood toys, a Jack-in-the-box, in which her frustrated mother imprisoned Elizabeth's ...
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