As funny as it is disconcerting and outrageous.
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03/28/02
Death to Smoochy (2002)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:50
Rotten:69
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: The talent involved can't save a script that has nowhere to go with its promising premise.
Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: Robin Williams goes berserk as Rainbow Randolph, the disgraced host of a children's television show, in director Danny DeVito's fast-paced satire, DEATH TO SMOOCHY. Busted by the Feds for accepting... [More]
Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito
Director: Danny DeVito
Reviews for Death to Smoochy
It is so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he's been making for the last several years.
03/28/02
Less bizarrely funny than just bizarre. You're likely to leave it feeling more exhausted than entertained.
03/28/02
Like a can of 2-day old Coke. You can taste it, but there's no fizz.
03/28/02
Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie, not-nearly -as-nasty -as-it- thinks-it-is joke. Over and over again.
03/28/02
Although DeVito occasionally bites off more than he can chew, this is one of those movies where "going too far" proves to be infinitely more entertaining than the alternative.
03/27/02
Much like Robin Williams, Death to Smoochy has already reached its expiration date.
03/27/02
Children's shows as fronts for gangster? My innocence would be destroyed if this picture had any subtlety.
03/27/02
Compared to Sorority Boys ... this is high comedic art.
03/27/02
Although the movie tries to parody kids' television productions, the movie ends up being almost as awful as what it is trying to parody.
03/27/02
Tackling a Barney-like kiddie-show icon in 2002 - how daring and timely! Where will you aim your bold comedic sword next, Mr. DeVito? Reaganomics?
03/26/02
A unique premise, an infectious performance by Norton, plenty of fun dialogue and kooky songs make for a groovy black comedy, with unfortunate faults which I for one...was willing to forgive.
03/26/02
Impishly inventive little send-up of fear and loathing in kid-vid land.
03/23/02
A loud, ugly, irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target.
03/18/02
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January 05, 2006:
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January 03, 2006:
Vincent Schiavelli Passes at 57
Character actor Vincent Schiavelli, the long-faced veteran of over 150 film and television appearances, died of lung cancer December 26 at home in Sicily. He was 57 years old. More...
February 25, 2002:
It should be noted that when 'black comedies' push the envelope too far, their subsequent box office suffers. Prime recent examples would be: Freddy Got Fingered, Very Bad Things, Whipped, and Jawbreaker. 
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February 06, 2002:
The working environment of the shoot may have been buoyant, but as DeVito points out, the film at times is anything but.
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