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Drop Dead Fred

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Drop Dead Fred (1991)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:1

Rotten:10

Average Rating:2.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A comic fantasy about an ineffectual young woman who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. Everything changes when Elizabeth is revisted by... A comic fantasy about an ineffectual young woman who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. Everything changes when Elizabeth is revisted by her imaginary childhood friend, "Drop Dead Fred." The mischievous Fred enters Elizabeth's life like a whirlwind of unbridled id, shaking her out of her passivity with his outrageous antics. Egged on by Fred, Elizabeth embarks on a campaign to win back her errant husband. [More]

Starring: Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson

Starring: Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson, Carrie Fisher, Ashley Peldon

Director: Ate De Jong

Director: Ate De Jong

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Christopher Null
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Frank Swietek
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Icky comedy.

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Jeffrey Westhoff
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Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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11/18/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

I know this flick has its fans, but I saw it 14 years ago ... and I still have a headache.

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Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

'Cute film' and 'Young Ones alum' don't normally appear in the same sentence, do they?

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