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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
PG-13
Comedy
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Release Date
September 4, 2003
Director
Sam Weisman
Cast
David Spade , Mary McCormack , Craig Bierko , Scott Terra , Jenna Boyd , John Farley
Runtime
98
Main Genre
Comedy
Writers
Fred Wolf , David Spade
Tagline
50 million people used to watch him on TV. Now he washes their cars.

Summary

Realizing that he has to reignite his career at 35, former child star Dickie Roberts (Spade) sets his sights on a comeback role as an "everyday guy", but realizing that he never had an "everyday life", he decides to hire a family, complete with parents and siblings, to recreate a "normal life", so he can feel what that's like, in preparation for his role.

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