Drop Dead Fred From:Phoebe Cates , Rik Mayall , Marsha Mason , Tim Matheson , Carrie Fisher , Ate de Jong , Lions Gate ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012236119265
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Full Screen
Format: NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 20 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-07-22
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-04-19
Product Description:
This not-quite-black comedy was probably a laugh riot on paper. The translation almost works, but the execution is flawed. Phoebe Cates is a recently separated young woman who suddenly begins to see her supposedly imagined childhood friend (Drop Dead Fred) after moving back into her mother's home. Is he a manifestation of her secret desires to ditch the boorish spouse? Or was he real all along? Rik Mayall is a limber, carrot-topped Brit with the lamentable assignment of trying to make us laugh with vulgar, sophomoric trickery. He is supposedly the repository of Cates's fastidious repression but is more annoying than cathartic. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews:
 An element of transformation, 2008-09-24
I remember watching this movie with my little brother, or should I say, when my brother was little.
Overall, this is a fun and enjoyable movie. I love the chemistry and interaction between the characters of Phoebe Cates(Elizabeth) and Rik Mayall(Drop Dead Fred).
However, the really enjoyable part of the movie for me came when Elizabeth was able to travel to her past and free her little girl version. Thus she was able to transform a part of her that was stuck for a long time.
This movie is definately a little gem.
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