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Drop Dead Fred/The Parole Officer/Guest House Paradiso
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
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Drop Dead Fred
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Vincent Cassel
Lena Headey
Carrie Fisher
Bill Nighy
Ben Miller
Creators:
Carrie Fisher (Primary Contributor)
Ben Miller (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582503869
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 3
Format: Box set, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2007-06-04
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 298 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)