Death to Smoochy Critic Reviews

The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor, but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy.Read the full review

To make a film this awful, you have to have enormous ambition and confidence, and dream big dreams.Read the full review

Tells a moldy-oldie, not-nearly-as-nasty-as-it-thinks-it-is joke. Over and over again.Read the full review

Starts out as such a deliciously savage satire of TV kiddie shows that it's a shame it swerves out of control and over the top, sliding into tedium before pulling together for a clever, if protracted, finish.Read the full review

In general, parodies may not rely overmuch on plot, but they need more in this department than Death to Smoochy possesses.Read the full review

This black-comic assault on family entertainment is going to set a lot of teeth on edge -- If only his (De Vito's) material were better this time.Read the full review

The spectacle is nothing short of refreshing.Read the full review

DiVito turns actors like Robin Williams, Edward Norton, and Catherine Keener into nothing less horrific than giant Danny DeVitos.Read the full review

There are a few laughs, but I'm not sure that a comedy is supposed to make you recoil, which is what "Smoochy" does.Read the full review