Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Critic Reviews

Manages to fascinate more than it entertains.Read the full review

There are laughs, to be sure, and some gleeful supporting performances, but after a promising start the movie sinks in a bog of sentiment. Read the full review

The number of levels on which these pros trade on their diminished reputations makes the movie an inside joke rather than a funny one. If Spade thinks otherwise, he's nucking futs. Read the full review

This sleek and sunny comedy is an all-too-rare example of smart and inventive Hollywood filmmaking.Read the full review

Spade goes sweet and gooey. This is nucking futs. Read the full review

The rare David Spade movie that won't make you hate yourself in the morning. Read the full review

It underscores the gruesome legacy of Saturday Night Live in American movies...They haven't liberated screen comedy, they've left it neutered--or, should I say, Spade. Read the full review

Generally succeeds -- in hit-and-miss fashion -- at bridging the gap between unlikable jerk and misunderstood good guy, though it's still something of a leap to leading-man territory.Read the full review

Maintaining a winking distance from his comic persona, Mr. Spade radiates a cunning show-business cynicism that lets you know he's aware that he's slumming to make a buck.Read the full review