Drop Dead Fred

Drop Dead Fred


Starring:Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson, Carrie Fisher, Keith Charles, Ashley Peldon, Daniel Gerroll, Ron Eldard, Eleanor Mondale, Bob Reid, Peter Thoemke, Sjoukje De Jong Douma, Paul Holmes, Steve Cochran (II), Robert Meyzen, Daniel Buchen, Marie Mathay, Peter Breitmayer, Clark Niederjohn
Director: Ate de Jong
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
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
Drop Dead Fred
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • old times
  • so funny!
  • Drop Dead Fred
  • Just an upgrade
  • Makes you want to be little again
 Drop Dead Fred
Starring: Phoebe Cates , Rik Mayall , Marsha Mason , Tim Matheson , and Carrie Fisher
Director: Ate de Jong
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
GeneralGeneral | British Cinema | By Country | Art House & International | Genres | DVD | Video
Breitmayer, PeterBreitmayer, Peter | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Cates, PhoebeCates, Phoebe | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Eldard, RonEldard, Ron | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Fisher, CarrieFisher, Carrie | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Gerroll, DanielGerroll, Daniel | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Mason, MarshaMason, Marsha | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Matheson, TimMatheson, Tim | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Mayall, RikMayall, Rik | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Peldon, AshleyPeldon, Ashley | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Jong, Ate DeJong, Ate De | ( J ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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  5. Adventures in Babysitting

ASIN: B00009NHAG
Release Date: 2003-07-22

Amazon.com

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:

5 out of 5 stars old times.......2007-05-15

this movie was awesome.. was when i was little and still is now! only place i found it was here and the price BONUS!

5 out of 5 stars so funny!.......2007-04-30

when I was a kid I loved this movie...it always bright the little kid in me and still does...its about an imaginary friend and the adventures he goes through..well kinda

5 out of 5 stars Drop Dead Fred.......2007-03-29

Bought this for my 9 year old daughter and she can't stop watching it! She loves this movie! Thinks Fred is great and loves the "pants pie"....lol!

5 out of 5 stars Just an upgrade.......2007-01-04

My daughter and I have watched Drop Dead Fred for years after renting it from a video store on VHS. Our own VHS tape had become worn and frayed - static and distortion while watching it. Mom decided it was time to upgrade to a DVD copy of it as part of Christmas. She's now 14 and still loves this hilarious show! ~*SNOT FACE!*~

5 out of 5 stars Makes you want to be little again.......2006-11-04

I have always loved this movie and think that it gives us all something to think about. Not only can most people relate because the girl ( Phoebe Cates) has an imaginary friend, but then she grows up and still has him there. I think that it shows we all have the kid inside us that just wants out and sometimes were afraid to let it out for the fear of others reactions, but in this movie she doesn't care what other people think she just wants you to understand, and once she moved on from "Fred" she doesn't see him anymore, but still can hold him in her heart, its a great coming of age movie that is very funny.
Drop Dead Fred [Region 2]
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Drop Dead Fred [Region 2]
    Starring: Phoebe Cates , Rik Mayall , Marsha Mason , Tim Matheson , and Carrie Fisher
    Director: Ate de Jong
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

    GeneralGeneral | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
    Breitmayer, PeterBreitmayer, Peter | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Cates, PhoebeCates, Phoebe | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Eldard, RonEldard, Ron | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Fisher, CarrieFisher, Carrie | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Gerroll, DanielGerroll, Daniel | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Mason, MarshaMason, Marsha | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Matheson, TimMatheson, Tim | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Mayall, RikMayall, Rik | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Peldon, AshleyPeldon, Ashley | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Jong, Ate DeJong, Ate De | ( J ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
    DVDs Under $14.99DVDs Under $14.99 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video
    ( D )( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
    Similar Items:
    1. Little Monsters (Full Screen Edition)
    2. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
    3. BEETLEJUICE (DVD)
    4. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
    5. Adventures in Babysitting

    ASIN: B000260NTK

    Amazon.com

    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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