Rotten
Drop Dead Fred is an erratic stab at making madness sensible, a slapstick nightmare that goes too sane, that tries too hard to be both good and rotten.
Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
Drop Dead Fred
He makes the trouble, she takes the blame.
1991 · 1h 39m · PG-13
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Ate de Jong
Overview
An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This is easily one of the worst films I've ever seen.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
The episodic flashbacks are cast in an unfunny Freudian light -- domineering mother, helpless hubby, the tragically withdrawn child. What a laugh riot!
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The movie is no comic masterpiece, but it is consistently amusing in a way that sometimes reminded me of a kiddie picture and at other times of a more sophisticated comedy.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
It tries too hard to mimic Beetlejuice, especially in British comic Rik Mayall's frantic performance as the title character -- Mayall is no Michael Keaton -- but it has a whimsical comic energy.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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