Dishes. Relationships. Wind. This Guy Breaks Everything.
An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.
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Spare, comic, effortless and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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“Is Drop Dead Fred the real protagonist?”
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- Andre Gonzaleson TMDB · May 20237/10
Old school comedy. Still a pretty funny movie though. They don't make comedies like this any more.
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Cast
- Phoebe CatesElizabeth
- Rik MayallDrop Dead Fred
- Marsha MasonPolly
- Tim MathesonCharles
- Carrie FisherJanie
- Keith CharlesMurray
- Ashley PeldonYoung Elizabeth
- Daniel GerrollNigel
- Ron EldardMickey Bunce
- Eleanor MondaleAttractive Customer
Crew
- Ate de JongDirector
- Anthony FingletonScreenplay
- Carlos DavisScreenplay
- Peter DemingDirector of Photography
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Marshall HarveyEditor
- Paul WebsterProducer
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