Death to Smoochy
Guaranteed to please anyone who thinks Barney is Satan's spawn,
Death to Smoochy
mines comedy gold by skewering children's television. Adam Resnick's easy-target satire blossoms under the demented influence of director-costar Danny DeVito, who honors his legacy of venom-laced humor with the raucous rivalry of scandalized former kid-show host Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) and his squeaky-clean replacement, Sheldon Mopes, a.k.a. Smoochy the Rhino (Edward Norton). Randolph is insanely obsessed with getting his job back, but Smoochy's a smash, and their war for kid-vid supremacy places a jaded "KidNet" producer (Catherine Keener) in the middle of a Rainbow/Rhino smackdown. A few lulls are easily forgiven since much of
Death to Smoochy
is laugh-out-loud hilarious, with DeVito, Robert Prosky, Jon Stewart, and Harvey Fierstein in choice supporting roles. It's no wonder DeVito's taboo-busting drew fire from family groups and actual kid-show producers; only the humorless would fail to laugh at
Smoochy
's uncompromised irreverence.
--Jeff Shannon
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| title: |
Death to Smoochy |
| theatricalDate: |
29-03-2002 |
| stars: |
Robin Williams
Edward Norton |
| purchase date: |
06-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Warner Home Video |
| published: |
17-09-2002 |
| price: |
$14.97 |
| net Rating: |
3.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
109 |
| last lookup time: |
152976032 |
| genre: |
Showbiz
Comedy
Robin Williams |
| fullTitle: |
Death to Smoochy (Widescreen Edition) |
| features: |
Color
Closed-captioned
Widescreen |
| director: |
Danny DeVito |
| currentValue: |
$4.20 |
| created: |
152976032 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00006CXI1
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