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1991
Directed by Ate de Jong
Synopsis
Dishes. Relationships. Wind. This guy breaks everything.
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.
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Cast
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 Robert Meyzen Daniel Buchen Marie Mathay Peter Breitmayer Clark Niederjohn Tom Bethke Elizabeth Gray Cheryl Hawker Michael Welker Kelly Benson Cathy Lind Hayes Bridget Fonda David John Adamson Kevin Deon Show All…
DirectorDirector
Ate de Jong
ProducerProducer
Paul Webster
WritersWriters
Carlos Davis Anthony Fingleton
StoryStory
Elizabeth Livingston
CastingCasting
Lynn Kressel
EditorEditor
Marshall Harvey
CinematographyCinematography
Peter Deming
Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors
Michael Waxman Daniel M. Stillman
Executive ProducersExec. Producers
Tim Bevan Carlos Davis Anthony Fingleton
LightingLighting
Michael LaViolette
Production DesignProduction Design
Joseph T. Garrity
Art DirectionArt Direction
Rando Schmook Sydney Sharpe
Set DecorationSet Decoration
Colin Tugwood
Visual EffectsVisual Effects
Peter Kuran
Title DesignTitle Design
Joe Ranft
StuntsStunts
Barbara Anne Klein
ComposerComposer
Randy Edelman
SoundSound
Robert J. Anderson Jr. Michael P. Redbourn Tova Szabo Robert W. Glass Jr. Richard D. Rogers Grover B. Helsley
Costume DesignCostume Design
Carol Wood
MakeupMakeup
Richard Blair Christopher Johnson Lizbeth Williamson
HairstylingHairstyling
Steven Mack Heather Matisoff
Studios
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films Film4 Productions
Countries
Germany UK USA
Language
English
Alternative Titles
Släng dig i väggen Fred!, Um Sonho Chamado Fred, Va' all'inferno Fred, Mi amigo especial, Mi amigo imaginario, Fred ¡Esfúmate!, Fred, Mein böser Freund Fred, Szűnj meg, Fred!, Esfúmate Fred, Вредный Фред, 捣蛋鬼弗瑞德, דרופ דד פרד, Zwariowany Fred, 황홀한 영혼 프레드, Вередливий Фред, Fais de l'air, Fred
Genres
Comedy Fantasy Family
Themes
Crude humor and satire Relationship comedy Funny jokes and crude humor Gags, jokes, and slapstick humor Quirky and endearing relationships Amusing jokes and witty satire Kids' animated fun and adventure Show All…
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Theatrical
19 Apr 1991
USAPG-13
11 Oct 1991
- UK12
14 Nov 1991
- AustraliaPG
Physical
01 Jan 1997
- USAPG-13
Releases by Country
- Date
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Australia
14 Nov 1991
- TheatricalPG
UK
11 Oct 1991
- Theatrical12
USA
19 Apr 1991
- TheatricalPG-13
01 Jan 1997
- PhysicalPG-13Family Home Entertainment / LIVE #68954 [VHS] 103minutes
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Review by Dan Pendleton ★★★½ 4
Drop Dead Fred is the tragic story of Elizabeth Cronin, a young woman who experiences a psychotic breakdown after struggling to cope with years of emotional abuse from her mother and abandonment from her father. After separating from her cheating husband, Elizabeth begins to experience hallucinations of an eccentric friend, Fred, who she blames for her delusions and violent outbursts.
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Drop Dead Fred is a fantasy film about the world of imaginary friends. Although believed to be a figment of Elizabeth Cronin's imagination, Fred is actually a real being sent to help her get her life back on track. Invisible to everyone except Elizabeth, his eccentric methods often get her into trouble but Fred turns out to be just…
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Review by mannibal adams ★★★★
“Here it is folks,” I say, taking a deep drag on my cigarette. “Cinema stops and starts right here.”
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Review by 👽 Zara 👽 ★★★★ 3
so we’re just not gonna have the discussion that all of drop dead fred’s outfits are absolute bangers huh we’re just gonna ignore those absolute immaculate green fits okay then,, suit yourselves
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Review by Scumbalina ★★★½ 3
The older I get, the more tragic this movie becomes. I identify with Snot Face so much, not in wanting to get back with a cheating ex, but just by being a big woman-child who is barely functional. I mean, Rik Mayall is hilarious but this movie is about a nervous breakdown. I don't even think I laughed this time around. I'll try to do a better job next time I watch and review this but in my present state, it just makes me feel sad.
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Review by robyn ★★★★★
WHAT DO THEY DO? MAKE U SICK MAKE U STUPID? I'LL TAKE EM I'M FRED
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Review by CinemaVoid 🏴☠️ ★ 4
Obnoxious imaginary friend recipe: Extract all the juice from Beetlejuice until is green and unfunny. Top with whipped cream and schizophrenia.
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Review by anna nomaly ★★★★ 1
Its boundless empathy in the arena of mental illness and its full commitment to building an absurdist reality out of whole cloth make Drop Dead Fred positively Shyamalan-esque. Decades later, the film has the cult it deserves, but the critics who’ve panned it would do well to take a second look. What appears to be a broad, juvenile comedy in passing is actually quite a sad and sensitively-spun story about one woman’s arrested development barreling headfirst toward a truly destructive nervous breakdown. Trapped in a state of emotional object permanence by a controlling mother and a repellent boyfriend, she recedes into the fantasies of her youth to discover a new narrative by which to reframe her life. Fairy tales never satisfied Elizabeth Cronin. Her problems have always been too large to fit into that tiny box, and she needs Fred to smash the living daylights out of it.
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Review by Jos 2.0 🍉 ★★★ 4
Happy belated birthday to the incomparable Bunny, this watch is for you! Bunny, your kindness and humour and gentle and creative spirit and your wonderful family have been a great big bright spot in my life the past couple years, and you’re a treasure to the LBFam we’ve established here. You and this movie have an immutable power.
Drop Dead Fred is a curiosity for me because while the humour doesn’t elicit LOLs, I understand its intention. By no means did I dislike this comedy because I didn’t laugh. This is a dense text! One you will miss if Fred grates on you or if you misinterpret the central conceit that Fred is the repressed id of Elizabeth.
This is…
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Review by Dott ★★★★★
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Honestly, I don't know why this movie is generally considered bad. It's genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time.
The acting? Absolutely steller. Rik Mayall is obviously the standout, and I can't praise him in a way that hasn't already been done, but Phoebe Cates as Lizzie, a survivor of gastlighting and emotional/verbal abuse? Marsha Mason as the cold, un-motherly mother that is all too realistic? Ashley Peldon as Young Lizzie, who lashes out with ridiculous stunts because she doesn't know how else to express her emotions? And everyone else having to pretend like Mayall's not standing over them, screaming and making fake puke noises? Unparalleled, unforgettable performances, all delivered perfectly.
The story? Touching and bittersweet. The friendship…
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Review by Logan Van Winkle ★½ 1
Drop Dead Fred is an incel.
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Review by Liz ★★★½ 1
....This is pretty much the feel-good version of Twin Peaks, right?
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Review by stephanie 🌼 ★★★★★
Carrie Fisher trying to beat the sh*t out of her best friend’s imaginary friend really made this movie for me
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