# Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Sam Weisman
**Written by**: David Spade, Fred Wolf
**Starring**: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz, Craig Bierko, Alyssa Milano, Rob Reiner

> *50 million people used to watch him on TV. Now he washes their cars.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Somehow this movie makes paying for fake parents seem like a career move. Dickie Roberts, a washed-up child actor, takes drastic measures when a role demands real-life authenticity he doesn’t have. The irony of faking a mundane life to play someone ordinary isn’t lost—it just isn’t as funny as it thinks it is.

**Mood tags**: playful

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