Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Page #4

Synopsis: Once, he was on top of the world as a popular child actor on TV. Now, he's Hollywood's punchline about everything wrong with people who were famous as children. All Dickie Roberts wants to do is find that one gig that will restore his honor and everyone's love of him, so after learning that Rob Reiner's making an ambitious new movie destined to sweep the Oscars, Dickie's first in line to audition. He walks out having learned he certainly looks the part but can't act it... yet, owing to his very unusual childhood. To research the role, Dickie embarks on a bizarre scheme to live with a suburban family to see how the average American child lives, having them put him up as their "son". But once his gloves are off, Dickie discovers how great it is to be part of a true family, and whether he gets the part or not, his attempt at method acting will certainly change his life forever.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Sam Weisman
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG-13
Year:
2003
98 min
$22,715,908
Website
750 Views


So, my good buddy...

maybe you've heard of him-

Jorge of the Jungle...

Brendan Frazier.

Oh, you heard me.

I didn't stutter.

Brendan Frazier is

going to make a call...

hook me up with Rob Reiner.

Did Mr. Frazier call you?

I'll believe it when I see it.

Okay, I raise ten bucks.

Actually, one buck

and the original

braces that Marcia wore

in the "Brace Yourself"

episode...

easily worth

nine bucks on eBay.

Gross. I'm in.

All right, I'm in.

All right,

speaking of big stars,

anybody see who People Magazine

gave "Sexiest Man Alive" to?

George Clooney.

Don't get it.

George Clooney?

That doesn't make sense.

Who is voting on that stuff?

You know what, though?

George Clooney is a great star.

He's huge, and deservedly so.

I loved that boat movie.

You know who I don't

get is Brad Pitt.

Yeah, what's up with Brad Pitt?

Brad Pitt changes

his hair every day.

Are girls really into guys

with great hair,

pretty faces

and built like a truck?

- Yeah.

- Actually, yeah.

You know, one time,

someone thought I was

Brad Pitt from the side.

Yeah, I know, like, 20 people

who thought you were a girl

and not from the side.

Watch it.

I raise two bucks

with this authentic replica

of the jinxed

Tiki idol

from the Brady episode

"Hawaii Bound."

Easily worth two bucks on eBay.

I am out.

Yeah, I'm out.

I'm out.

There's your two.

And you know who I don't get?

Vin Diesel.

Oh, yes!

Who's Vin Diesel?

Is he good-Iooking?

I mean, I don't know

what's going on with him.

Is he Chinese?

I don't know.

That's so horrible, man.

You're such a dick.

Besides, he'd kick your ass.

Come on, Dickie.

How jealous can you get, really?

It's getting bad.

Vin Diesel's actually

a cool guy.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

He actually lent me money once.

I just want to be a star again

so goddamn bad.

What's the thing

you miss the most, Dickie?

You know what?

It's not the limos.

Oh, I miss the limos.

It's not the girls,

the money, the parties...

The girls, the money,

the parties...

No, wait.

Seriously, you guys had limos?

You know what?

It's not that stuff I miss.

It's something else.

It's... it's something

I miss so bad it hurts.

I just miss the love, you know?

I miss...

My mom loved me

when I was a star,

and people loved me

when I was a star.

And when somebody loves you,

it gives you a center.

It makes you feel good inside.

That's what being a star

did for me.

But you know what?

It's all going to happen.

I got my fingers crossed.

I got my hopes up

for this Rob Reiner thing.

Anyway... back to work.

Two pair, Williams.

Read it and weep.

Uh-uh-uh!

What are you, nucking futs?

Four of a kind.

You lose.

Oh, man.

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