| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Did anyone see this besides me? I have been mystified by the
apparent disinterest to what I could not wait to see. But I crave
the dark stuff sometimes. Death to Smoochy is an amusing and dark take
on children's shows and charities. It's not the...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C) |
| Starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Katherine
Keener, Danny De Vito, Jon Stewart, Pam Ferris, Harvey
Fierstein, Michael Rispoli. Directed by Danny De Vito.
Rated R. more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Rainbow Randolph Smiley (Robin Williams) has it all. He is the star of
highest rated kids' show on TV, lives in a fabulous penthouse on Manhattan
and has all the perks he could want. But, greed clouds his good judgment
and he gets busted in a payola...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| "Death to Smoochy" has gotten some of the worst press of the year, and when
you consider what a bad lot most recent American comedies have been, that's
quite an accomplishment. It is not, however, much deserved. more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| DEATH TO SMOOCHY (2002)
Rated R; running time 109 minutes
Studio: Warner Bros.
Genre: Comedy
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://deathtosmoochymovie.warnerbros.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0266452
Written...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "DEATH TO SMOOCHY" (Warner Bros.)
Set in the superficially benign world of children's television, this
deliciously wicked comedy is a satiric riff on the "Death to Barney" concept.
Robin Williams plays "Rainbow...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by David Levine (Rating: 1.5/5) |
| Classic children’s television show hosts like Mister Rogers and Barney make
great role models for children, but their trite style makes them easy targets
for adult jokes. Danny DeVito’s latest project, Death to Smoochy, is
well-intended with its mockery...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: D+) |
| When popular kids' show host Rainbow Randolph Smiley (Robin Williams) is
busted by the feds for bribing parents, KidNet exec M. Frank Stokes (Jon
Stewart, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back") needs to come up with a squeaky
clean replacement in a hurry....more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Warner Bros./FilmFour/Senator Ent
Director: Danny De Vito
Writer: Adam Resnick
Cast: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener,
Danny DeVito, Jon Stewart, Harvey Fierstein, Pam Ferris,
Michael Rispoli
Screened at:...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| I don't recall having a firm grasp of the term "black comedy" until I saw
Danny DeVito's The War of the Roses in 1989. I knew it didn't refer to a
movie with both laughs and an Eddie Murphy or a Richard Pryor, but I didn't
really understand what it...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Danny DeVito's DEATH TO SMOOCHY opens with the assassination of Smoochy (Edward
Norton), the star of a popular kids' show. Called "Barney's bastard son" by his
rival, Rainbow Randolph Smiley (Robin Williams), Smoochy is the world's most
squeaky clean...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Death to Smoochy (2002)
Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Jon
Stewart, Harvey Fierstein, Pam Ferris, Michael Rispoli, Vincent
Schiavelli. Music by David Newman. Screenplay by Adam Resnick. Directed
by Danny DeVito. 105...more |
| Death to Smoochy Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
When Rainbow Randolph is caught accepting payola for his highly rated kid's TV
show, he's swiftly replaced with a do-good children's entertainer named Smoochy
the Rhino. Randolph isn't happy with the deal and plots to wreak badness on the
man who...more |
