Death to Smoochy | | Cast : | Robin Williams, Edward Norton | | Director : | Danny DeVito | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | March 29, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | September 07, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 04, 2005 | | Summary | Death to this Movie...hopefully | Content
 | I don't see what is the deal with the high praise in some reviews that this movie is getting. This is a lame attempt at comedy at best. Profanity is not humor. Sure, I get the part about wanting to satirize the whole Barney thing, but this movie just tries too hard with little in the way of script or acting. Edward Norton and Robin Williams aren't funny at all. It was a hard movie to get through, but I was just hoping it would either be over, or get better.
It did end, at least. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 16, 2005 | | Summary | Williams anchors the film with his sick, funny performance | Content
| Robin Williams(Insomnia, The Final Cut) portrays Ranibow Randolph who gets canned for being a fraud, so he is fired and replaced with a new TV show KIDNET host named Smoochey The Rhino, played by Edward Norton (Kingdom Of Heaven, American History X). Norton becomes famous while Williams gets jealous, so, Williams does a little scheme by taking Norton to a Nazi rally, pegging him as a racist. But things change when Norton comes back to the spotlight....so Danny DeVito (Batman Returns, Twins) wants Smoochey dead but instead, the men he hired to kill Smoochey, kill the wrong one ("Im Spinner"). Very sick, sadistic dark black comedy mawks Barney and all the cute little kids shows.....only DeVito can do something like this. Williams is always a comic genius and here he is the spotlight being a foul mouthed dick....he has the most highlights (examples: Williams frollicking on street; scene where Williams is being dragged off with cameras and news people around him). Norton is good, he embodies his part as a happy go lucky guy with a big heart. Also starring Jon Stewart (The Faculty, Big Daddy), Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich, The Interpreter), Harvey Fierstein, Michael Rispoli (Snake Eyes) and Vincent Schiavelli (Lord Of Illusions, The People Vs. Larry Flynt). |
| Rating | | | Date | February 12, 2005 | | Summary | LOUD, LONG BLITZ, FOR KIDS AGED 1-2 MONTHS | Content
| If this was meant to be a children's movie, I don't get it. What's with the endless barrage of genitalia jokes? Intended perhaps for toddlers who couldn't understand much.
Not that the flimsy plot calls for much understanding: One TV anchorman on a Cartoon Network type channel gets replaced by another and thereby spends the rest of the film trying to cobble together a scandal that will ruin his rival's cred.
A smattering of characters is squeezed into the comic blitz that follows. Some of these have sparks: a jaded producer (Catherine Keener), an Irish gangsteress, a corrupt charity executive. Most of these don't: Robin Williams is tiresome after his first act, Jon Stewart is barely noticeable as a cringing network yes-man, and Ed Norton, well some people just don't cut it in comedy.
An unpleasant flip-flop between social commentary and slapstick, neither of which it succeeds at. Instead it ends with a flaky ice-show sequence. Hardly the kind of fare you expect from DeVito. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 01, 2005 | | Summary | One of the best dark comedies in a while | Content
| This film stars Robin Willams and Edward Norton, and is directed by Danny Devito. It is a film about a man called Rainbow Randolph(Robin Willams), who is on top of the world with all of things he has ever wanted, but a drug deal he is involved in sends him into a spiral downfall. He gets fired, his show canceled, all of the products of his are burned. His manager finds a new icon:Smoochy(Edward Norton). He loathes Smoochy, he wants to end him. He tries to set up his downfall. Smoochy, meanwhile, is being prepped and fitted for his outfit, and he is trying to maintain his beliefs of anti-consumerism, Tofu, and clean living, and he tries to project it to the kids. Danny Devito is his manager, who is sleazy, and tries to make him do things that he doesn't like. The Irish mob is involved also, along with a retarded boxer, who the mob mistake for Smoochy. Rainbow Randolph and Smoochy end up becoming friends in the end.
The direction by Danny Devito, the performances by Robin Willams, and Edward Norton make this film good. Also, I am shocked this movie was in theathers only TWO WEEKS?!? There must've been some hate for this, which it didn't deserve. It is in a weird sense and loony too, Brillant. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 28, 2005 | | Summary | Absolutely hilarious. And witty, too. | Content
| This is another movie where Robin Williams shines. Fans of his should especially see this film. Either way, anybody who enjoys dry, satirical, witty humor will likely enjoy this movie. There's more to laugh at than to criticize. The negative reviews puzzle me... It's one thing to simply dislike a film, but to not be able to understand the plot? Perhaps some of the humor is too clever (it really isn't). Sure, it's not the best film I've ever seen, but its continuous laughter/smile value makes it worth adding to your collection, to be enjoyed again and again. |
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