Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 03/29/2002(USA)
Release Date: 09/17/2002
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 109 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Danny DeVito steps behind the camera for this darkly funny satire that combines elements of
Barney and Friends with the real-life
Pee-Wee Herman scandal while recalling the director's previously twisted
black comedies Throw Momma From the Train (1987) and
The War of the Roses (1989).
Robin Williams stars as
Randolph Smiley, a popular children's show host known professionally as "Rainbow Randolph." Dismissed from his beloved job when he's caught taking payola,
Randolph becomes increasingly mentally unhinged and the target of his delusional revenge fantasies is
Sheldon Mopes (
Edward Norton), otherwise known as
Smoochy, the fuchsia rhino character that has replaced him and soared to national popularity.
Randolph soon learns that his ex-girlfriend and network executive
Nora Wells (
Catherine Keener) is sleeping with
Sheldon, so he sets out to kill
Smoochy, egged on by an unexpected ally: corporate president
Marion Frank Stokes (
Jon Stewart), who should be profiting from
Smoochy's rise to fame, except for the fact that he and his cronies are unable to control the idealistic
Sheldon's on-air agenda.
Death to Smoochy (2002) co-stars
Harvey Fierstein,
Vincent Shiavelli, and
Michael Rispoli.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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