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Death to Smoochy

Comedy In the cutthroat world of children's television, Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a jaded network executive Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim ... [+]
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United States
Austin Chronicle
"It's good -- no, great -- to see Williams as a mean rat bastard"
United States
New York Daily News
"Plays like a long TV sketch, but with an array of characters, themes, subplots and situations just clever enough to keep it moving, and to give cover to its underlying cynicism."
Canada
The Globe and Mail
"Sporadically funny, twisted for sure, it risks becoming as repetitive and shrill as the kinds of programs it satirizes"
United States
The New York Times
"There are a few laughs, but I'm not sure that a comedy is supposed to make you recoil, which is what 'Smoochy' does"
United States
Chicago Tribune
"A dark comedy that blows up like an exploding cigar, leaving nothing much behind but smoke, noise and a bad taste."
United States
Chicago Sun-Times
"To make a film this awful, you have to have enormous ambition and confidence, and dream big dreams"
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