Death to Smoochy
2,776
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 ... [+]
Author | Review | ||
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United States | Austin Chronicle | "It's good -- no, great -- to see Williams as a mean rat bastard" | POS |
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." | POS |
Canada | The Globe and Mail | "Sporadically funny, twisted for sure, it risks becoming as repetitive and shrill as the kinds of programs it satirizes" | NEU |
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" | NEG |
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." | NEU |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "To make a film this awful, you have to have enormous ambition and confidence, and dream big dreams" | NEG |
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