A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.
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- TriviaThe scene where Polly tapes up the jack in the box containing Fred was based off an actual incident that happened to a friend of co-writer/executive producer Carlos Davis named Steve Burnette. Burnette's mother Gloria had an imaginary friend when she was a little girl. But the girl's mother couldn't stand the fact that her daughter had an imaginary friend. It finally got to the point to where the Gloria's mother took her imaginary friend and flushed it down the toilet. This incident traumatized her for three years.
- GoofsWhen Elizabeth and Fred are on the boat she asks Fred, "What is that water doing there?" He replies, "I don't know," but his mouth is saying something else.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Motormouth: Episode #4.7 (1991)
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Rik Mayall is awesome in this crazy off the wall comedy
When Elizabeth (Phoebe Cates) returns to her childhood home after her marriage breaks down, she re-creates her imaginary friend from her childhood; Drop Dead Fred (Rik Mayall) to help her cope with the loss.
Fred should have never been allowed to enter the world of an adult, he simply breaks everything he comes in to contact with, including Elizabeth's chances of getting her life back on track, and Rik Mayall portrays this maniac in true mad-cap fashion.
'Drop Dead Fred' is wickedly funny, but it does have very serious and accurate undertones beneath all the zany comedy, and is a great deal cleverer than most people give it credit for.
7/10
Fred should have never been allowed to enter the world of an adult, he simply breaks everything he comes in to contact with, including Elizabeth's chances of getting her life back on track, and Rik Mayall portrays this maniac in true mad-cap fashion.
'Drop Dead Fred' is wickedly funny, but it does have very serious and accurate undertones beneath all the zany comedy, and is a great deal cleverer than most people give it credit for.
7/10
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- Yok Ol Fred
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- Budget
- $6,788,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,878,334
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,625,648
- May 27, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $13,884,358
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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