Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is a self obsessed middle-aged former child star of a TV show called 'The Glimmer Gang'. His latest stunt is to fight Emmanuel Lewis but he loses. Even his girlfriend (Alyssa Milano) is tired of it all. Then he gets a break on a big Hollywood movie, but the director (Rob Reiner) isn't sure that Dickie has the proper experience to play a normal human being. So he's spending his $30k advance to stay a month with a regular family (Mary McCormack, Craig Bierko, Scott Terra, Jenna Boyd).
David Spade is able to maintain his likability even as he plays an arrogant idiot. The trick is probably that he's so pathetic and sad that we're allowed to laugh at his antics. There are some sharp edges early on in Hollywood with all the former stars, but it gets a bit gooey with the family. He has some fun with the kids, and he gets to grow as a character.
David Spade is able to maintain his likability even as he plays an arrogant idiot. The trick is probably that he's so pathetic and sad that we're allowed to laugh at his antics. There are some sharp edges early on in Hollywood with all the former stars, but it gets a bit gooey with the family. He has some fun with the kids, and he gets to grow as a character.