I don't know if the Carrie Fisher character believed that Fred was real. I think she just pretended to beat him up to try to help Elizabeth deal with her delusions.

@amyschildgamerlive4519

4 жыл бұрын

I thought so as well.

@1000000man1

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't look that way when you watch the scene. It just looks like she believes her

@amyschildgamerlive4519

4 жыл бұрын

@@1000000man1 that's the point. To be a supportive friend. Acting like she believes her rather than calling her crazy outright

@my_cousin_mose6063

4 жыл бұрын

@@amyschildgamerlive4519 what she did in this scene will get her fired from whatever job she has and everyone in that room thinks she just had a psychotic breakdown. I think you'd have to an incredibly good friend, an enabler, and have terrible judgement to do what Carrie Fisher's character did here.

@amyschildgamerlive4519

4 жыл бұрын

@@my_cousin_mose6063 some people are that awesome of a kind of friend though.

What is really bothering me is why is her hair getting progressivley shorter throughout the movie?

@yotamshitrit6820

8 жыл бұрын

+Mihovil Beck Looking at how crazy she is my guess is that she is eating it off screen

@Fickji

8 жыл бұрын

+RobinFeather Well, to be honest, the same type of concept has been used by both Monster's Inc. and Toy Story quiet well of the unseen world just below the surface. This movie just can't decide if it's a childern's story with adult themes or an adult story on a drug trip trying to do what every psychiatrist in the 90s told their patients to do. "Find your inner child and release it into the world" If the drop dead fred parts were taken out it would just be a woman suffering from a nerves breakdown who finally recovers and stands up for herself. (this is on my guilty pleasures list along with Event Horizon and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man)

@yotamshitrit6820

8 жыл бұрын

Snarky McSne Monsters Inc. and Toy Story may be a bad example as both of these stories contain a secret world that, at least in the framing of the story, really is there, simply hidden from human eyes. A better example, in my honest opinion, is the Australian TV series (which was then remade in the US) Wilfred, in which a man after a failed suicide attempt starts seeing his dog Wilfred as a grown man in a full dog suit. Granted, Wilfred did it much better than DDF as it kept the line between reality and the man's imagination blurred and there is great character development of the man through Wilfred. At the end of the day what Wilfred had and what this film truely lacked is subtlety and knowing where are the bounderies and when the need to be pushed. Well that and everyone besides the main character in Wilfred was a normal human being and not equally crazy..

@Fickji

8 жыл бұрын

Yotam Shitrit It depends on your perception of reality. To the outsider looking in some people are more crazy than others. I see it more as a retelling of Harvey starring Jimmy Stewart. I used Monster's Inc. and Toy Story as if those characters that see the secret worlds told anyone they would themselves be considered insane. If we saw it from the humans point of view it would be totally different. Sid from Toy Story tries to tell his mom and that doesn't go to well for him if I remember right. Could also put Labyrinth in there as well. The end might be Drop Dead Fred being fake and the guy just telling his daughter about his friend's imaginary friend when they were younger and giving the name. But it certainly sounds like the kid knows who Fred (and his antics) is which makes him real. At least to the female lead. And the kid. I also took it to be Monster's Inc. ism as the imaginary characters are there to give kids a creative outlet and develop, kinda like the monsters have jobs to scare kids for power.

@hekca206

8 жыл бұрын

+Veya This has nothing to do with the subject, but who is that on your profile pic and why are some people using/posting him/her?

Rik Mayall actually would have been an incredible Riddler

@georgehutter339

5 жыл бұрын

He would have been an awesome mad hatter too

@obiwankenobi9141

4 жыл бұрын

Your right, I mean think about it green and unhinged and fucking insane

@ThrewRedButter

3 жыл бұрын

Damn. that would be good. Throw in Tim Curry as The Joker

@lewisfraser4153

3 жыл бұрын

Watch Rik Mayall do King Herod's Song, he's basically Mark Hamill's Joker in live action

@samuelwilliams1619

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgehutter339 MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!

RIP Rik Mayall and Carrie Fisher.

@Cazz8203

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck off

@bleachboy9782

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cazz8203 jesus

@kingzombie5663

4 жыл бұрын

CazzSDMF what was the need for that asshole

@cipherking4798

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck you he was one one of the greatest actors ever

@DCReviewz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cazz8203 What the fuck was that for?!

"That one from 'The young ones'"????? no no no Doug that's NOT how you describe the legend that is Rik Mayall

@alexd442

5 жыл бұрын

ChalkieTheHuman some people can’t pronounce correctly, remember “judge hirsch”

@oofiisded7433

4 жыл бұрын

ChalkieTheHuman why is he so unappreciated in this video He said anoying British comedy but British comedy is he best

@nickcopeland6915

4 жыл бұрын

I guess he didn't know who Rik Mayall was.

@redhood7650

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickcopeland6915 yeah what a Muppet. Anyone who says Rik mayall and British humour is better than the yanks attempt at political humour. Especially since both Blackadder and bottom I've seen are great

@Dead25m

3 жыл бұрын

@@oofiisded7433 But Brirish comedy can also be terribly annoying, if you look at Monthy Python for example, most of their stuff is hilarious, but some things they do are terribly annoying, more so than other types of comedy.

Nah, even with that goofy face, Phobe Cates is still hawt :D

@SaschaSass

7 жыл бұрын

Ab-so-fu**ing-lutely!! :)

@blade3656

7 жыл бұрын

Watching Bigfeet Nope, Gremlins was made 7 years before this.

@theluckiesteh9058

6 жыл бұрын

Dendric's Evening Toy IKR?!

@MiketheCabbie

6 жыл бұрын

Her hotness was established well before Gremilns. Exhibit A: Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

@theluckiesteh9058

6 жыл бұрын

MiketheCabbie Hell Yeah!

Rik Mayall was a highly-respected comedian in the UK, famous for The Young Ones, Bottom and Blackadder, among others. His sudden death was a tragic loss to comedy, and he should be respected or even mentioned here. DDF is not a career highlight, but his other stuff was genuinely funny. RIP Rik, you bastard!

@oofiisded7433

4 жыл бұрын

Foebane72 MIKE YOU BARRSTEDDDDD

@iexist7352

4 жыл бұрын

I know him best from bottom

@sewthernbelle

4 жыл бұрын

Calm down, this review was done years ago

@Tomversal

4 жыл бұрын

I like DDF

@allenmcfarlinmcfarlin8440

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.he was funny on the young ones.

Doug Walker calling Rik Mayal "over the top" is a real glass house moment.

@cxireen2193

5 ай бұрын

What is glass house? Sounds familiar that's why I'm just asking.

@GeigermSv

3 ай бұрын

@@cxireen2193 Not English but I do remember an acquaintance explaining to me the whole idiom is "people living in a glass house shouldn't be throwing stones". The meaning is "don't point at others' defaults if you suffer the same ones". As Doug has often demonstrated over-the-top performances in his critical videos and cameos, it's ironic.

@DreFromMaine8472

Ай бұрын

This review is from 2010, he was still relatively under control then. He didn't really start cranking it up to 11 and screaming uncontrollably until the following year with his video on "The Haunting". And then again in 2012's "Scooby-Doo". Just saying!

Am i the only one that thinks fred looks a lot like the guy from "Courage the Cowardly Dog" that is also called fred? Is that just coincidence?

@Deziede

8 жыл бұрын

A ...naughty...coincidence. ;)

@googleuser9383

8 жыл бұрын

he really is

@leonwinchester9865

8 жыл бұрын

that must be where he gose when he dies

@16JPE

7 жыл бұрын

and that is actually saying a lot

@rougar561

7 жыл бұрын

he looks like either fry or laurie

The Critic - whether intentionally or not, I'm not sure - failed to mention what was, in my opinion, the most insulting moment in this entire film. We're supposed to admire the father for standing up to the mother in the flashback by saying that "it's not right" for her to be so controlling. But immediately after that, he literally walks out on the entire family, including his daughter. So wait a minute, in rebellion against the way his wife is treating their daughter, he ABANDONS his daughter? Umm... doesn't that make him an even worse parent than the mother? WTF???

@KenniKaye

5 жыл бұрын

You fail to realize that back in those days women almost always got custody of the children whether or not they were good parents, and if they mother treated her daughter this badly can you imagine how she treated the husband? I've lived with a parent like this, it's harder than you can imagine but i don't blame my dad ever for leaving. this is an excellent movie that deserves more credit than it got.

@Vishnu_Karthik

5 жыл бұрын

^^ what do you mean by "back in those days"? Women still get custody 90% of the time even today.

@KenniKaye

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vishnu_Karthik Touché

@sevendaughters

Жыл бұрын

he doesn't walk out on the family at that point. He just leaves the room.

@EnclosedPoolArea

Жыл бұрын

@@KenniKaye Treated her badly = got rid of the paedophile demon haunting her child?

R.I.P Rik Mayall :(

@lennydale92

4 жыл бұрын

I honestly didn't know he was dead! Loved his stand up comedy.

@obiwankenobi9141

4 жыл бұрын

And Carrie Fisher

"Then we get... British humour" Hey! Rik Mayall was a comedy legend for us, he was like the UK version of Jim Carrey

@iamanowl26

2 жыл бұрын

He was nothing like Carrey, he was funny

@loneronin6813

2 жыл бұрын

@@iamanowl26 And likeable.

@adcomedyjokes

2 жыл бұрын

Bottoms is one of my fav UK shows

@callumjames7854

Жыл бұрын

Just more ruder and cruder. 👍

@cheneethompson5756

Жыл бұрын

@@iamanowl26 I find Jim carrey hilarious!

It would be an interesting premise if Fred had been her way of coping with and taking revenge on all the cruel, evil, and abusive people in her life. Then, after they're all taken care of, Fred disappears. Fred reappears 21 years later to help her once again now that her adult life mirrors her troubled childhood, forcing her to face her past and her problems, making her a stronger person in the end.

@1000000man1

4 жыл бұрын

That makes it sound like it could be either a Stephen King Novel or a Stanley Kubrick Film.. or both.

@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds much better as a premise. The concept of someone's imaginary friend coming back to help them sort out their problems could be good, if it's put into the right hands.

@no1guy825

3 жыл бұрын

it's superior the way it is

@ATARIz117

2 жыл бұрын

That is the premise of the movie lol

@JarethTheGoblinKingForever

2 жыл бұрын

@@ATARIz117 It's a decent premise, if Fred himself weren't so goddamned crass, in-your-face and annoying through the whole thing. Elizabeth's mother is also dreadfully one-sided. It would be nice if in the end she learned to accept her daughter and protect her against her cheating husband, but nope, she's just a crap parent through and through.

I agree with the Critic, this movie would actually be really successful as a horror film.

@lordtipto4056

6 жыл бұрын

Oh no, The Smoking Skull figured it out! Don't rest in peace Fred!

@casualcyberguy1314

6 жыл бұрын

The Smoking Skull ok I'm gonna need a kickstarter page and some copy right lawyer team

@jareththegoblinking3191

5 жыл бұрын

All is missing is Fred convincing her to kill people

@plasmaoctopus1728

5 жыл бұрын

to be fair, this film scared me a bit as a kid

@villainsweek8501

5 жыл бұрын

The Smoking Skull well all it needed was some better writing,then yeah pretty much

This movie is my guilty pleasure. I relate a lot to the little kid. Although not as extreme. My mom didn't like me and my oldest brother much and used favoritism to run things in a 6 person household. I was always alone to play with my toys or my imaginary friends. All of my real friends were nicer to me than the real kids in my neighborhood. I even made up a whole other family. I was a really lonely kid.

Drop Dead Fred uses childish humor because he was always a child's imaginary friend. It draws attention to how vastly different children are from adults. As a child I found it hysterical. As an adult, I find it rather charming and sweet. As obnoxious as Fred is, he shows deep care for Lizzy and always strives to make her happy with his ridiculous behavior that always worked when she was a child. When I look at it now, I think it's really not supposed to make sense in the way movies usually do. It's very unique, but that doesn't mean it's a horrible movie. I enjoyed it, both as a child and as an adult. Does that make me mentally challenged?

Funny how Critic mentioned Tim Burton because the script for this movie was offered to him but he turned it down.

@phantomzone2725

6 жыл бұрын

It is not so surprising. He also rejected Stay Tuned and Mystery Men. That's why a lot of these 90s movies had to be "Burtonized" with shitty screenplays

@matthewmoran5297

5 жыл бұрын

+Phantom Zone Really? Cause "Stay Tuned" felt like it had more of a Joe Dante-ish feel to it.

@theresemartin7930

5 жыл бұрын

@@phantomzone2725 But those movies were good. Okay, Mystery Men was good.

@oscarjimenezsr.716

5 жыл бұрын

With Robin Williams as Drop Dead Fred Himself

@theresemartin7930

5 жыл бұрын

@@oscarjimenezsr.716 I can totally see Robin Williams as Fred.

4:10 "Oh wow, this person needs to die" And then Rik Mayall died four years later. What a unexpected prediction.

@cm9231

3 жыл бұрын

RIP 😭 he was actually really funny in the TV show Bottom

I actually really loved this film as both an adult and a kid. It was whimsical, silly, and it actually was pretty sad at times. Elizabeth definitely had a mental breakdown in this film, and this was a really cool way to display such a situation. I get that not everyone likes these kinda of films, but I really loved it ^^

@leeleecassidy7175

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. I love this film no matter what.

@tintinismybelgian

3 жыл бұрын

I have a soft spot in my heart for Drop Dead Fred. It's an imperfect film, I admit, but I do love its quirky concept and themes, as well as the imprecise/enigmatic nature of DDF's existence (or non-existence). Personally, I find that the imaginary friend and his interactions with Elizabeth's "real world" are best understood to be metaphorical/symbolic of Elizabeth's childhood trauma and skewed memories and perceptions within her life. For example, it's no accident that Elizabeth's father, the only figure of stability and comfort for her, and DDF both speak with an English accent and are violently ripped from Elizabeth's life in the same night. Whether DDF is an actual "spirit" or force within the physical universe is irrelevant, as he is real for Elizabeth on a metaphysical level, helping her to overcome a cheating loser of a husband and a controlling tyrant of a mother and to find freedom in leading a life based on her own choices and in loving the child within.

@esotericexplorersmartinez493

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. And I never saw it when I was young so it’s not even the nostalgia that makes me like it. I just thought it was a cute/funny 80s/90/s movie :)

True Fact Robin Williams was offered the role of Drop Dead Fred, Glad he turned this down for Hook

@loneronin6813

2 жыл бұрын

Although I agree it's good that he turned it down, Robin Williams is one of the few actors I could see in such a role outside of Rik Mayall himself.

Yeah, even without NC's added creepy music, this movie *is* fucking terrifying when you start to think about it. No, really, *think about it.*

@edmontonboy99

8 жыл бұрын

Same

@KoshVader

7 жыл бұрын

My stepmum showed me this movie when I was fifteen and I found it so disturbing that I can't watching it again. Keep in mind I love horror, Dead Silence, Penny Dreadful, American Horror Story, they're fine, this is too much.

@101Crock

7 жыл бұрын

Or, even worse would be if her imaginary friend was real. How do you deal with that? You can't get rid of him, you can't tell anyone else about him, you can't make him stop screwing with your life. How do you deal with that?

@NotableElectronicSounds

7 жыл бұрын

very creppy.

@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257

7 жыл бұрын

Flipside Gamer Maybe he's the memory of Fred, left by someone he knew.

I'm here to pay respect to Carrie Fisher. Rest easy now....

@OrioleFan336

7 жыл бұрын

theganon111 same

@antwontriplett8531

7 жыл бұрын

theganon111 R.I.P Carrie R.I.P

@Shadethewolfy

7 жыл бұрын

RIP Carrie Fisher, you will be sorely missed.

@KatieCochran

7 жыл бұрын

theganon111 THAT KH PROFILE PIC THO.

@2009SONICFAN

7 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Rik Mayall

Phoebe Cates went from "Fast Rides at Ridgemoth High" to "Gremlins" to this?! What the hell?!

What OTHER comedy films out there are actually horror films in disguise? I got one for ya'; Weird Science. O_o

@supermariofan03

5 жыл бұрын

When you watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, it’s more like a suspenseful thriller. He nearly gets caught by his dad so many times, and he filed a dinner reservation in the most insane way possible by pretending to be somebody else.

@1000000man1

4 жыл бұрын

Mrs Doubtfire

@ZuluRomeo

4 жыл бұрын

The Cable Guy

@johnvincent1823

4 жыл бұрын

Baby Geniuses

@johnnygallagher5718

4 жыл бұрын

Son of the Mask

he's meant to be annoying and over the top, he's her CHILDHOOD imaginary friend. of course he's gonna act like a naughty kid.

@danielwilliams7161

8 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, intentionally annoying is still annoying.

@soxxieloux9117

8 жыл бұрын

yeah i agree with you on that. i still find the film entertaining to watch though :)

@RealistReviewer

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Williams only if your brain can't realize he is a walking parody of those things as a child you used to find funny, he just does it too well perhaps :P

@johnalogue9832

8 жыл бұрын

+Soxxielou x That's still a great idea, but he's just EVIL in this movie.

@AnimePFP

8 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone said. I love this movie

i know dying does not exempt someone from being criticised but Rik is a very much loved comedian who was a legend of British comedy. It would be a real shame for people to only think of him in this crappy Hollywood vehicle.

@thecinematicmind

8 жыл бұрын

Rik is funny and to see him go was a massive loss to British comedy! If only his scenes in Harry Potter are restored!

@ElFreakinCid

8 жыл бұрын

+The Cinematic Mind He was in that?

@thecinematicmind

8 жыл бұрын

ElFreakinCid Yes, however they were never made it into the film nor the deleted scenes.

@ElFreakinCid

8 жыл бұрын

The Cinematic Mind Who did he play?

@coldytm3222

8 жыл бұрын

Well critic did say that rick is a talented actor is and that its only scripts fault for this godawful performance (its in that kitchen scene)

Rick is an icon. He is British culture

4:10: "Oh, wow... this person needs to die." Especially uncomfortable as he did--R*I*P, 2014. Drop Dead Fred did indeed drop... well, you know... R*I*P again.

@xBloodxFangx

4 жыл бұрын

I think he more meant the character.

@troywright359

4 жыл бұрын

everybody dies eventually.

@MrKenichi22

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think this review aged well... Poor Rik. R.I.P. People’s Poet, you will always be a “young one” to us.

@Fluffkitscripts

4 жыл бұрын

I can only hope the character of the man was better than the man’s character.

@MrKenichi22

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Newby Superhero If we are talking about Rik, he played allot of jerks, but I think it was an act he was doing

This premise actually could make a great horror film with the right director.

@FreyaofCerberus

8 жыл бұрын

No.

@Bettersucksaul

8 жыл бұрын

+Crusading Critic I can see it being similar to Black Swan. The woman slowly descending into madness.

@FreyaofCerberus

8 жыл бұрын

+RabbitGirl Exactly, a slow blurring of reality and fantasy until you can't tell them apart.

@Cavespider4396

8 жыл бұрын

At the end of the movie she finally gets rid of Fred then she sees her friend's daughter with him and it ends on a cliffhanger, knowing that Fred cannot truly die

@hackman669

8 жыл бұрын

+Crusading Critic Only in Bizzaro land!

0:25 - 0:28 you know, for kids!

@chrisdoessomestuff4782

8 жыл бұрын

A FAMILY PICTURE!

@chrisdoessomestuff4782

8 жыл бұрын

0:28 I just realized that the horse on the left looks like a dick.

@Kirklord2

8 жыл бұрын

A faaaaaaammmmmmmily picture

@Mr_Fancypants

8 жыл бұрын

A FAAAHMLEH PEEEKTOOORE!

@JiJ1511

8 жыл бұрын

bring da kiddies

How dare you refere to Rik mayall as "the one from the young one's", Rik mayall was a comedy genius and a legend , yes drop dead Fred isn't that great but his other work is brilliant.

@mogensschmidt2498

2 жыл бұрын

umm at least he did mension the young ones

@Ryan-id1kr

Жыл бұрын

I was surprised he didn't mention Blackadder when mentioning Rik Mayall at the start

@mogensschmidt2498

Жыл бұрын

@@Ryan-id1kr at least he still mension young ones iven knoe it was brif

@Ryan-id1kr

Жыл бұрын

@@mogensschmidt2498 True

I used to watch this as a kid and I loved it I forgot about it thank you for giving me this nostalgia

Rik Myal shaped a generation of comedians and is a gem

@thegirlleastlikelyto

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. He did tons of great work and it's a shame Doug doesn't mention any of it and just insults him.

@johnalogue9832

7 жыл бұрын

lol saying lol strengthens your argument lol not really

@max23fb

7 жыл бұрын

this isn't even an argument about Rik Myal anymore

@johnalogue9832

7 жыл бұрын

Finn Balmer Yep, just people being assholes on the internet. We're pretty good at it.

@max23fb

7 жыл бұрын

i dont know if your defending Rik or just pointing out how pointing out that lol doesn't strengthen an argument

Well as much this movie was bizarre it showed Rik's unique sense of humor. Every actor has this one crappy flick so no shame in that. R.I.P Rik Mayall :(

RIP Rik Mayall, greatest comedian ever.

Ah, 2010. What a good vintage for Nostalgia Critic.

actually, the explanation for the other imaginary friends is pretty simple: fred is her imaginary friend, the other friends are the imaginary friend of other people. since it is not imagined by her, she cant see it, but fred can because both are imaginary. put it like this, could you see your friends "imaginary friends"?

@jareththegoblinking3191

8 жыл бұрын

yea but the imaginary friends came from other peoples heads, so unless all the people are psychic they wouldn't be able to see eachother

@DaniellaCartwright

7 жыл бұрын

I had an imaginary friend that I shared with a friend.

@jareththegoblinking3191

7 жыл бұрын

***** really? what was it like?

@DaniellaCartwright

7 жыл бұрын

Crude De Vil He's name was Medo (it means fear) and he lived under my parents' bed xD

@jareththegoblinking3191

7 жыл бұрын

***** was he scary?

Phoebe = Feebee You're welcome

@bryannacassidy1806

8 жыл бұрын

Or Foe-bee

@KatieCochran

7 жыл бұрын

bryanna cassidy No it's pronounced fee-bee.

@Oney105

7 жыл бұрын

Sml?

@georgegant4252

6 жыл бұрын

P0RT4L: N3WB FTW I used to call all the girls named the Phoe-bee just to mess with them

@KurtisC93

6 жыл бұрын

Frisbee, anyone?

12:27 "nobody is well, nobody is safe, and nobody is mentally sound" - Nostalgia Critic predicts 2020 -

A few years ago an ex-boyfriend said this was one of his favorite movies (I'd never heard of it before) so we watch it together and I was so mortified and appalled by the movie, while he was laughing the whole way through and I was just watching him with a confused look like, are we even watching the same movie? I realized that day we were radically different people.

@benemlaw6428

4 жыл бұрын

You in that story=Me Boyfriend in that story=Everyone I went to grade school with.

@fkthewhat

2 жыл бұрын

You NEVER show this movie to your significant other lol. You had to watch this movie as a kid. You can't introduce it to someone later on haha

@stephaniesypher2024

2 ай бұрын

You were mortified?! Wow... Do you have the same type of personality as the mom in the movie? Tell me...what did you think of Ryan Gosling's movie, Lars and the Real Girl?

Who remembers Rik Mayall as fondly as I do from Black Adder, it's just painful to watch this.

@aaronhinton3446

8 жыл бұрын

Ohhh flashheart....

@marilynmalone1381

8 жыл бұрын

I like flasheart and fred

@supershrek99

8 жыл бұрын

+Marco Rocha I've got an idea... and it's as hot, as my pants

@crazyfulla

8 жыл бұрын

+Marco Rocha i remember him more from young ones

@maximusprime9925

8 жыл бұрын

r.i.p. rik mayall

Drop Dead Fred is a low key horror film

@gaminggoof1542

5 жыл бұрын

Why'd the audio cut during his makeshift horror scene, it was just quiet. The video must've recently be messed with by copyright

@donvitocorleone2098

4 жыл бұрын

I heard this movie is getting remade

@AngelofMusic04

4 жыл бұрын

Low-key?

@donvitocorleone2098

4 жыл бұрын

@@AngelofMusic04 you like it?

@victorcalderon6780

4 жыл бұрын

Vito Corleone I think that a lie

That 'no' scene was a trip and a masterpiece! I think you just said the word 'no' every way it can be said. Points Doug! A lotta points!

14:36 - 15:27 Happy! in a nutshell, except unlike Drop Dead Fred, its not a pile of s#*&.

Rest in peace Carrie Fisher

@doublediamond9226

6 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace both Carrie Fisher and Rik Mayall. Star Wars and Bottom were big parts of my childhood.

@tylerdenaro639

5 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Carrie Fisher

That one scene where fred watches her free herself was kind of adorable

Anyone else here remember when this review had creepy music playing over scenes where you couldn't see Fred? Darn copyrighted music.

Never knew Phoebe Cates(who plays Elizabeth in this)is married to Kevin Kline.

@asiabrown99

5 жыл бұрын

Disney65Fan Nice

@adaptorperish1322

3 жыл бұрын

I had to look him up and, apparently, he’s almost 20 years older than her. No judgement.

How come I can understand the whole Imaginary friends thing? Since Fred is imaginary, he can see and interact with other imaginary friends while Elizabeth, the one that imagined him cannot since they are not hers...... I could understand it.. I saw it happen on Fucking Powerpuff Girls....

@therandumbshow5264

5 жыл бұрын

Danny Caracciolo dude I know where ur coming from it makes so much sense despite what the critic says this movie is good

@SeanWheeler100

5 жыл бұрын

Unless imaginary friends become real like on Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends or Fred is a ghost, he shouldn't be able to see the imaginary friends that Elizabeth can't see because he's a figment of her mind. He should only be aware of the stuff she's aware off like how in Ratatouille when Linguini was revealed to be Gusteau's son, the ghost of Gusteau was just as surprised as Remy was.

way to miss the point of the movie. her imaginary friend helped her as a child, he helped her remain remotely sane grwing up with her controlling mother. but her mother ended up becoming controlling over him too and locked him away removing her only coping mechanism. now shes gorwn up, her life is a mess and she has to go back and resolve her childhood issues, face fred again and realise (on her own, not from her mother locking him away or surpressing him with drugs) that she doesnt need him any more. sure its a bit ham fisted, with the setup of her life falling apart, but his childish humour is intentional, he is the creation of a childs mind trying to cope with being told exactly how to act and behave "correctly", he is the antithesis of her mother.

@MrDUneven

8 жыл бұрын

+Graeme Evans I think Amelie told the same story better

@LeHobbitFan

8 жыл бұрын

+Graeme Evans Wow! I honestly didn't thought of that!

@HonestWatchReviewsHWR

8 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you Graeme.

@ayyys-u3362

8 жыл бұрын

+LeHobbitFan serioulsy that's how you managed to mess up a simple 7 word sentence. My brain figuritivley can't process how idiotic that is.

@georginahunt3296

8 жыл бұрын

+TheSpyWhoSappedYourSentry I can't tell if the irony here is deliberate or not.

As much as I love this review, Drop Dead Fred is still a nostalgic favourite of mine and my partners. When we were kids it was the "naughty" film that all kids were allowed to watch (not so childish for babies, and not so adult for grown ups). I believe the movie is loved more in the UK than America, simply because Rik Mayall was (and still is) a legend over here. We love him, and many of my generation of Brits still love this movie :) At least the ones I know! The hug at the end is a lot more poignant now that Rik has passed away xXx

This movie makes me question reality

I loved this as a kid and you know what, i love this as an adult.

@RealistReviewer

8 жыл бұрын

+McCaffery I thought the film was stupid, crass, low brow, childish, lame, intelligence insulting and a painful reminder of how simple our humour used to be as a child. I loved every minute of it, because it reminded me of simpler times, childhood humour, charming relationships with parents and disgusting kid stuff, the movie did splendid at what it tried to do, many just don't get it's meant to be like that.

@cheezmunky1

8 жыл бұрын

+McCaffery Yeah! Why's he shitting on this movie? Its a classic!

@wikeni9096

7 жыл бұрын

Same!

@kristianburke5568

7 жыл бұрын

It's because of idiots like you and all the other stupid people who agree with your comment that shit like family guy, the minions movie, teen Titans go, breadwinners and pretty much anything directed by Michael Bay, raja gosnell, Seth McFarlane or happy Madison is so popular nowadays which why is we need critics more than ever now so that idiots like you can realize when shit is 3 feet in front of your ugly face!!!!!!!

@kristianburke5568

7 жыл бұрын

And on top of that this movie does nothing creative or new with its premise just immature humor ive seen in about a million other movies before if they had more practical effects throughout the movie then maybe it would actually be good but no they just have the one scene with Fred in the movie.

Still reckon Myall would've been a great Peeves in hp

@JohnSmith-jh6ei

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! You could have literally copy pasted every scene from here where he is annoying

@liammcnulty1987

3 жыл бұрын

He was! He filmed scenes for it and they cut it!

13:30 - The point was Elizabeth couldn’t see other children’s imaginary friends, and the children could only see their own, but all the imaginary friends can see each other.

Not going to lie this is hands down a childhood favourite and still is.

Honestly I think the biggest problem with this movie is the fact that it was labeled a comedy, there are elements of black comedy but it's really more about mental illness and abuse more than anything else. The character of Fred is supposed to be annoying and kind of a psycho, because he is the manifestation of the overly repressed Elizabeth's id. Look this character is never going to stand up for herself, or even admit to herself that there is a problem until someone who is incredibly obnoxious and insane pushes her over the edge and forces her to deal with it. The uneasiness, the sort of disturbing nature of the film I guess you could say kind of puts you in the emotional state of someone dealing with mental illness, it's not a pleasant feeling nor is it meant to be. And honestly the whole thing that is ruining her life, her mental illness, aka Drop Dead Fred, also being her best friend is kind of representative of the nature of mental illness. Not all mental illnesses but a lot of them begin to form due to maladaptive thinking, this thinking is people's method of coping from trauma, unmet psychological needs, general harsh realities, and many other things. When this maladaptive thinking has endured for many years and has become deep rooted enough, people are afraid to even try to change it. The maladaptive thinking is all they know, even if they are aware it is hurting them they can't let go of it because it's how they survived, it may be ruining their lives but they see it as their first and only line of defense. Look I'm no phd in psychology or anything, and honestly this movie probably is a bad movie. I remember seeing it once when I was like 12 and thinking it was kind of touching, but even then I didn't watch the whole thing. I feel like if I were to watch the movie again today I would probably find a million flaws with it and hate it, IDK I'd have to watch it again to determine if it's good or bad. But even if it is a bad movie can we at least admit that there is something of value there.

@Lowlightt

5 жыл бұрын

Except he isn't her manifesting ID. In the movie is an existence. An Imaginary Friend (or IE) We are led to believe through the movie he is just a figment of her repressed inner self. However through the scenes where he meets other IE's we find out he does actually exist in this world. Its right at this revelation to the viewer that we have her being diagnosed and starts to kill fred through medication. People who are looking at this from a purely psycological point of view are missing that this is a story about childhood magic being real.

@MamaMOB

5 жыл бұрын

Overly repressed? How? She technically gets away with stealing from her family getting her father arrested somehow, smearing shit all over clean carpet, and sinking her best friends house. How was she EVER repressed? We NEVER see her parents repress her only punish her for the HORRIBLE things she does under Fred's influence. If my son got my fiance arrested or smeared shit all over my house I'd repress the shit out of him too. Because you have to teach children how not to be insane terrorists. What lessons is her friend's daughter going to learn having Drop Dead Fred as an imaginary friend? That it's okay to destroy people's property? That it's okay to destroy people's businesses? That no one can blame you for the crimes you yourself commit? The behaviors Fred was convincing this woman to do we're not positive behaviors in any imaginable way. Until the VERY end and a psychiatrist could have done that without destroying her life first. Repressing those behaviors is good parenting. If they hadn't repressed those behaviors this woman would be a fucking psychopath.

This is one of my favourite childhood films. If you'd first seen it when you were 4 years old, you'd love it.

@b.lloydreese2030

2 ай бұрын

NC didnt have a childhood

That “No” bit was so cringey after the first 5

@4evernate28

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much me after his “review” of The Wall.

Wait as a kid why did she imagine her friend as an adult? That's kinda...weird...

I can't help, myself. I love this movie, even though it has many flaws. Rik Mayall was awesome on The Young Ones and he steals every scene here.

@acidfacejake

8 жыл бұрын

+CoSine Blue Same

@johnwalker5614

8 жыл бұрын

+Miles Power You need better parents.

"So he comes aboard dressed as the bastard child of Captain Crunch and Lucky Charms". LOL

*Nostalgia Critic: "That chick from Gremlins"* Me: That chick from Fast Times At Ridgemont High (also from Gremlins, but yeah).

Why do I find this movie fucking hilarious

I enjoyed this as a kid.

@iSTEFIXi

8 жыл бұрын

+CptZSLight may god have mercy on your soul

@caitykitola

8 жыл бұрын

+CptZSLight I did too. ::high five::

@Silverizael

8 жыл бұрын

+CptZSLight I enjoyed it a lot when I was a kid because my mother is just like her mother and I liked imagining myself having the courage to stand up to her.

@Silverizael

8 жыл бұрын

+CptZSLight I enjoyed it a lot when I was a kid because my mother is just like her mother and I liked imagining myself having the courage to stand up to her.

@BasilStars

8 жыл бұрын

I still like it :P

Wow... these reviews are way better without any skit garbage. Punctual and funny! Not forced at all.

@StabStabStabStabby

8 жыл бұрын

Yea, this is 5 years old though. new critic is skitmania unfortunately.

@Dreadnaught1Aw

8 жыл бұрын

StabStabStabStabby A lot of wasted resources which could be put to more reviews.

@TheliMagnus

8 жыл бұрын

+Dread Naught I dont think the Skits are garbage in any way, i like some of them like in the power rangers, most stephen king reviews and others, in my opinion is worse when he puts "animated" (if u can even call that animated) characters, like gasper and the elephant, god damn the voice acting of Gasper is annoying af

@johnwitkus

8 жыл бұрын

+DarkDashV6 Devil review was one of my favorite skits

@DigiRangerScott

8 жыл бұрын

Ernest Scared Stupid and The Room had skits and that's from 2010

The bastard child of Captain Crunch and Lucky Charms... so basically, Captain Crunch with marshmallows? It sounds pretty good, actually.

6:11 This Scene Just Makes No Sense!!

Drop Dead Fred is just a another way of telling BeetleJuice.

@Tornado1994

7 жыл бұрын

It was actually seen as an AWFUL Beetlejuice rip-off when it first opened. EVERYBODY hated it.

@twocatsactingup8501

5 жыл бұрын

@@Tornado1994 along with Little Monsters.

@Tornado1994

4 жыл бұрын

@CORTEZ CASTILLO He made a Smart decision to.

me:this is a horror movie person:no its a comedy me:what

Is anyone else laughing at the comments giving shit to the nostalga critic for having a different opinion

@dpm12

6 жыл бұрын

I know, right? I've even seen people go into detail here on the comments section scolding Doug for not understanding the "social and psychological ramifications of this movie!" Okay, if you want to like it, that's fine, but don't pretend it's psychological or deep when it's obviously not. I like the live-action Scooby-Doo films. I'm not going to pretend they're psychological character studies when that obviously isn't true and it would be fucking stupid as shit to do so. The comments wreak of butthurt.

@dizzirablackrose

6 жыл бұрын

I'm just mad he couldn't pronounce the name Phoebe correctly... That's my only stupid gripe xD

The horrifying music segments get me every time. I can't stop laughing 😂 This is one of your funniest reviews.

@loneronin6813

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who loves the use of The Omen music XD It's so funny to me because it fits so well

I loved this film as a kid :) and it still makes me chuckle now- RIP Rik Mayal you legend

So sad Drop Dead Fred is really dead now.. :'( Last time I looked him up he was alive. Only 56 when he died. Such a shame. Rip Rik

@oofiisded7433

4 жыл бұрын

Jacob Roberts MIKE YOU BASTED

12:26 This came from the "Ultimate "NOOOOOOOOO" Compilation by AFX".

@JoeRossProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I finally found that video

R.I.P. Rik Mayall and Carrie Fisher

If you really think about it, this movie is secretly brilliant. While hidden as a comedy, it's actually about emotional abuse, mental illness, and profanity. A young girl has an imaginary friend named “Drop Dead Fred” who causes chaos around the house and neighborhood. Nobody can see him except her. Her mother is emotionally abusive and highly controlling. Fred first comes to Elizabeth as a young child but it is not until she is older and he revisits her, that she realizes why. It is then where Fred tries to fix everything in her life that is wrong, only making more havoc, but eventually helping her realize her own issues. Elizabeth is a unassertive, confused woman who grew up with an obsessive controlling mother who pushed away her father. As a young child, she was misunderstood, slightly neglected and felt alone. this is where Fred comes in and fills the missing void. Until one day, her mother takes him away. Elizabeth in my opinion is dealing with a psychological or mental disorder due to the unresolved pain from her childhood. After my research, i cam upon something called Diathesis Stress Model. which is a psychological theory that attempts to explain behaviour as a predisposition vulnerability together with stress from life experiences. This helped lead me to the conclusion that it is a case of Schizophrenia. I believe Elizabeth developed a type of Psychological and Sociocultural Schizophrenia due to the unresolved pain as a child.

@pacificanorthwest1015

5 жыл бұрын

It sucks.

@alexhennigh5242

5 жыл бұрын

Pacifica Northwest Cool, bye then.

@heynae2016

5 жыл бұрын

That actually makes a lot of sense

@namelessyoutubechannel5504

5 жыл бұрын

oh look more meaningless tripe comments, I mean your part right, but riks skin crawlingly annoying character is to annoying and distracting to notice that, also, people may say he's supposed to be annoying but that doesn't stop him from being annoying

Sorry but Rik Mayall makes anything he's in infinitely better. Including Drop Dead Fred. If it wasn't for him I would have hated this movie.

@kylem1112

7 жыл бұрын

ive never seen any of his other work. but seeing how fucking annoying this character is in this movie makes me not want to check any of shit out at all.

@VultureClone

7 жыл бұрын

***** Really? You're so petty and stubborn that you wouldn't even try to see what else he's done? not even on KZread? Okay then.

@kylem1112

7 жыл бұрын

VultureClone maybe i will, but drop dead fred makes mewantto stab both of my testicles with ice picks.

@kylem1112

7 жыл бұрын

VultureClone iv'e never seen such an annoying character in anything really as i reminisce. he makes me want to punch a wall he's that fucking annoying

@Joker3384

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that he was trying his best, but the one thing he needed the most along with this movie was a better script.

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I used to rent it from the video store all the time. Im not saying its a great movie, but I think it helps a lot to view it through the eyes of a child.

12:29 - 13:10 he should have taken some of Steve Carell's words from The Office.

I love this movie we watched it all the time as kids

@mc-ps-playa5569

7 жыл бұрын

And that's the problem, because people liked stuff as a kid they are completely blinded to how awful it is. There's a lot of stuffed I liked as a kid but hate now. (Flubber, Star Wars prequels)

@FabFields67

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, thankfully not every thing we see as kids, we have the same opinion on when we're adults like "Chicken Little".. I remember seeing it in theatres with some relatives and I remember only liking the animation since I'm a sucker for cartoon animals. Looking at it NOW, animation does look cheap, and many others will agree it's one of Disney's worst films cause of how Mean-spirited it and how many clichés are thrown in...

@chayden153

7 жыл бұрын

Same, it was funny to me as a child

@amers83

7 жыл бұрын

I still love this one. People are throwing out some pretty bad movies that I never thought were good even as a child.

@enbiot

6 жыл бұрын

My mom made my brother and I watch it as kids (because she knew it was awful and thought it would be funny). We both hated it.

Are everyone's imaginary friends just annoying? I mean kids don't just imagine their friend being nothing but annoying, they could be sympathetic, caring, inspiring anything you, well, imagined! The only good part of the movie was when Fred said she didn't need him anymore because she was strong enough to cope without him. Though I am wondering why she needed to be driven to near madness by him in the first place.

This brought back some memories! I used to love this film and would quite often rent it from the video store. My young self found it hillarious!

Rik Mayall is a genius in this movie. The original intention was that he must annoy everybody (including the viewer) except Elizabeth who forgives his clumsiness, over-the-top personality and reckless humour again and again until she's ready to let him go.

but... I liked drop dead Fred and its bad humor.

@mr.shepherd_1776

8 жыл бұрын

U need better taste

@burgerdiverbanandodansparc9154

8 жыл бұрын

+Gamer Wardog "and its bad humor." sir, I'm admitting that it sucks. But I like it cuz it's so bad.

@burgerdiverbanandodansparc9154

8 жыл бұрын

+Jerred Zoll precisely

@angusbeefyeung

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel “Hero's Apprentice” Scharn not all but some people only say its bad cause of a reviewer said so, some people cling on reviewers to tell em whats bad or whats good

@burgerdiverbanandodansparc9154

8 жыл бұрын

+Angus Yeung well me personally who grew up with the movie my opinion still stands.

You know, Doug's right. This should've been a horror movie.

@trucetruce335

5 жыл бұрын

It would have been pretty cool. Even as a satire horror

@pickenscultnewsboy8971

4 жыл бұрын

MEGA BITCH

@NoName-hg6cc

Жыл бұрын

It's not??? 😂😉

Wears all green, red hair and freckles (I think), a UK accent, and a trickster with strange abilities. How did he not get identified as a leprechaun more often

12:21 Denial “I’m projecting my ‘NO’ onto this, NO!”

Give credit where credit is due Fred's screams are very well done

unless this movie was predicting Foster House for Imaginary Friends, the concept of an imaginary friend (specified when only the "owner" can see and hear him) is precisely kept by the idea that the imaginary friend CAN'T TOUCH PHYSICAL STUFF, so the whole schtick of fred actualy doing physical things with Elizabeth just makes no bloody sense.

The guy who has the channel "No Small Parts" talked about this movie, and has kinda opened my eyes on it.

So before KZread wanted Fred to drop dead, there was Drop Dead Fred

I loved this movie as a child. I watched it A LOT. All the stuff that doesn't work is because you need a child's view and imagination. Sure it isn't "good" but it doesn't need to be to succeed in its goal. All this said I don't know if it would work with modern children audiences.

RIP Carrie Fisher.........

I DON'T care whatcha say Doug, Drop Dead Fred is hilarious, and craziness is funny, it depends on how they act.

I’ve never seen a person just not get a movie so much as this kid, any British kid born prior to 1996 grew up on this movie! It was and still is absolutely awesome :D

the "ITS THE MEGA-BITCH" line will always get me

This is one of my favorite reviews, just because I've always thought this movie was overrated. Even as a kid I just found it difficult to watch. Almost painful. Nor did I find Fred funny. I just felt bad for the main character throughout the entire thing. I agree with the NC on this one. The comedy is a little too dark for a kids film but too zany and stupid for older audiences. If Fred's antics had been a little more understated, I think this movie would've been a whole lot more enjoyable.

@Tornado1994

4 жыл бұрын

I want to go see it when it opened in May 1991. My Mom and I walked out of the theater after an hour. 'Nuff Said.

I actually loved Drop Dead Fred when I was a kid. I thought it was hilarious.

Not to mention Mickey was in Ghost Ship after this movie 😂