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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.
Style: funny, humorous, touching, satirical, hilarious, feel good, anamorphic, realistic, semi serious, parody ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: childhood, youth, culture clash, family relations, actor's life, nothing goes right, child prodigy, parents and children, family life, disorder, kids and family, satire, filmmaking, name calling, celebrity, hollywood, director, loser, audition, love and romance, silly humor, underdog, artists and showbiz, christmas, children ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, contemporary
Place: los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and funny films with plots about family relations, parents and children, satire, disorder, family life, silly humor and love and romance mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star: Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Jack and Jill (2011), Drop Dead Fred (1991), The Kid & I (2005), Black Sheep (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Place: usa, missouri, los angeles
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Jack and Jill (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, ...
Style: humorous, parody, not serious, slapstick, entertaining ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot: imaginary friend, mental illness, childhood memory, friendship, emotional manipulation, vengeance, psychology, unlikely friendships, loneliness, personal growth, family relations, twists and turns ...
Time: 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Style: realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Plot: hollywood, friendship, partner, nothing goes right, disability, artists and showbiz, youth, odd couple, good versus evil, buddies, teenage life, wish come true ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Black Sheep (1996)
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Duration: 87 min.
Story: When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, political, clever ...
Audience: kids
Plot: political satire, politics, road trip, sarcasm, political campaign, corruption, friends, partner, parents and children, political conspiracy, dumb, political candidate ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style: humorous, hilarious, teen, funny, feel good ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: melancholic, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: culture clash, crime gone awry, couple relations, love and romance, artists and showbiz, showbiz, fish out of water, actor's life, young lovers, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: usa, north carolina
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Bowfinger (1999)
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Audience: family friendly, date night
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Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, sexy, realistic ...
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Style: funny, feel good, hilarious, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens
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Country: USA
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