Drop Dead Fred (1991)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend Drop Dead Fred, with Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles. The film follows Elizabeth as she is haunted by Fred in adulthood. The film didn’t do all that well, in theatres, and fou"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend Drop Dead Fred, with Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles. The film follows Elizabeth as she is haunted by Fred in adulthood. The film didn’t do all that well, in theatres, and fou"

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"6.7/10"

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"Drop Dead Fred, pretty goes the extra mile, to ruin Lizzie's life, and I do mean the extra mile. Strangely enough, the film done differently could have made for an interesting horror/thriller movie."

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"My rating: 7/10 (Rewatch)"

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"Just imagine a girl having to deal with all of the drama of high school, and then all of a sudden her childhood imaginary friend returns making things more complicated. Getting her into trouble everywhere she goes, and making everyone around her think she's crazy because she's talking, yelling, or reacting to someone or something that isn't really there... or is he? I think it'd be great if they made us question that ourselves."

Interesting film facts (453 movies items)

"PolyGram was so disgusted with the final cut of the film that at the last minute they decided to find another studio to sell the distribution rights to. The film's producers showed the final cut to TriStar Pictures, Orion Pictures, and 20th Century Fox. TriStar was run by Mike Medavoy who called the film "a children's movie on drugs" and passed on it. Orion and 20th Century Fox passed on it for unknown reasons. Finally they showed the film to New Line Cinema. New Line CEO Bob Shaye loved the mov"