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5.8An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.
Released: 1991-04-1999 minDir: Ate de JongComedy, Fantasy, Family, DramaBudget: $6.8MBox office: $13.9M
Cast
- Phoebe Cates as Elizabeth
- Rik Mayall as Drop Dead Fred
- Marsha Mason as Polly
- Tim Matheson as Charles
- Carrie Fisher as Janie
- Keith Charles as Murray
Themes
- imaginary friend
- sentimental
- hilarious
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
33,536 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
11%
Metacritic
25/100
- Year
- 1991
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 266080
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- publication date
- 1992-06-04
- title
- Drop Dead Fred
- review score
- 25/100
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Categories
1990s fantasy comedy films1991 American films1991 black comedy films1991 British films1991 English-language films1991 films1991 independent filmsAmerican black comedy filmsAmerican fantasy comedy filmsAmerican independent filmsBritish black comedy filmsBritish fantasy filmsBritish independent filmsEnglish-language black comedy filmsEnglish-language fantasy comedy filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about imaginary friendsFilms directed by Ate de JongFilms scored by Randy EdelmanFilms set in 1970Films set in 1991Films set in MinnesotaFilms shot in MinnesotaMagical realism films