In an attempt to feel the warmth and harmony of living with a family, Dickie Roberts, a young smart guy, who was a star during his childhood, hires a family to live with and recalling the memories of his childhood, the thing that inspires his entire life.
This movie is better than Lost and Found and Joe Dirt, but that's like saying a kick in the shins is better than a poke in the eye or a kick to the groin.
Shadows on the Wall
January 23, 2004
If the filmmakers had resisted the urge to make it so adorable and meaningful, this could have been a terrific comedy.
Has nothing of value to offer other than a dizzying number of cameos by former child stars, each of whom is only momentarily amusing as a voyeuristic opportunity to compare the grown-up on screen to the kid ever emblazoned upon our mind's eye.
