Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy (2002)

  • 42% of critics liked it
    (119 reviews)

  • 60% of users liked it
    (58,992 ratings)

Danny DeVito steps behind the camera for this darkly funny satire that combines elements of Barney and Friends with the real-life Pee-Wee Herman scandal while recalling the director's previously twisted black comedies Throw Momma From the Train (1987) and The War of the Roses (1989). Robin… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Adam Resnick
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 29, 2002 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    A dark comedy that blows up like an exploding cigar, leaving nothing much behind but smoke, noise and a bad taste.

  • J. Hoberman, Village Voice

    Death to Smoochy is often very funny, but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito's misanthropic vision.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    I'm sure that some country, maybe France or something, will hail this as a work of genius, because it is so incredibly awful.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    A blacker than black comedy.

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    This is a particularly toxic little bonbon, palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Death to Smoochy has received mixed reviews since its release. It often described as 'odd', 'A misfire', 'Wacky' and 'doesn't quite work. I totally disagree, it's just going against the Hollywood grain and is all the better for it. It has a… More

  • Lucas M


    I loved the black comedy and how so many awful things happen with the involve of a children TV show. But Death to Smoochy have a bad script, what don't hel´p the movie. Rotten.

  • Manu G


    He's Big, He's Blue, He's Smoochy... and He's got to DIE! Good fun movie. It's entertaining and the story was smart and witty with lots of oddballs thrown around. Nice cast to go along with Williams and Norton who were very funny. Fired in disgrace, kids… More

  • Film C


    Ohh what a terrible movie. the whole concept is absolutely ludicrus and boring. I found Edward Norton extremly annoying in this movie that i couldnt finish this movie without getting absolutely irritated by this movie.

  • Melvin W


    Death to Smoochy is one of the weirdest movies I have seen. I really enjoyed aspects of it and really hated others. Edward Norton was spot on, as usual, in the role of Smoochy; but the Robin Williams/Rainbow Randolph aspect was horrible. The movie was all over the place and in the end… More

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