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  1. Sep 26, 2024 · Drop Dead Fred is the 1991 movie about a young woman whose life is rocked when her husband leaves her, and is made worse when the imaginary friend from her childhood comes back. Directed by Ate de Jong. Written by Elizabeth Livingstone.

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  2. 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 Marsha Mason, Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson ...

  3. Oct 30, 2019 · Drop Dead Fred 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.

    • Lizzie Has A Bad Day
    • Changing Attitudes
    • You've Got Mayall
    • Lasting Impact, Scars, and A Dead Remake

    On the face of it, this is a disconcerting movie for kids with enough for parents to enjoy too (in the same vein as similar movies of the time like Roald Dahl's The Witches). Fred is the loud version of the frustrated muttering we do when denied something. He is the intrusive thought and the devil on the shoulder of our protagonist, Lizzie. As the ...

    Schizophrenia at its most basic is a mental disorder where the sufferer, through hallucinations and delusions, may hear or see things that are not actually there. It's in that that the movie makes it very clear that Fred is very much a part of Lizzie and vice-versa. Related: The Best Movies and TV Shows That Put a Spotlight on Mental Health After L...

    And like a nasty version of Aladdin's Genie or (perhaps more aptly)Hellraiser's cenobites, summoned in a time of need (and also just like Pinhead trapped in a mystic box), Drop Dead Fredis a cursed being only out to cause chaos because it's the where his enjoyment stems from — and the role is so fondly remembered for the casting of Mayall specifica...

    Of course, by the end, Lizzie does realize that the Charles that she has been pining after for the entirety of the film isn't great, plain and simple, and that she's much better off without him, and can finally summon the strength to best her bullish mother. And it's only through Fred's help that she can find that strength. It's here that Fred and ...

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  4. Title Drop Dead Fred. Year 1991. Director Ate de Jong. Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy. Interpreted by. Carrie Fisher. Plot – Elizabeth is going through a bad period: her work goes badly while her personal life is worse.

  5. Drop Dead Fred: Directed by Ate de Jong. With Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson. A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.

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  7. Sep 1, 2017 · Look no further than 1991’s Drop Dead Fred, a fantasy comedy about an imaginary friend, which turns out to be about a woman’s mental breakdown after years and years of emotional abuse.

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