Death to Smoochy: Critic Reviews

A blacker than black comedy.

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

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

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

An annoying, strident misfire.

I was happy enough with it through most of it, but are we living in such insecure times that even dark, violent comedies now have to end on an up note?

Considering that it's meant to be a comedy about a TV children's show, DeVitto's picture is particularly irritating, nasty, and mean-spirited.

[T]his is a movie that ought to have been a lot funnier... Death to Smoochy is a cry likely to be heard by ticketbuyers as well.

Robin Williams' manic energy is put to perfect use in this amusing and twisted comedy.

I giggled all the way through "Death to Smoochy." It wasn't that ha-ha giggle, it was that evil, kind of maniacal giggle.

Comedia de humor negro com direcao excessiva de DeVito, traz Edward Norton em um bom desempenho. E uma pena que o roteiro nao tenha sido melhor aproveitado, ja que este filme poderia ser mais interessante.

Suffers from the same problem as most of the shows it pokes fun at - it runs on for far too long . . . to maintain a firm hold on the attention span of it's intended audience.

Director DeVito has referred to this film as 'a cross between Barney and Pulp Fiction.' He wishes.

It's bizarre, wild, entertaining and deliciously dark. Death to Smoochy is a splendid parody as Danny DeVito revels in the darkness of the project and Robin Williams excels at the wild swings of madness the role demands. At times melodramatic, but always

The premise is a comedy cliche.

Kiddie-TV satire has foul-mouthed mania to spare, but never attains true inspiration.

Nada excepcional, pero si gustan del humor mordaz pero moderado de DeVito no saldran desilusionados.

Some viewers will enjoy the movie's sheer weirdness, but for me it proved too odd and too erratic to maintain my attention for long.

Its cruel pointlessness zaps Williams back into the fearless encroachment his best work has contained.

A broad, braying yuk fest that revels in coarse jokes ... lacks the courage of its own cynicism ... and refuses to develop its own premise.

Spectacularly unfunny.

A movie that can't decide how it feels about any of its characters, and becomes exhausted with indifference before the one-hour mark.

An amusing and dark take on children's shows and charities.

a gale force of energy and creativity in the service of a lame idea

Just when most comedies would begin to back-pedal away from bitterness, "Smoochy" goes into satiric overdrive ... It's enough to make a Teletubby blush.