Genre: Crime, Comedy, Political, Revenge, Black Comedy, Showbiz, Satire, Mistaken Identity, Surreal, Urban
Tagline: Get ready for an unexpected hit.
Plot: Children’s television…it’s a tough racket.Randolph Smiley (ROBIN WILLIAMS) has it all – as the costumed star of the highest rated kid’s show on TV, “Rainbow Randolph” has a Manhattan penthouse, a Times Square billboard featuring his beloved character, cars, boats, horses and all the indulgence that celebrity brings. There’s something else Randolph has – a healthy taste for Johnnie Walker and a penchant for taking bribes from stage parents who want their kids on his program. These under-the-table transactions are quite lucrative for the debt-ridden children’s icon…until the Feds get wise. Busted and instantly reviled, Randolph is a star no more. He’s become the one thing a children’s performer fears most: a scandal. Scandals don’t play well to the under-8 demographic, and weasely network president Frank Stokes (JON STEWART) needs a squeaky clean replacement – fast. Enter Sheldon Mopes (EDWARD NORTON) and his alter-ego “Smoochy,” a puffy, fuscia rhinoceros. Eager to expand his audience beyond the Coney Island methadone clinic, Smoochy – with his innocence and unrelenting ethics – is the perfect remedy for what ails the network…and it doesn’t hurt that kids love him. Now it’s Smoochy who’s got the swanky penthouse, the Times Square billboard and the smooth-talking agent (DANNY
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 | Danny DeVito
L.A. Confidential, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Fish |
 | Jon Stewart
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Big Daddy, The Faculty |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Matilda, Gladiatress | |
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