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him. An enraged Tommy retaliates by killing Green and his men. Randolph confronts Mopes and Nora in their apartment at gunpoint and reveals that Nora had affairs with several kid show hosts, including himself. Mopes manages to calm Randolph down and disarm him, allowing Randolph to remain in the apartment until Mopes can explain everything to the police.
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Mopes's show quickly becomes tremendously popular, causing Rainbow Randolph to fixate his anger on Mopes. Randolph turns to Stokes and pleads for help to get his job back, but Stokes refuses. The deranged Randolph hatches several poorly planned attempts to have Mopes fired, all of which fail. Finally
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as Sheldon Mopes/Smoochy the Rhino, a struggling entertainer who Kidnet taps as Rainbow Randolph's replacement. He is considered "squeaky clean" as he lives a scandal-free life and teaches positivity and healthy living with his act. He is also very idealistic and struggles to adapt to the dark world
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Mopes decides to host his own ice show, without the corrupt charities involved. Burke and Stokes, under pressure from Green, plot to kill Mopes and hire a new host who will accommodate their corruption. Their plan backfires when Green's men mistake Spinner in his Moochy costume for Mopes and murder
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Burke becomes impatient with Mopes and books him to star in a Smoochy ice show, run by Merv Green and his corrupt charity, Parade of Hope. Mopes refuses to do the show despite Burke's warnings; in response, Green personally threatens Mopes to do the show. In the meantime, Randolph manages to trick
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Mopes feels that he is losing creative control over his show and hires corrupt talent agent Burke Bennett to renegotiate his contract. Bennett introduces Mopes to the dark side of the entertainment business by giving him a gun and trying to convince him to work with a corrupt charity. While having
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Burke and Stokes decide to hire former Kidnet host Buggy Ding Dong to kill Sheldon during the ice show. Randolph intervenes and saves Mopes by killing Buggy. Mopes realizes that Burke and Stokes set him up and threatens Burke with a gun. Tommy and her crew arrive in time to stop Mopes, and Tommy
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rally. Mopes is branded a racist and loses his job and show, and Nora refuses to help him. Randolph visits Nora to ask for his job back but accidentally reveals that he set up Mopes. Nora tells Tommy, who tracks down Randolph with her crew and forces him to confess that he tricked Mopes. Mopes's
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arrests him for accepting bribes and he is fired, his show is canceled, and he is evicted from his penthouse and left homeless. Kidnet orders executive Marion Stokes to hire a new host who is "squeaky clean". Stokes selects the naive Sheldon Mopes and his character Smoochy the Rhino. Mopes is
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in the United States by playing in 2,164 theaters during its opening weekend, the film was a box-office bomb after grossing $ 4,266,463 in its opening weekend and $ 8,382,691 overall against a $ 50,000,000 budget, with negligible box-office receipts outside the North American market.
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as "Rainbow" Randolph Smiley, a television kid show host who falls from grace after being arrested for accepting bribes. The loss of his job and home causes Randolph to become emotionally disturbed, and he becomes fixated on having Mopes fired so that he can return to his old
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dinner with Burke, Mopes is introduced to mobster Tommy Cotter. Tommy pressures Mopes into giving her cousin Spinner a role on his show, and Mopes casts him as Smoochy's cousin Moochy. Tommy tells Mopes that in return for casting Spinner, she will make sure he is protected.
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also gave the film a negative review, saying that it "pushes its dark, smart, clever, cynical, satirical, nasty, provocative and sarcastic instincts to the point of heavily diminished returns—to the point where the very amusing premise just isn't funny anymore."
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reputation and show are restored, and the media dubs Randolph the most hated man in America. Angelo kicks Randolph out of his apartment after Randolph angrily destroys his TV. Nora and Mopes reconnect and begin a romantic relationship.
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holds an approval rating of 42%, based on 119 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus states: "The talent involved can't save a script that has nowhere to go with its promising premise." On
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wrote the screenplay for the film, while art designers sketched designs for the characters. In the original screenplay, the Smoochy costume was orange. The final film used a pink costume instead.
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who represents Mopes in his contract negotiations with Kidnet. Burke is involved in embezzling money from charity events that his clients host, and he pressures Mopes to cooperate with the scheme.
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hitting rock bottom, Randolph turns to his former partner, Angelo Pike, for help. Angelo feeds Randolph and allows him to stay at his apartment.
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wrote, "This black-comic assault on family entertainment is going to set a lot of teeth on edge—If only his material were better this time."
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gave the film an extremely negative review (giving it half a star out of four), saying, "Only enormously talented people could have made
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addict. In desperation, Burke and Stokes hire him to murder Mopes, with the promise of getting his old show back if he succeeds.
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as Merv Green, the morally corrupt organizer of the Parade of Hope charity. Green uses Kidnet talent to host fundraising
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who coordinates the filming of Kidnet's shows. She and Mopes clash at first but develop a romantic relationship.
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choreographed some of the skating moves for Rainbow Randolph. Robin was offstage. Filming ended in May 2001.
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is often very funny, but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito's misanthropic vision."
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as the Chairman of Kidnet. He orders Stokes to find a new show host that won't generate any controversy.
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host who attempts to sabotage his replacement, Sheldon Mopes (Norton), and his character, Smoochy the
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called the film a "razor-sharp satire" and "the most refreshingly outrageous movie of the season".
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uniquely sincere and dedicated to providing quality children's entertainment with his show
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can be seen where Rainbow Randolph is dancing on the small bench in Duane Park. In the
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as Angelo Pike, a former cast member on Rainbow Randolph's show who goes to work for
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as Buggy Ding Dong, another former Kidnet show host who ends up a homeless
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began in January 2001. Sequences were filmed in several locations in
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as Lawrence "Spinner" Dunn/Moochy the Rhino, a retired boxer with
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gave the film an average grade of "C" on a scale of A+ to F.
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decides to handle the matter herself. Mopes and Nora kiss in
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as Marion Frank Stokes, a Kidnet executive who oversees the
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for his performance as Randolph in this film, but lost to
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was released in the United States on March 29, 2002, by
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Danny DeVito
Adam Resnick
Andrew Lazar
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Robin Williams
Edward Norton
Catherine Keener
Jon Stewart
Jon Poll
David Newman
FilmFour
Senator International
Warner Bros. Pictures
satirical
black comedy
crime film
Danny DeVito
Adam Resnick
Robin Williams
Edward Norton
Catherine Keener
Jon Stewart
children's television
Rhino
Film4 Productions
Andrew Lazar
Warner Bros. Pictures
box-office bomb
FBI

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