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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 09/17/2002 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 49 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy, Black Comedy, Showbiz Comedy See Also: Death to Smoochy [Widescreen]

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 Williams stars as Randolph Smiley, a popular children's show host known professionally as "Rainbow Randolph." Dismissed from his beloved job when he's caught taking payola, Randolph becomes increasingly mentally unhinged and the target of his delusional revenge fantasies is Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton), otherwise known as Smoochy, the fuchsia rhino character that has replaced him and soared to national popularity. Randolph soon learns that his ex-girlfriend and network executive Nora Wells (Catherine Keener) is sleeping with Sheldon, so he sets out to kill Smoochy, egged on by an unexpected ally: corporate president Marion Frank Stokes (Jon Stewart), who should be profiting from Smoochy's rise to fame, except for the fact that he and his cronies are unable to control the idealistic Sheldon's on-air agenda. Death to Smoochy (2002) co-stars Harvey Fierstein, Vincent Shiavelli, and Michael Rispoli. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Danny DeVito's dark comedy Death to Smoochy comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. The copious supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Devito and cinematographer Anastas Michos, additional scenes, bloopers, a featurette, trailers, and five different still photo galleries. Those with a DVD-ROM drive can access links to the film's original website. Another version of the disc, with the same extras and a widescreen transfer, is available. That edition is preferable to this one. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide