Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about DROP DEAD FRED!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Rik Mayall stars as a happy, anarchic, and mischievous imaginary friend of a young girl . he returns to “cheer her up” in his own unique way, causing more chaos than ever she visits her husband, Charles, from whom she is separated, hoping to sort out their problems . while she is at a public phone, a man breaks into her car to steal her purse . forced to run back to Elizabeth finds a taped-shut jack-in-the-box, which Polly supposedly trapped Drop Dead Fred in years ago . she places the box by the window and gets into bed . after a pe a series of flashbacks reveals that he gave her happiness and a release from her oppressive mother . he agreed to help her become happy again, but his childish antics do more harm than good . polly brings her to a doctor who prescribes medication to rid her of Fred . she also changes her appearance and wardrobe . polly sinks Janie’s houseboat, causes havoc at a restaurant, and heartbroken, she tells Fred that she cannot leave Charles, because she is scared of being alone . they escape to a dream sequence in which she frees her imprisoned childhood self . Fred tells her that Elizabeth wakes from a dream and reconciles with Polly, who blames her for her father leaving home . she finds a friend to escape her own loneliness . when his daughter comes up to them, Elizabeth realizes on Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 9% based on 34 reviews . Gene Siskel gave the film zero stars and said “this is easily one of the worst films ive ever seen” “this psychic crisis is poignantly realistic,” writer writes . “the creature who is visible only to the woman is like a poltergeist energy of her repressed self” “The movie’s resolution is startlingly beautiful.”