Drop Dead Fred

Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 BritishAmerican fantasy comedy film directed by Ate De Jong, produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema. The film was promoted as a lighthearted childrens film but there are notable adult themes and gags and some elements of black comedy, emotional abuse, mental illness, bizarre visual and makeup effects and profanity.

Lizzie Cronin is an unassertive and repressed woman, domineered by her controlling mother, Polly. While taking her lunch break from work, she calls her husband, Charles, whom she is separated from, hoping to sort out their problems. He reasserts his desire for a divorce and says that he is in love with another woman named Annabella. While she is at the public phone, first her purse is stolen, then her car. Forced to walk back to work, she arrives late and loses her job. Polly then appears, again takes control, and brings her back to the house she grew up in.While rummaging through past belongings in her childhood bedroom closet, Lizzie finds a tapedshut jackinthebox. After removing the tape and turning the crank, she frees her former imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred who was apparently her jack. Through a series of flashbacks, it is revealed that while he caused havoc for her, he also gave her happiness and a release from her oppressive mother. He agrees to help her become happy again, which she believes will only happen when she wins back Charles. However, his childish antics do more harm than good. ........

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