An older movie, but one I remember fondly. Especially the ending got to me. I meant to come back and rewatch it some time, and now I had cause to.
Lizzy is an adult woman (although barely) when her life falls apart, and she remembers a coping mechanism she had as a kid: an imaginary friend, one who stood by her, helped her enjoy life, and stood up to her mother for her, one Drop Dead Fred. And lo, Fred comes back into her life, and starts to wreck it in a way that he thinks is helping, and it sort of is... but it sort of isn't. Numerous social disasters happen, but Lizzy has Fred by her side, so what could go right?
Rik Mayall was looking for a project to get into the US market, and choose this... although the critics did not agree, and it didn't take off. But dammit, it's a great movie! Phoebe Cates is Lizzy and she portrays her disaster self well. We also get Carrie Fisher and Bridget Fonda, but the other main star is Marsha Mason as the Megabitch.
This is one heck of a heart warming story, because Fred always has her back. He might not be that helpful but he does support her, and that's not nothing.
In my opinion, in this world of the movie, Fred is real as there are several things that are only really explained by him having an independent existence... but the reading of him being nothing but Lizzy's Tyler Durden has a lot of merit. But hey, if Josh Baskin can become an adult, and ET can phone home, why not have real Imaginary Friends?
This has just come out as a School of Movies podcast, so you can hear them talk about this for two and a half hours! Get in!
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