Death to Smoochy is a film that I enjoyed but should have enjoyed a whole lot more. This picture takes a cynical view of a lot of things including kiddie TV programming (it's all about marketing product spin-offs) , charity fund raising, (it's all about skimming a profit off the top) and office work relationships (its all about a fight for power) Having said that, the film amplifies these themes in absurd ways that are very funny. The fact that these notions can be so entertaining is because of an imaginative script that relies on the belief that the audience already knows these real-world, facts-of-life and identifies with them to some extent. Unfortunately, director Danny Devito takes this well-crafted and imaginative story and nearly ruins it with his annoying camera angles, silly close-ups and jumpy film editing. DeVito is a good character actor but he does not know how to use the camera to tell a story. His directors touch lacks the sincerity and understanding that is needed in the telling of a black comedic tale like this one.
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