Randolph Smiley has it all--as star of the highest rated kid's show on TV, "Rainbow Randolph" has a penthouse, a Times Square billboard, cars, boats and all the indulgence that celebrity brings. Randolph also has an alcohol problem and a penchant for taking bribes from stage parents. These under-the-table transactions are quite lucrative until the Feds get wise. Busted and instantly reviled, Randolph is a star no more. Scandals don't play well to the under-8 demographic. Enter Sheldon Mopes and his alter ego "Smoochy," a puffy, fuscia rhinoceros. Eager to expand his audience beyond a Brooklyn methadone clinic, Smoochy--with his innocence and unrelenting ethics--is the perfect remedy for what ails the networks. Also, the kids love him! Sheldon soon learns, however, that children's television is a dangerous world, steeped in corruption, back stabbing and violence. Broke and homeless, Randolph doesn't share America's enthusiasm for his replacement--and thusly plots fierce revenge against Smoochy.
Production Warner Bros. Pictures (presents); FilmFour [gb](in association with); Senator Film Produktion GmbH [de](in association with); Mad Chance;
Cast Names Robin Williams; Edward Norton; Catherine Keener; Danny DeVito; Jon Stewart; Pam Ferris; Danny Woodburn; Michael Rispoli; Harvey Fierstein; Vincent Schiavelli; Craig Eldridge; Judy White; Tim MacMenamin; Bruce McFee; Glen Cross; Bill Lake; Nick Taylor; Richard Cocchiaro; Tracey Walter; Louis Giambalvo; Colin Moult; Nikolai Tichtchenko; Martin Klebba; Tonya Reneé Banks; Christy Artran; Philip Craig; Natasha Kinne; Richard Hamilton; Shawn Byfield; Todd Graff; Melissa DiMarco; Dan Duran; Michael Copeman; James Carroll; Phillip Jarrett; Suzanne Leonard Feliz; Thomas Lyons; Angela Bullock; Robert M. Sussman; George Blumenthal;
Box Office USD 8,355,815
Release Date 2002-02-28 (Comedy Arts Film Festival) (premiere) 2002-03-29
Genres Comedy; Crime; Drama; Musical; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language and sexual references.