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Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Jonathan Hyde, John Larroquette
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Richie Rich |
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Based on Harvey comics in the 1950s, Richie Rich comes to life in this big screen movie in the 1990s. Twelve-year-old Richie Rich is the most wealthiest kid on the planet. His parents Richard and Regina is head of multi-billion dollar company Rich Industries and spoils their son rotten which can be proven that he has his own personal trainer Claudia Schiffer and a personal baseball coach Reggie Jackson. Instead of schooling with other children, he is given his own teacher/inventor Professor Keebean. Despite having anything he wants Rich is humble about his high class background and wants to live a life as a normal kid with everyday playmates. Prior to that he spended his days playing sports with butlers, maids and cooks which is out of the ordinary for someone his age.
Richie along with his valet Cadbury heads out to a sandlot where he spots four children, Gloria, Pee Wee, Omar and Tony It may seems that Richie is buying his friendship to these not so fortunate kids but it is working to his advantage. Richie and his new friends goes back to Rich's mansion and to their amazement sees the life of luxury that only a rich person can live. But of course they bask in all the fun of rollercoaster riding and accepting toys given by Rich while one kid excitedly claims that "this is the best day of my life".
Richie somewhat new happiness is stopped when when his parents is presumed dead in a plane explosion. Richie has a hunch that Laurence Van Dogh; an employee of Regina and Richard is behind the scheme and is plotting to take over the family business and collect their billions so he can become a wealthy man himself. Richie want to put a stop to Van Dogh's plan but first he takes control of Rich Industries while his parents is missing. He then then gather his friends, Cadbury and Professor Keenbean to assist him and track down the untrustworthy Dogh before it is too late.
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Richie Rich |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- life of the rich
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- blue collar
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- comics
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