Once upon a time, Robin Williams was funny. No, really. Then he submerged himself in a quagmire of sentimental sludge. But with this scathing black comedy, which regrettably died a box office death in 2002 in the US, he rediscovered the knack, as a homicidal former kids' presenter who plots to kill his rhino-suited replacement, Ed Norton, reminding us that he doesn't just do dramas.
Director Danny DeVito overcranks the grotesque camera angles, but this combines spot-on satire of kids' TV and some funny set-pieces including Smoochy's inadvertent appearance at a Nazi rally. It deserved a better reception than it received.