Drop Dead Fred DVD, 1991

A chaotic comic fantasy, Drop Dead Fred stars Phoebe Cates as Elizabeth, an ineffectual young woman who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home - only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. She comes across one of her childhood toys, a Jack-in-the-box, in which her frustrated mother imprisoned Elizabeth's childhood 'imaginary' friend Fred, many years ago. When she opens the box once more, out springs Fred with 21 years of pranks stored up! The mischievous Fred enters Elizabeth's life like a whirlwind, shaking her out of her passivity with his outrageous antics. Egged on by her manic little sidekick, a revitalised Elizabeth embarks on a campaign to win back her errant husband. Rik Mayall is perfectly mischievous and off-the-wall as the chaos-creating pal in this impish tale.