Special Delivery (2000 Film)
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''Special Delivery'' is a 2000
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directed by Mark Jean and starring
Andy Dick Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson, December 21, 1965) is an American actor and comedian. Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and joined The Second City and studied improvisational theater. Dick has had a long career as a stand ...
. It premiered on Fox Family on December 10, 2000 as part their
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programming block.


Premise

A bumbling
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at a private
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agency botches the delivery of a baby to its new parents in time for
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when he misplaces their baby en route.


Cast

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Andy Dick Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson, December 21, 1965) is an American actor and comedian. Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and joined The Second City and studied improvisational theater. Dick has had a long career as a stand ...
as Lloyd Stedman * David Lewis as Jack Beck *
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as Robin Beck *
Jodelle Ferland Jodelle Micah Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a Canadian actress. She debuted as a child actress at the age of six in the television film ''Mermaid'' (2000) for which she won a Young Artist Award and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, ...
as Samantha Beck *
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as Sarge Reilly * Nels Lennarson as Customs Officer * Donna White as Vera Reilly * Kevin McNulty as Fred Anders (as Kevin Mcnulty) *
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as Judy * Greg Rogers as Charlie Zwick * Ken Camroux as Lawrence Beck *
Rebecca Toolan Rebecca Toolan (born September 1943) is an American television actress best known for playing Teena Mulder, Fox Mulder's mother, on ''The X-Files''. Early life and career Although she has lived and worked in Canada for years, Toolan was actual ...
as Virginia Beck *
Jocelyne Loewen Jocelyne Rae Loewen (born 1976) is a Canadian actress working in Vancouver, Canada. She is known for her roles in the English dubs of anime series. She is best known as the voice of Yai Ayano in the '' Mega Man NT Warrior'' series, Mii from '' P ...
as Ashley * Davis Poon as Beck Baby *
Victoria Poon Cheuk Yuen Victoria Poon (Chinese name 潘卓源) (born October 12, 1984) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specialises in freestyle events. She was born in Hong Kong. She moved to Canada when she was 11 years old. She lives in the LaSalle ...
as Beck Baby


Reception

''Raggle Fraggle Reviews'' criticized almost every aspect of the film and concluded: "The film is not funny at all, a lot of the comedy relies on the comedic of slap stick and just awful, the jokes are really badly paced and a lot of the time they are either really over the top or extremely unrealistic."


See also

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References


External links

* 2000 television films 2000 films 2000s Christmas films American Christmas films ABC Family original films Christmas television films Films with screenplays by Steven Kampmann Films directed by Mark Jean 2000s English-language films English-language Christmas films {{Christmas-tv-film-stub