Rewatching 'Drop Dead Fred' As A Mom Will Make You Rethink How You Parent

New Line CinemaIt’s common for kids to create imaginary friends when they’re young, but what if that fictional figure were to suddenly reappear when you're an adult? That’s the basic premise the 1991 dark comedy Drop Dead Fred explores through the eyes of Elizabeth Cronin (Phoebe Cates), a young woman who is in desperate need of escaping the realities of adulthood. Not only is she separated from her cheating husband (whom she very much still wants to be with), but she gets robbed, loses her job, and is forced to move back in with her controlling, manipulative mother, Polly (Marsha Mason). But