| Special Delivery | |
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| Directed by | Mark Jean |
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| Music by | James Jandrisch |
| Country of origin | United States/Canada |
| Original language | English |
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| Cinematography | Henry M. Lebo |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
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| Network | Fox Family |
| Release | December 10, 2000 |
Special Delivery is a 2000 television film directed by Mark Jean and starring Andy Dick. It premiered on Fox Family on their 25 Days of Christmas programming block.
A bumbling courier at a private adoption agency botches the delivery of a baby to its new parents in time for Christmas when he misplaces their baby en route.
Raggle Fraggle Reviews criticized almost every aspect of the film and concluded [lower-alpha 1] : "The film is not funny at all, a lot of the comedy relies on the comedic affect[sic] of slap stick and its[sic] just awful, the jokes are really badly paced and a lot of the time they are either really over the top or extremely unrealistic." [1]
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