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Dirty Work (1998)

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 30
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Critic Reviews: 7
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Movie Info

Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000 so Sam's father (Jack Warden) can get a heart transplant. After they bring down a dictatorial movie theater manager (Don Rickles), they next hire prostitutes to pose as dead bodies during an auto dealer's live

PG-13, 1 hr. 21 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Bob Saget

Written By: Frank Sebastiano, Norm Macdonald, Fred Wolf

In Theaters: Jun 12, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Aug 15, 2001

MGM

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Critic Reviews for Dirty Work

All Critics (34) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (26) | DVD (3)

The outrageousness isn't consistently sustained, and the pic tends to peter out somewhere around the two thirds mark.

June 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Top Critic

Tasteless? Oh, yeah.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Globe and Mail

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A tone-deaf, scattershot and dispiritingly cheesy affair with more groans than laughs.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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David Kronke

Los Angeles Times

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A stupid lowdown vulgar comedy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Bob Graham

San Francisco Chronicle

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Don't bother to hang around for the outtakes. They're not funny either.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Lawrence Van Gelder

New York Times

Top Critic

Occasionally funny, but all too often driven by the juvenile conviction that anything even remotely connected with homosexuality is riotously funny...

June 2, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

A ribald flood of comic bliss.

April 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star

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Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

Okay starring vehicle for Norm MacDonald, but you'd think he could do better.

February 27, 2004 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

: "Saturday Night Live" alum Norm Macdonald's feature debut ain't great, but he is.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix

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James Rocchi

Netflix

Why does Hollywood think that everyone who ever appeared on "Saturday Night Live" deserves a film career as a reward? What's the excuse for showcasing Norm Macdonald, a third-rate Dennis Miller knockoff whose delivery is slower than Priority Mail?

June 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

...one of the least-funny comedies ever made.

April 16, 2002 Comment