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Joe Dirt (2001)

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Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 75
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 67

If you fall within the target audience of Joe Dirt, you may find it funny. Otherwise, the jokes will seem like a tired retread.

4

Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 23

If you fall within the target audience of Joe Dirt, you may find it funny. Otherwise, the jokes will seem like a tired retread.

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Movie Info

As the title character of Joe Dirt, David Spade plays a "white trash" janitor at an L.A. radio station, whose mullet hairdo is just one of many personal oddities that make him the object of much ridicule. And the sanitation gig is just the most recent of Joe's many incarnations during a tumultuous life, which got off on the wrong foot when Joe was abandoned at the Grand Canyon by his parents as a young child. After stumbling into the on-air studio, Joe steadily recounts the sad and comical story

PG-13, 1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy

David Spade, Fred Wolf

Aug 28, 2001

$27.0M

Columbia Pictures

Cast

All Critics (82) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (67) | DVD (15)

Contrived yet unpretentious, predictable yet surprising, this underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm.

February 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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A comic named David Spade stars in a movie called Joe Dirt, and that's about as funny as things get here.

March 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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In one scene, raw sewage is dumped on Joe. See Joe Dirt and you'll know how that feels.

April 18, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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Were nature to take the course they both seem to want, the movie could end in 15 minutes. And it would still be too long.

April 13, 2001 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
USA Today
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To see it is to sit through scene after scene like the one in which a hulking oil rigger spattered with crude takes a leak on some smoldering ashes for no reason at all.

April 13, 2001 Comment
Mr. Showbiz
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[Miller's] reduced to the guy in the backseat spouting off obscure nerdisms when everyone else just wants to talk dirty and get stupid.

April 13, 2001 Comment
Detroit Free Press
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...none of it is funny.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment (1)
Reel Film Reviews

Nothing written here will stop this film from being a huge hit, but don't say you weren't warned.

May 14, 2003 Comment
Palo Alto Weekly

Sally forth, gentle viewer, and enjoy yourself. En route, you will experience a steady supply of doo-doo jokes, dispensed in seven-minute intervals by the Script-O-Tron 3000TM.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

With its quirky characters, silly sight gags, and the tasteless humor that has become a staple among teen comedies of late, this film will not fail to amuse its market.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Comment
Film Quips Online

The juvenile humor, however, is not so much a miscalculation as simple overkill.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Joe is often ridiculous and rather dumb, but there's a sweetness to him.

September 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | Comment
Montreal Film Journal

like watching a talentless stand-up struggling through Open Mike Night, inspiring catcalls instead of laughs and bringing on lethargy instead of levity.

June 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

It's not likely to be remembered come Oscar time...but if you find yourself laughing at your own flatulence from time to time, you might find some solid giggles.

November 15, 2001 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

While Spade did succeed in winning my sympathy, it wasn't worth sitting through all those bad jokes and weak comedy sketches to get to that point.

July 29, 2001 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
Laramie Movie Scope

Check the pedigree of this film first and you may want to proceed no further.

May 25, 2001 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile
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Audience Reviews for Joe Dirt

This was too dumb for words. David Spade was perfect for this, seeing as its not much to work with. The plot is interesting in an idiotic way. The movie was overall bad, with a few funny moments.

April 18, 2011
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Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

Funny in a SNL, Spade way, but not a "masterpiece."

August 4, 2010
FrizzDrop

Super Reviewer

    1. Clem: [talking to fire extinguisher] You're talking to me all wrong... It's the wrong tone. You do it again and I'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron.
    – Submitted by zachary v (6 months ago)

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