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Joe Dirt (2001)

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Reviews Counted:74

Fresh:8

Rotten:66

Average Rating:3/10

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

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sex-related humor, and for language

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 11, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $26,964,552

Synopsis: From the producing team of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo comes a hilarious comedy that says, "Life is a garden - dig it." He's the wrong person, at the wrong place, at the wrong... From the producing team of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo comes a hilarious comedy that says, "Life is a garden - dig it." He's the wrong person, at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Joe Dirt (David Spade) is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks. As his wandering, misguided search takes him from one hilarious misadventure to another, Joe finds his way to Los Angeles, where a shock-jock(Dennis Miller) brings Joe on his radio show to insult him. But as Joe's life story unfolds, jeers turn to cheers, and an entire captivated city tunes in to hear the adventures of Joe Dirt. -- © 2001 Columbia TriStar Interactive [More]

Starring: David Spade, Dennis Miller, Kid Rock, Christopher Walken

Starring: David Spade, Dennis Miller, Kid Rock, Christopher Walken, Fred Ward, Caroline Aaron, Joe Don Baker, Adam Beach, Brittany Daniel, Tyler Mane, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan

Director: Dennie Gordon

Director: Dennie Gordon
Screenwriter: David Spade, Fred Wolf
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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The script is staggeringly witless.

Full Review Source: Ottawa Citizen | comment Comment
04/12/01
Steven Mazey
Steven Mazey
Ottawa Citizen

Spade’s Joe is the biggest hole in a movie that’s full of them.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/12/01
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

Sandler and Spade continue their avid quest to dumb down America.

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04/12/01
Robert Wilonsky
Robert Wilonsky
New Times

Robbed of his usual caustic style, Spade can't work up many laughs, and the movie flops around.

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04/12/01
Robert Horton
Robert Horton
Film.com
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At one point, Joe gets excrement poured all over his precious mullet, and that, in essence, is what the entire movie does to him.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
04/12/01
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Spade's generic nonperformance is the centerpiece of a very wobbly story, and he simply isn't enough of an actor to keep you interested.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
04/12/01
Paul Tatara
Paul Tatara
CNN.com

Killed by blah characters, lame jokes and clichs you can see coming a mile away.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/12/01
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

Gets old fast.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/11/01
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Woefully unfunny.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
04/11/01
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Life is a garden. If something stinks, bury it.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/11/01
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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The bad news (or perhaps this is the good news, if you're a 10-year-old boy) is that the big yucks (in both senses of that word) are derived from fart lighting, elaborate poo gags, and an attenuated bit about a dog who gets his bits frozen to a porch.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/11/01
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Beyond a random laugh or two, this is pretty much a waste of celluloid that all but the most rabid of Spade fans would probably be wise to avoid.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
04/11/01
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Joe Dirt knows its audience and doesn't stint on the flatulence jokes, poop jokes, leg-humping dogs and moments of homo-panic.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/11/01
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Dirt's cup runneth over with excrement, fornicating animals and that perennial favorite of Hollywood comedy, homophobic slurs.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/11/01
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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Director Dennie Gordon tries too hard to milk sympathy for the none-too-bright Joe, who at one point adopts what he thinks is a meteor for a friend. Of course, it turns out to be more toxic waste, like Joe Dirt.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/11/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The first Saturday Night Live-related comedy to produce belly laughs in a long, long time.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
04/11/01
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

If you can get people to roar at a scene of someone being showered in, well, you know what ... why stress yourself giving the people anything more than you-know-what?

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
04/11/01
Ward Triplett III
Ward Triplett III
Kansas City Star

Spade has sold his golden goose and laid an egg.

Full Review Source: Calgary Sun | comment Comment
04/11/01
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Calgary Sun

Too long and too stupid.

Full Review Source: Toronto Sun | comment Comment
04/11/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Toronto Sun

Like There's Something About Mary, it's really just a string of sight gags with little else going on in between. But there are several real belly laughs, and enough character development to make the rollercoaster ride worthwhile.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/11/01
Drew McAnulty
Drew McAnulty
Jam! Movies
 
 
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