When Kid Rock out acts Spade, something's up.
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04/16/01
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: David Spade, Dennis Miller, Kid Rock, Christopher Walken
Director: Dennie Gordon
Reviews for Joe Dirt
You could save your money and watch this kind of mind-numbing, lowest-common-denominator dreck for free by flipping on the television and finding The Jerry Springer Show.
04/11/01
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06/19/02
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.
03/10/03
Not only is the story ludicrous, but David Spade's flat-lined, monotone voice bugged me so much, I didn't give a hoot what happened to his character.
04/12/01
[A] pathetic attempt at moviemaking.
04/16/01
Spade handles this acting challenge by keeping his face expressionless at all times.
04/11/01
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03/24/02
The execution is so slapdash, the story so haphazardly conceived and so amateurishly executed that by the time things pick up a bit in the final third, most of the core audience will probably have split for the sports bar around the corner.
04/13/01
Spade has sold his golden goose and laid an egg.
04/11/01
Is Joe Dirt a satisfying way to spend a mindless evening at the multiplex some hot Saturday? Yeah.
04/11/01
Contrived yet unpretentious, predictable yet surprising, this underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm.
02/28/07
Joe Dirt doesn't waste any time letting you know where it stands.
04/11/01
Top CriticKilled by blah characters, lame jokes and clichs you can see coming a mile away.
04/12/01
Too obviously a tormentor himself, Spade can't pull off the sentimental formula that Adam Sandler frequently works.
04/10/01
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.
04/12/01
Top CriticSpade lets his wig do the acting. And apparently the writing as well.
04/10/01
Since the script was co-written by Mr. Spade (along with long-time SNL head writer Fred Wolf) he really has only himself to blame for being involved in such a mess.
04/10/01
Joe Dirt would desperately like to live down to that adage about being 'dumb as dirt.' But frankly, it's too stupid to even be that calculated.
04/11/01
[Miller's] reduced to the guy in the backseat spouting off obscure nerdisms when everyone else just wants to talk dirty and get stupid.
04/13/01
Latest News for Joe Dirt
March 28, 2006:
The Return of "Joe Dirt"?
ComingSoon.net had a glib little sit-down with comedian David Spade during a press junket for the upcoming "Benchwarmers," and the slick little sarcasm machine dropped... More...
June 21, 2005:
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A joint lawsuit has been filed against Sony Pictures and Revolution Studios alleging copyright infringement for the upcoming superhero flick, "Zoom." The suit, brought... More...
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