Fresh
Contrived yet unpretentious, predictable yet surprising, this underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Joe Dirt
He came. He cleaned. He conquered.
2001 · 1h 31m · PG-13
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Dennie Gordon
Overview
Joe Dirt 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.
Director and cast
- Dennie Gordon Director
- David Spade as Joe Dirt
- Dennis Miller as Zander Kelly
- Brittany Daniel as Brandy
- Kid Rock as Robby
- Adam Beach as Kicking Wing
- Erik Per Sullivan as Little Joe Dirt
- Jaime Pressly as Jill
- Christopher Walken as Clem
- Megan Taylor Harvey as Joe's Little Sister
- Caroline Aaron as Joe's Mom
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
9%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A comic named David Spade stars in a movie called Joe Dirt, and that's about as funny as things get here.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
In one scene, raw sewage is dumped on Joe. See Joe Dirt and you'll know how that feels.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
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.
Mike Clark, USA Today
Rotten
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.
Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz
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