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A daily comment from Midget Emma: Joe Dirt (2001)

I'll keep it short and sweet. Good if your looking for laughs. Not only is this funny but it has heart as well which is hard to find in comedies. A must see if your in the mood for a giggle.David Spade was very suitable for the role. Everyone had there moments that made me laugh. This is defiantly one of Spade's better movies. Better then Dickie Roberts.Joe Dirt is a good character. Funny,good hearted and lovable. By the end of this movie your heart would have been tugged at a few times.The supporting characters were just as good as the main character.I recommend it. A must for anyone looking for a decent comedy.6/10

Silly Fun

For those not in touch with their inner eleven year old, I'd say pass on this one and maybe check out something by Merchant "The King Of Yuks" Ivory.This is silly and unapologetically so. The comedy is broad, the jokes obvious and telegraphed from seven miles away. But it does work. Like "Little Nicky", you go in expecting to turn brain off and just enjoy.The movie is the visual representation of what I picture whenever I dial the radio and come across one of those "Classic Rock" stations. Who listens to this stuff on a regular basis? Joe Dirt , who believes in the lyrics as gospel. It's a take-off on the music, the hopefulness of the innocent (a real switch for David Spade, as he would normally be the detached smart-aleck we see the disk jockey Dennis Miller playing). Some cameos to look for; Kevin Farley as a security guard , yep, it's Chris' brother and you'll recognize him along with the other Farley brother John as a cop. The three sorority girl radio listeners, one is Bree Turner, who has done a lot of stuff but will probably be more recognized for Hyundai commercials. Sopranos fans will appreciate a fun quickie cameo in this movie.Lighten up, since when did we become a world of detached critics who can't just enjoy a movie anymore without disecting it to death. This movie never claimed to be a great film, just a fun one. Now a film like Mariah Carey's "Glitter" which claims to be great but ends up as garbage, that is a more worthy target.

favorite movie of all time!!!

Anybody that says all this crap about how, "oh, its shallow humor, this crap sucks..", just shut it and watch the best movie of all time! David Spade's best wrok and a truely inspirational story, life's a garden, dig it!, its hilarious too, i mean stop trying to review a movie and just get into it, amazing show that i could watch over and over again, GO OUT AND BUY IT, dont listen to anyone else, this show is number 1 alltime

David Spade + Mullet = Funny

Joe Dirt is the gut-bustingly funny tale of a character by the same name, payed by David Spade. He's a complete loser working as a janitor when he gets spotted and highlighted by a radio host (Dennis Miller) named Xander Kelly. The show gives us the privilege of hearing about Joe's life, and the hilarity ensues.

First and foremost, Joe is pathetic looking. He has a surgically attached mullet, porkchop sideburns, and facial hair that looks like the results of bad inbreeding. What's more, he is absolutely clueless about how stupid he looks. He's so worthless, in fact, that his parents abandoned him at the Grand Canyon, and it's this abandonment that begins his amazing journey.

Soon enough, we come to see Joe Dirt as not so pathetic, and we begin to empathize with him. He's just an honest guy, looking for his family and love, but just happens to look horrible.


There are far too many hilarious scenes to mention, but a few noteworthy ones are when he meets an Indian named Kicking Wing who owns a fireworks stand in the desert. In a matter of no time, the two are shooting fireworks into fuel, and causing massive explosions. The next thing you know, Joe Dirt is getting septic tanks dumped on his head, dog's ballls are getting frozen to winter porches, and beatdowns occur at oil derricks. All the while Joe is completely oblivious, spouting off lines like, "Life's a garden; dig it".

If you like to laugh out loud, then this is the movie for you. It's highly recommended. The entire movie provides laughs, and there are great cameos by several stars, namely Christopher Walken, who are intertwined in ingenious scenarios, one more outrageous than the previous. David Spade absolutely nails the Joe Dirt persona, and doesn't allow for a single dull second.

A lot better then I thought!!!

Before I saw this movie a thought it was going to be stupid but it wasn't.It was a great movie and David Spade played great as a white trash homeless guy.He is this sweet person who if you looked at him you would think he is trash but once you got to know him you would like.Basically he tells you the whole story of his life.If you haven't seen this movie I recommend you do,this coming from someone who has seen about 5,000 movies easy.

You're in for major giggles!

Dennie Gordon, who has directed episodes of Dawson's Creek and Party of Five, now invites us on The Adventures of Joe Dirt. Joe Dirt (Just Shoot Me's David Spade) is a wacky radio DJ abandoned as a child by his trailer trash parents at the Grand Canyon. On his hilarious mission to find them, Joe stumbles upon his true love. But he has to duke it out with Kid Rock to win her heart! Will Joe find what he's searching for or will he be left in the dust?

Steaming Pile of Crap

This steaming pile of crap wasted, not only 45 minutes of my life, but countless dollars which could have been used to feed the needy. The movie has no distinguishable plot line, really bad acting and jokes that went nowhere.Not only should rednecks and white trash be offended by this movie, but anyone with a smidgen of good taste and humor. I returned the DVD to the rental store within 50 minutes of renting the movie, along with a warning to any and all who would listen to stay far, far away from the movie. The only redeeming value is that it did include Christopher Walken ( a great and hilarious actor), and that for every DVD made there is one less Backstreet Boys album to pollute the airwaves.David Spade should be ecstatic because his career can only go up from this point.

Earth is Dirt

This is a dumb movie, silly as can be. It takes a while for the funny and gratifying nature of the film to reveal itself. Soundtrack, too cool. Filmography and camera, great. Joe Dirt covers the earth with a foolish scheme of human nature and the oddness of humanity. Notice the director has mostly TV series as past credits. If you want to see good professional actors act like idiots, then here it is. Be patient with this film and enjoy the timed story changes. Pathetically good. Truly, aside from the good acting, the soundtrack might as well be the label for a party. This may be one to see more than once.

David Spade is getting good at making the US look bad!

Well, I guess this is a movie.Mostly it's an embarrassing attempt by David Spade to make fun of "white trash" folks. He comes off as trying too hard, and getting very few laughs, even when he goes for the obvious bathroom humor variety of jokes.Dennis Miller is mildy amusing, but otherwise this movie is awful. Save your money. I don't even think it's worth a rental! Thank goodness my friend and I did the matinee thing... At least we didn't pay full price for this bomb...

Makes you want to disinfect the negative

Many films have an unpleasant taste; this one has an ENTIRELY NEW unpleasant taste - it's like biting into Scandinavian liquorice for the first time, wondering what the vile substance reminds you of, then realising it's a nasty flavour unto itself and doesn't remind you of anything.I suspect the film's vileness has something to do with the way it alternates between nastily insulting and fawning over its hero - the nastiness and the fawning are in themselves embarrassing, but taken together, they're disgusting. It's as if the film can't decide whether it more desperately wants to feel superior to its characters, or its audience. So it does both.
It casts us in the role of schoolyard bully's hangers-on, jollying us into sort of feeling a hollow ho-ho merriment as we watch the unpopular kid get made fun of (secretly relieved that it's him and not us, salving our consciences by telling ourselves that he's too dumb to realise what's going on, so it's okay) - then, suddenly, we're rapped over the knuckles for being so mean. Why? To the extent that we played along with all the lame and offensive "white trash" jokes (not a very great extent), we were only doing what we HAD to do if we were to stay in our seats and weather the movie.
The only alternative was walking out. And yet, as with "Scary Movie", it's quite possible that the writers feel they're better than us because WE watched the worthless, manipulative and pointless movie which THEY merely wrote.

i have yet to see a funnier movie

i loved this movie. it's in my DVD player right now and i'm thinking about watching it for my 100th time. also see Detroit Rock City. David Spade plays Joe a pretty average guy who's family abandoned him at the grand canyon. hilarity ensues as he sets out to find them and mett new friends including Brandy , Clem , Kicken Wing , And All The Cool Charectors In This Movie. Watch For The Cameo By Kid Rock As Robbie The Nasty Guy.

Silly, but with heart

I liked this movie ... and I'm an old guy who should supposedly know better. I know the 'critics' bombed it, with some reviews almost sounding like they didn't watch it. Of course, 'critics' liked 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' I'm glad to see Amazon customers have some heart. Joe liked animals and was a good guy ... and the movie makers didn't sell him out for cheap laughs (well, you know, CRUEL cheap laughs).

WHAT???

Clearly a bad, slow and boring movie, with hilarious parts. One of the worst funniest greatest movies ever. Nipples. Anyway, it was pretty bad. Midgets. It was ok at times...someone said better than a Jim Carrey movie....well that's just wrong...oh so wrong its right and by right i mean horribly wrong.

Has some hilarious moments.

I am surprise that this movie was so funny,because I have only seen Davis Spade as a sidekick comedian in movies such as Black Sheep and Tommy boy,so I wasnt sure that he was going to held this movie on his own.But then the movie started and showed me some of the funniest things in a while.The story is not good and the movie has times when it almost falls apart,but then the comedy rises it up again.See it and find out what I am talking about.

One of the Funniest EVER!

I have this movie on DVD and have seen it over 50 times. Whenever I am slightly bored, I put it in and laugh over and over again. I love this movie so much that I look for everyday opportunities to drop movie lines into regular conversation. Phrases like, " No man, I'm cool."{Joe} replied with "No your not"{Robbie} continues to floor me to this day. I also enjoy watching this movie with the special feature commentary from David Spade again and again. The hair, the car, the poo, the girl, Kickin Wing, Buffalo Bob: "It puts the lotion on the skin!, it does what it's told!" has me laughing in my sleep. I have rewound the carnival scene with G. Thorogood's "Who do you love" to the point of wearing out the reverse button. My favorite scene is the shortest scene in the whole movie, when he's hitchhiking and holding that sign (oh my goodness that hysterical with the green stonewashed jeans), the space peanut.... oh i could go on and on, but I have to go watch the movie again.... RIGHT NOW! "Joe Dirt!, Joe Dirt!, Joe Dirt!, Joe Dirt!"

The Ish!!!

I usually hold myself to a high movie standard. I usually would not consider a movie like Joe Dirt the "cream of the crop." But like many other times in my life I was wrong. Joe Dirt is a fantastic heart-felt flick staring David Spade as a pathetic white trash orphan in search of his parents. He meets many a folk along the way leaving an impression with them all. I saw this in the theater and thought, "wow what a funny movie." But then I caught in on Comedy Central a few years later and lo and behold I was hooked. Good plot, great humor, hot chicks, and even Kid Rock playing his white trash nemesis (it was a real stretch for him :P). If you see this movie for 10 bucks at Walmart or Blockbuster do yourself a favor and buy it. It will keep you company on even your darkest nights.Life's a garden, DIG IT!!!

Take it for what it is - a Comedy!

You would think that such a simplistic premise would make for a crappy movie but it was hilarious. Lets face it, dumb rednecks are funny. There were some great supporting actors like Christopher Walken who as usual steals the show when he's on, and the Silence of the Lambs thing was absolutely golden, with Brian Thompson doing a great parody even though he only had a few minutes of screen time. The cameos are many, and the humor is wicked and pulls no punches. Some of it is outright dumb at first but is explained later on, such as the nuke which seemed so cheesy with 50's file footage....but it explains why near the end of the movie. Overall its good mindless entertainment, and Spade does a surprisingly good redneck. I think it helps that he's a skinny. I'm no big fan of Dennis Miller but as a supporting character he makes sense here, and mercifully he's more the straight guy than the unfunny guy trying to be funny (his normal role). Kid Rock is so redneck he reminds me of the locals around here.

funny as heck

this movie kinda kicked ass i mean i don't think there was a part i didn't laugh at in this movie its one of my all time favorites first off u got this kid aka Joe dirt who has lived on his own since he was 9, then there a hot girl aka Brittany Daniels... smoking hot who loves a guy name Joe Dirt... that kinda gave all the dorks a chance to realize that u don't have to be perfect to get the hot girl anyway Joe dirt goes on a journey to find his parents running into all kinds of trouble and misfortunes to only find out the his parents hes been looking for and hoping that they had been looking for him as well didn't even look for him they just ditched him when he was 9 and thought nothing of it but in the mean time he finds fame, a family of his own in a series of funny events but anyway u need to watch this movies if u hadn't seen it and find out for your own self why i love this movie and you'll love it to if u have a sense of humor i give a 10

Is this where you wanna be when Jesus comes back?

Joe Dirt is the delightful comedy about a boy with a mullit wig surgically implanted in his head. He gets lost at the Grand Canyon when he was 8 and his heroic Journey to find his parents. I recomend this movie to everyone and the following is a quote from Joe Dirt himself:

"When I was little i was sittin' in my room jerkn' my gerkn' and my mother came in saw me and said is this were you wanna be when Jesus comes back Jerkn' your Gerkn'" -Joe dirt

What do you expect?

If you go to see a movie by any of the Saturday Night Live alumni, be it David Spade, Adam Sandler or Rob Schneider, you cannot expect to see high brow comedy. Expect light hearted, good natured, somewhat adult oriented fare for a PG-13, and you won't be disappointed. Joe Dirt delivers this and, surprisingly, more.Plenty of laughs to go with an occasional tug at the heart. Is there anyone who cannot identify with the irrepressible underdog Joe, as he works his way through life? I was pleasantly surprised at this film. Much better than his 1999 effort Lost & Found, Spade manages to be more genuine in his Dirt persona than expected. The supporting cast is what you would expect for a film of this level, slightly more than adequate.If you go see this movie, don't expect to be bowled over by an intellectual comedy classic, just expect to laugh and have a good time. Leave your pretenses at the door.JS