Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- David SpadeJoe Dirt
- Dennis MillerZander Kelly
- Brittany DanielBrandy
- Kid RockRobby
- Adam BeachKicking Wing
- Erik Per SullivanLittle Joe Dirt
- Jaime PresslyJill
- Christopher WalkenClem
- Megan Taylor HarveyJoe's Little Sister
- Caroline AaronJoe's Mom
Recommendations
- 63
Charlotte Observer
Spade, who almost invariably plays smug or smarmy characters, proves he really can act. - 50
Chicago Reader
This underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Ends up blowing its own joke. Instead of making Joe blissfully arrogant in his Southern rock dude myopia, it turns him into a shuffling masochistic loser. - 50
Los Angeles Times
If you are in touch with your inner 14-year-old child, you could do worse. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
This sentimental comedy is generally sweet natured. - 40
Film.com
It's only when you see the movie that you discover how completely the film misses opportunities to develop these ideas into anything like movie comedy. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
Joe Dirt is so obviously a construction that it is impossible to find anything human about him; he is a concept, not a person. - 30
Salon
What makes it so disappointing is that the movie is just another sub-Farrelly-brothers collection of miscellaneous gags.
