Joe Dirt
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Metascore
20 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 126 Ratings

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  • Starring: Brittany Daniel, David Spade
  • Summary: The year is 1975 and little Joe Dirt is dumpster diving at a Grand Canyon tourist stop. After gorging himself on half-eaten snacks, he emerges from the garbage bin, only to find that his parents have left him. Now grown up and working as a janitor, Joe's got a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans, and a dream -- to find the parents that he lost, or lost him. (Columbia Tristar)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 18 out of 26
  1. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    63
    Spade, who almost invariably plays smug or smarmy characters, proves he really can act.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Little more than a series of sketches, tied together by Joe's on-air interrogation by a nasty shock jock played by Dennis Miller.
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  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    Just a big chunk of waste flushed from a Hollywood studio.
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  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    Joe Dirt is so obviously a construction that it is impossible to find anything human about him; he is a concept, not a person.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 84
  3. Negative: 7 out of 84
  1. fjcastro
    10
    This is one of my favorite movies. It is so implausible and so so funny. There are some truly side splitting laughs in this movie. Joe gets the totally hot chick, Christopher Walken is classic as a former hit man in Witness Protection. I love you Joe Dirt!… Expand
  2. jAbMaN
    10
    This movie is hilarious and how is it not funny. The critics are always picking on the comedy movies with David Spade and the other comedians of the SNL circuit.… Expand
  3. lth5015
    8
    You won't like this movie if you take it too seriously. Just sit back, enjoy the movie and it might just surprise you. It's a nice mixture of dumb comedy, a cute plot with a few twists.… Expand
  4. cameronmorewood
    4
    Exceedingly boring and relentlessly cliched, Joe Dirt may deliver one or two brief laughs along the way, but it's not enough to break up the lag.

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