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Joe Dirt

2001 · 92 min

A goofy, good-natured road comedy that coasts on crude gags and a surprisingly sweet underdog charm.

Directed by
Dennie Gordon
Genres
Adventure, Comedy
Tagline
Trailer trash wig wearin' acid wash jean lovin' rock concert t-shirt sportin' hero.
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.

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Directed by
Dennie Gordon
Genres
Adventure, Comedy
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • found family
  • family
  • redemption
  • class
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism4
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Joe Dirt Collection

  1. Joe DirtMovie · 2001 This title
  2. Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful LoserMovie · 2015

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Genres
adventure, comedy
Directed by
Dennie Gordon
Written by
David Spade, Fred Wolf
Starring
David Spade, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock, Adam Beach, Erik Per Sullivan, Jaime Pressly, Christopher Walken
Music
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Cinematography
John R. Leonetti
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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