Joe Dirt
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 11, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
20
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
18
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Spade, who almost invariably plays smug or smarmy characters, proves he really can act. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
This underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
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. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
If you are in touch with your inner 14-year-old child, you could do worse. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This sentimental comedy is generally sweet natured. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Little more than a series of sketches, tied together by Joe's on-air interrogation by a nasty shock jock played by Dennis Miller.
43
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
A full-throated shout-out to the lowest common denominator. Read full review
40
Film.comRobert Horton
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. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Joe Dirt is so obviously a construction that it is impossible to find anything human about him; he is a concept, not a person. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Just a big chunk of waste flushed from a Hollywood studio.
30
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
What makes it so disappointing is that the movie is just another sub-Farrelly-brothers collection of miscellaneous gags. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Rich with comic potential that goes unfulfilled, time after stupefying time. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
For all its promise of lively trailer-park humor, Joe Dirt digs, then lies in its own grave, killed by blah characters, lame jokes and cliches you can see coming a mile away. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
We have to endure 93 minutes of this torture, with only a few high points.
25
USA TodayMike Clark
Structured loosely enough to work in all the excrement and incest jokes necessary to seem hip these days. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Knows its audience and doesn't stint on the flatulence jokes, poop jokes, leg-humping dogs and moments of homo-panic. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Relentlessly softheaded and softhearted. Read full review
12
Baltimore SunAthima Chansanchai
Even with help from a pathetic Kid Rock and a boost from always-on Christopher Walken, Spade can't pull this off.
10
Washington PostRita Kempley
We should be asking ourselves why so noble a nation would produce swill like Joe Dirt. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
All failed concept and misfired comedy. Read full review
10
Rolling StonePeter Travers
In one scene, raw sewage is dumped on Joe. See Joe Dirt and you'll know how that feels. Read full review
10
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Redefines the notion of a feature film another notch downward.
10
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Takes a prominent place along with "Tomcats," "Say It Isn't So," "Saving Silverman" and "Get Over It" on the list of reasons why raucous teen farce is headed six feet under. Read full review
0
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
Sandler and Spade continue their avid quest to dumb down America. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Talk about waste products; think of the time, effort and money that went into this movie. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
There's an oddball quality to the ensemble that might even be lovable if the movie weren't so glib and perfunctory. Read full review
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