Connection To THE MASTER OF DISGUISE - Both made by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison.
This movie is an absolute classic...
Well not really, but compared to The Master Of Disguise it is, with a likable enough lead (surprising since he's played by David Spade), and Christopher Walken at one point dancing in it.
Most of Joe Dirt's story is told in flashback to a radio DJ (SNL alumni Dennis Miller) in California, where Joe now works as a custodian, the film is basically a story of random events, it's sort of like a white trash Forrest Gump (though it doesn't place him in any point in famous history), even a girl he loves Brandy (Brittany Daniel) that gets away. In recount the story of his journey to the DJ unbeknownst to him he as become an overnight sensation. Among his adventures include getting captured by Buffalo Bob (complete with putting lotion on it's skin) and working at a school as a janitor with a former mob boss (Walken) in the witness protection program.
I did like Spade here, it feels so rare playing somebody who isn't snarky (like 99% of his work), his character here is more good natured and self deprecating (he even jokes temporally that he slept with his sister), while I've said the female lead in some of the comedies with a bit of loser lead are always clearly too good for them I didn't actually feel it so much with Brandy, though my experience of Daniel was Sweet Valley High and a brief arc in Dawson's Creek so maybe I don't feel the same I did for her initially as some other actresses.
In the rest of the cast we have cool smaller role for Walken who is just fun when on screen and Jaime Pressly also pops up as the already mentioned sister, I should mention the cast also features Kid Rock as the films jerk, yeah he's not really much of an actor.
Overall, I'm not going to pretend it's a great film but it has it's moments and is better then Master Of Disguise by miles. Some of the enjoyment though might be on how much you think of Spade.
Most of Joe Dirt's story is told in flashback to a radio DJ (SNL alumni Dennis Miller) in California, where Joe now works as a custodian, the film is basically a story of random events, it's sort of like a white trash Forrest Gump (though it doesn't place him in any point in famous history), even a girl he loves Brandy (Brittany Daniel) that gets away. In recount the story of his journey to the DJ unbeknownst to him he as become an overnight sensation. Among his adventures include getting captured by Buffalo Bob (complete with putting lotion on it's skin) and working at a school as a janitor with a former mob boss (Walken) in the witness protection program.
I did like Spade here, it feels so rare playing somebody who isn't snarky (like 99% of his work), his character here is more good natured and self deprecating (he even jokes temporally that he slept with his sister), while I've said the female lead in some of the comedies with a bit of loser lead are always clearly too good for them I didn't actually feel it so much with Brandy, though my experience of Daniel was Sweet Valley High and a brief arc in Dawson's Creek so maybe I don't feel the same I did for her initially as some other actresses.
In the rest of the cast we have cool smaller role for Walken who is just fun when on screen and Jaime Pressly also pops up as the already mentioned sister, I should mention the cast also features Kid Rock as the films jerk, yeah he's not really much of an actor.
Overall, I'm not going to pretend it's a great film but it has it's moments and is better then Master Of Disguise by miles. Some of the enjoyment though might be on how much you think of Spade.
