Stars: David Spade, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Adam Beach, Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly, Caroline Aaron, Fred Ward, Hamilton Camp

Director: Dennie Gordon

Summary: Joe Dirt, longs to be reunited with his parents who he lost whilst at the Grand Canyon. He sets out to search for them but finds one adventure after another...

Full of raunchy, tasteless, hilarious gags, JOE DIRT follows its eponymous protagonist (David Spade) on the search for his long-lost parents. Working as the janitor at a radio station, he enlists the help of one of the deejays (Dennis Miller) to tell his story on the air: When he was eight years old on a trip to the Grand Canyon, he behaved obnoxiously causing his parents to abandon him.

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The eponymous hero of Joe Dirtis full of "uncomplicated goodness", which is a polite way of saying he's your archetypal dim bulb trailer trash. Sporting a mullet that makes him look like a chipmunk Billy Rae Cyrus, Dirt loves Lynyrd Skynyrd, greaser burgers, Auto Tradermagazine and tying fireworks to cows. He is, as LA shock DJ Zander Kelly declares, "an underachievement nexus". Nonetheless, Dirt's quest to find the parents that abandoned him when he was eight years old captures the heart of Kelly's listeners and the hapless Dirt is cheered on as his stumbles from mishap to embarrassment. Cue an endearing but not entirely successful blend of fart gags and feelgood sentimentality. Saturday Night Livecomedian David Spade captures the drawling dumbness of Dirt perfectly and Kid Rock puts in a star turn as Dirt's rival for the heart of Brandy (Brittany Daniel), but there's little here that hasn't been seen before. Dirt gets covered in "poop", Dirt is nearly eaten by a crocodile, Dirt becomes an unlikely hero of the people. With a sharper script and a slightly more adventurous bent, this could have been a 21st century Wayne's World. As it is, file under "bad hair, dude".

On the DVD:As well as the usual array of outtakes, bloopers and deleted scenes, there are telling commentaries from both director Dennie Gordon and star David Spade. The latter is particularly revealing as it consists mainly of Spade saying "well, this scene used to be funny, but we had to cut this bit to get the PG-13 rating". A basic filmography for each of the main actors and the theatrical trailer rounds off the package. --Ian Watson

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Director Dennie Gordons Commentary, David Spades Commentary, Deleted And Alternate Scenes, Outtakes And Bloopers, Weblink, Filmographies, Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	2001
Release Date:	November 5, 2001
Runtime:	87 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 31913
Keywords:	Joe, Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Dirt
Genre:	Comedy