The Jerk

  • 1979


MOVIE IS ingenious capably inevitable effective
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81 % Fresh
$ 73 Million
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Positive Reviews 7
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.1/5
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2.5
They both look absurd while theyre playing their roles, of course, and thats the what. Rogerebert
4.5
An artless, non stop barrage of off the wall situations, funny and unfunny jokes, generally effective and sometimes hilarious sight gags and bawdy non .. Variety
1.5
The comedy runs out of steam when the jerk makes good, but laugh for laugh its probably a better investment than 10. Time Out
1.5
Within ts limitations, The Jerk is a capably produced entertainment, seasoned by deft bit performances from several actors...
4.5
Bernadette Peters...nearly steals the show from Martins over the top antics. Its sweet, and funny, and includes one of the most quotable exit lines in .. Decider
2.0
An early watered down version of the crude comedy the Farrelly Brothers would later take to new extremes. Bbc
1.5
Its humor is successful and unsuccessful by turns, and although Comedian Carl Reiner is the director, the instinct here is to give most of both credit .. Time
4.5
The ingenious thing about this film is the way it can take serious situations and drastically interfere with them using an unexpected comedy device.
4.5
So while its an extremely episodic little movie, thats a malady easily forgiven simply because the episodes are so damn funny. Dvd Talk
4.5
An oddball odyssey so strange, filled with non sequiturs so funny, and decorated by a romance so sweet, it was an inevitable star maker. Streaming Quickflix
4.0
If only he could have satisfied himself with this area of expertise, people would still talk of Steve Martin as one of the kings of comic cinema. Film4
1.5
Anyway, I cant really recommend The Jerk because it is so uneven but if it sounds like something youd like than youll probably like it. rachelsreviews.net
1.5
And its full of the kind of slapstick that had em groaning in Aristophanes day. Maclean's Magazine
4.5
The whole thing is uneven and slight, but the highlight moments guilty pleasure us with the sort of stupid funny thats LOL quotable afterward. Dvd Journal



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