Joe Dirt

2001 PG-13 1h 31m DVD

Joe Dirt

2001 PG-13 1h 31m DVD
  • Overview
  • Details
Crowned with a mullet and armed with a mop, redneck janitor Joe Dirt lands in a series of zany misadventures and befriends some eccentric characters as he searches for his parents, who abandoned him at the Grand Canyon when he was 8 years old.
Cast
David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Adam Beach, Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly, Kid Rock, Erik Per Sullivan, Megan Taylor Harvey, Caroline Aaron, Fred Ward
Director
Dennie Gordon
Format
DVD
Screen
Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan-and-Scan 1.33:1
Subtitles
French
CC
Yes
Audio
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Rating
PG-13 - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
age 14+
Common Sense rating OK for kids 14+
age 14+

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that Joe Dirt is a 2001 movie starring David Spade as a mullet-sporting janitor in search of his parents. The movie is filled with crass humor; in one scene, a dog's testicles are frozen to a porch and its scrotum is shown stretching as it attempts to free itself. Joe gets covered in human feces, is taken prisoner by a man who dresses in fishnet stockings and makeup and keeps him in a hole, and has his face burned when a cow passes gas into his face. Joe also is called a "queer" and a "retard" by bullies. A sex scene turns into a joke involving incest. There's also frequent profanity, including "s--t" and "p---y," and a misunderstanding in which Joe thinks a man with a thick Cajun accent wants to "see homos naked." Still, in spite of being treated so badly by so many people, Joe manages to maintain a positive attitude and lives by the credo, "Life is a garden. Dig it."

Sexual Content

References to masturbation and to the body parts of various women. Joe asks to see a woman's "boobies." A sexual encounter between Joe and another woman turns into a joke involving incest; the sex is heard (moaning, creaky bed springs) but not seen. Naked male buttocks when two pilots "moon" Joe from their airplane. A dog mounts Joe's leg and humps it. A dog's testicles are frozen to the porch, and the dog's scrotum is shown stretching as he attempts to free himself.

Violence

Comedic pratfalls. A combination of fire and a cow's flatulence results in a character's face being burned. Characters use lighter fluid and gasoline combined with Roman candles. A dog is shot and killed with a shotgun. Joe fights a bullying oil rig worker; the worker is killed by burning to death. Joe wears a T-shirt that reads "I Choked Linda Lovelace." Joe is bullied by office workers and shoved into a wall. Characters shoot machine guns. A crocodile traps Joe in its mouth and flings him around. A woman speaks of pushing her husband into a wood chipper. Joe gets covered in human feces and is taken prisoner by a man who dresses in fishnet stockings and makeup and keeps him in a hole.

Language

Frequent profanity: "s--t," "hell," "crap," "suck," "son of a bitch," "p---y." Bullies call Joe Dirt a "queer" and a "retard." Joe calls masturbation "jerkin' my gherkin'." Joe misunderstands a man with a thick Cajun accent and thinks he says he's "seeing homos naked."

Social Behavior

Maintaining a positive outlook on life. Being true to yourself.

Consumerism

Not applicable

Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol

Cigarette smoking. Beer drinking. A child finds a can of chewing tobacco while exploring the inside of a garbage can.

  • Age appropriate
  • Not an issue
  • Depends on your child and your family
  • Parents strongly cautioned
  • Not appropriate for kids of the age

This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives.

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