Joe Dirt 1 is a guilty pleasure of mine because it is a profoundly dumb movie about dumb people, but it's actually funny. Joe Dirt 2 should be a guilty pleasure for nobody. It relies heavily on referencing its predecessor and toilet humor (at one point literally) to get a laugh. The toilet humor isn't even only used to get laughs, but to actually further the storyline multiple times. That is some bad writing, even for Happy Madison productions which, as far as I can tell, is comprised solely of Adam Sandler's friends, and extras in his movies. Don't get me wrong, sometimes toilet humor can be funny, but as one line from this movie goes "22 times in a row isn't funny anymore." (which ironically was the only funny part of that scene because it was true) You can start to see what this movie is going to be like.
As far as the positives, Mark McGrath is kind of funny in his 5 minutes on screen, the opening 5 minutes is pretty funny (which gave me false expectations for the rest of it), and some situations were pretty comical. Any time they referenced the first movie it was funny. However, I also see that as a negative since the time I laughed hardest the WHOLE movie was at the "homos naked" line from the first movie when it was shown in a 10 second dream sequence. Continuing the negatives would be exhaustive, so I won't bother. Suffice it to say, the characters, story, jokes, and even cameos won't fulfill the average moviegoer's desire for entertainment.
The movie does not deliver, let alone live up to its predecessor.
1 / 2 directing 0 / 2 story 1 / 1 acting 1 / 1 pacing 0 / 1 dialogue 0 / 1 living up to its genre 0 / 1 originality 0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think
Review by schmenkyBlockedParent2015-07-18T12:56:27Z— updated 2017-03-10T19:55:44Z
Joe Dirt 1 is a guilty pleasure of mine because it is a profoundly dumb movie about dumb people, but it's actually funny. Joe Dirt 2 should be a guilty pleasure for nobody. It relies heavily on referencing its predecessor and toilet humor (at one point literally) to get a laugh. The toilet humor isn't even only used to get laughs, but to actually further the storyline multiple times. That is some bad writing, even for Happy Madison productions which, as far as I can tell, is comprised solely of Adam Sandler's friends, and extras in his movies. Don't get me wrong, sometimes toilet humor can be funny, but as one line from this movie goes "22 times in a row isn't funny anymore." (which ironically was the only funny part of that scene because it was true) You can start to see what this movie is going to be like.
As far as the positives, Mark McGrath is kind of funny in his 5 minutes on screen, the opening 5 minutes is pretty funny (which gave me false expectations for the rest of it), and some situations were pretty comical. Any time they referenced the first movie it was funny. However, I also see that as a negative since the time I laughed hardest the WHOLE movie was at the "homos naked" line from the first movie when it was shown in a 10 second dream sequence. Continuing the negatives would be exhaustive, so I won't bother. Suffice it to say, the characters, story, jokes, and even cameos won't fulfill the average moviegoer's desire for entertainment.
The movie does not deliver, let alone live up to its predecessor.
1 / 2 directing
0 / 2 story
1 / 1 acting
1 / 1 pacing
0 / 1 dialogue
0 / 1 living up to its genre
0 / 1 originality
0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think
0 / 0 miscellaneous +/- point
3/10