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Dirty Work

Dirty Work

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Seriously underrated movie
Review: I hate being let down by comedies. I really do. When you see a movie as creatively funny as this, you just have to admire it. I don't know if so many people know about it, but it's defintely one of the top five funniest movies I've ever seen. I think if you like Top Secret, you might like this.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Revenge is sweet (and surprisingly affordable)
Review: Looking for that crude, raunchy, extremely funny comedy to fill the void that is your life? Well, look no further, partner!

While I missed this in the theaters (probably because it was so unmercifully panned), I was really pleased to find out my money wasn't wasted on purchasing this DVD.

Norm MacDonald stars as Mitch Weaver, a guy who just can't seem to find his calling in life. After losing yet another menial job, his girlfriend kicks him out, throwing all his stuff out of the apartment window into the street.

Mitch goes to stay with his best friend Sam (Artie Lange) and we soon learn that Sam's dad, played by Jack Warden, has a bad heart and unless Sam can come up with $50,000 in a relatively short amount of time, his dad will die. Mitch agrees to help Sam, as not only is Sam his friend, but Sam's dad was like a father to Mitch while he was growing up, due to the fact that his real father wasn't around.

After some hilarious attempts to raise cash, Mitch stumbles on an idea for a business by accident. Seems Mitch has a real flair for getting back at people who step on him, so he decides to open a revenge for hire business, Dirty Work, to help those who can't help themselves, for a fee, of course. The scene where they're hire to deal with a noisy neighbor had my friends and I rolling on the floor.

The business isn't going well, until they get commissioned by Travis Cole (Christopher McDonald) to trash a property in order to condemn it, to which they'll get a large sum of money. Thing is, they do the work, but find out that Cole misrepresented his reasons for wanting the property condemned, and they soon find out they made a big mistake, and now Cole stiffs them on the payment. This sets up the ultimate revenge plan, leading to a great payoff.

Look for Chevy Chase, Don Rickles, and Gary Coleman in small but funny roles. Also in this movie is the late Chris Farley, who is about as funny as I've ever seen him. I was surprised to learn that this movie was directed by Bob Saget, you know, the guy from that Full House TV show?

If you liked movies like Kingpin, Dumb and Dumber, or Happy Gilmore, then you'll get a kick out of this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I've watched it 100 times and still laugh out loud
Review: The movie "Dirty Work" is a movie that seems to always put a smile on my face. It follows the life of Mitch Weaver (Norm Macdonald) from a young age, all the way to adulthood. Throughout, there are tons of humurous pranks, and ancidotes. I see a new thing almost everytime I watch it. This is the perfect movie if you and your friends are in that sit down and laugh mood. I know because I've done that with the same friends 4 or 5 times and they still look forward to doing it again. Also if you liked this movie I would suggest BASEketball, and Dude, where's my car, both seem to be up to the same par as this fabulious movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Amazin
Review: I never knew film making could capture such imagination and the picture was intellectually pleasing.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: good movie, medicocre DVD
Review: There's little that I could say about this suprisingly funny movie that anyone hasn't said already. It's lighthearted, clever and well-acted, written, and directed. My main issue is the cheaply put-together DVD with no outtakes or audio options. Buy this movie, especially if you like acerbic comedy, but beware, you're getting nothing extra.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: My opinion on Dirty Work
Review: Okay, well, yeah, I'll start off my introduction by saying that this is a funny movie. Out of 4 stars, I'd give it **1/2. It is also one of the crudest movies of recent. It has a couple gross-out gags, but none of them are that bad (it's rated PG-13, come on). I'll run over the basic plot and some of my opinions on the DVD.

The plot involves Mitch Weaver (Norm MacDonald) who has just been fired from his job as a pizza delivery boy (he delivers a pizza to some guy and shows up late, so it's free, and he lies to his boss and says the guy said a lot of bad things about the place, but the guy had already called the boss and Mitch gets fired). Okay, moving on. Mitch then goes to his apartment, and when he arrives, his girlfriend is throwing all his stuff out and kicking him out (this is because Mitch has been fired from numerous jobs in the past few months). So then he goes to live with his best friend, Sam McKenna (played by Artie Lange) and his dad. Mitch never really knew his dad, so Sam's dad, Pops (Jack Warden) was always like his dad. Soon after Mitch begins his stay at Sam's house, Sam's dad has a heart attack. They take him to the hospital and their doctor is Dr. Farthing (played by Chevy Chase) who has a gambling problem and needs $50 thousand dollars to make Pop's heart operation.

Sam and Mitch go to a bar later that night and get into a fight and drasticaly lose. So they rent cop uniforms and go to a phone booth near where the people who beat them up's house is. They are having a very loud party. Mitch calls them and tells them (the guy who answers the phone thinks that Mitch is one of his friends) that there is fake cops going around to rob houses (the guy on the phones says he'll be on the lookout for them). Then, Mitch calls the real police and files a complaint for the house. The real cops come, and the kids at the house think that they're the robbers, so they beat them up. Then the cops handcuff the kids and use their batons on the kids. Then, Mitch and Sam (who are still in cop uniforms) tell the cops that they'll help out. So Mitch and Sam get to beat up the guys who beat them up at the bar, but without them fighting back. Does this all make sense?

After that they discover they could make money by getting revenge for other people by doing their dirty work. So they buy a building and start a "revenge for hire" business, Dirty Work Ltd. That's just the beginning if you think it sounds good, then watch it sometime or buy if you've already seen it and just read all that for nothing.

As for the DVD, the transfer's not that bad and it is in widescreen. There should be more special features. There has to be deleted sences. Do you really think the first time they submitted this to the MPAA, it got a PG-13? Honestly. The trailer's nothing great and the booklet's okay, and that's about it. It's not too bad of a buy, but rent it first or watch it on T.V. That's always a great method and it always works. DON'T BUY MOVIES UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN THEM FIRST. INSTEAD, RENT THEM. IF YOU ENJOY IT ENOUGH, BUY IT. That's not too hard to understand.

This is the end of my review.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Dirty Work
Review: First off I would like to make the point that I love this movie perfectly clear. It is in my oppinion one of the funniest and most underrated movies of all time. The reason that I gave the DVD 3 stars is for the simple lack of features. Much like Happy Gilmore on DVD, the movie is great, but the extras are just lame. I just want to make it clear one final time that I thought that this movie rocked.. if you want a great movie that will have you laughing out loud then look no further than Dirty Work; but if you are looking for a great DVD with lots of extras this may not be for you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: REVENGE IS SWEEEEEEET ........ SO IS THIS MOVIE
Review: Dirty Work is a movie about revenge.2 boys best friends or shall i say brothers growing up taking stuff from everyone but they are always the last ones laughing.

As they need to raise $50 000 for there fathers heart transplant in 2 weeks as they run out of jobs until they find out that they can make a fortune of doing what they do best, revenge, do other peoples DIRTY WORK.

Let me tell you they do some hilarious stuff from hiding dead fish in peoples houses from putting hookers in the boot of a car during a live car dealers commercial.It has some priceless scenes where you will rewind to watch over and over again.

As you can tell you will get some laughs, NOOOOOOooooooo not just laughs but belly laughs.Norm Macdonald his hilarious as is Chris Farley(R.I.P) and Jack Warden.The movie is very rewatchable and will leave you laughing everytime, so if you are a fan of Billy Madison go for it, if you are a fan of comedy i suggest you go for it as it is one of the best!

HIGHLY RECOMENDED

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Movie Ever Created By Man
Review: Wow. I could watch this movie over and over. It may not have the best acting performances or the deepest plot or the clean, family jokes, but it is funny in every scene and keeps you laughing right through the credits. I don't care what the professional movie critics think, this movie is the best. Thats all i have to say.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: "AND REMEMBER IN THE 12TH GRADE......"
Review: In my opinion that line above and what follows it is in the top ten funniest lines in cinematic history. Really! Besides that it is a very funny movie that critics hate and viewers love. Plenty of terrific one liners and belly laughs. Reccommended!


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