Dirty Work (1998)
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17% of critics liked it
(30 reviews) -
64% of users liked it
(30,927 ratings)
Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000… More Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000 so Sam's father (Jack Warden) can get a heart transplant. After they bring down a dictatorial movie theater manager (Don Rickles), they next hire prostitutes to pose as dead bodies during an auto dealer's live TV commercial. Millionaire real-estate developer Travis Cole (Christopher McDonald) is bothered when Mitch and Sam interfere with his plan to wipe a woman's home out of existence. Cole hires Dirty Work to trash a building, so he can have it condemned. However, Cole doesn't own the building, and problems arise, mainly since the grandmother of Mitch's girlfriend lives in the building. The feud escalates. Cameos by Chevy Chase, the late Chris Farley, former child star Gary Coleman, Adam Sandler, and John Goodman. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bob Saget
- Written By
- Frank Sebastiano, Norm Macdonald, Fred Wolf
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 12, 1998 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Joe Leydon, Variety
The outrageousness isn't consistently sustained, and the pic tends to peter out somewhere around the two thirds mark.
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, Globe and Mail
Tasteless? Oh, yeah.
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David Kronke, Los Angeles Times
A tone-deaf, scattershot and dispiritingly cheesy affair with more groans than laughs.
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Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
A stupid lowdown vulgar comedy.
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Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Don't bother to hang around for the outtakes. They're not funny either.
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Cast
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Norm Macdonald
as Mitch
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Jack Warden
as Pops
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Artie Lange
as Sam
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Traylor Howard
as Kathy
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Don Rickles
as Hamilton
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Christopher McDonald
as Travis Cole
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Chevy Chase
as Dr. Farthing
- Chris Farley
- Gary Coleman
- Ken Norton
- John Goodman
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Adam Sandler
as Satan (uncredited)
- Bradley Reid
- Matthew Steinberg
- Polly Shannon
- Taylor Howard
- Gerry Mendicino
