Metacritic reviews

Spade, who almost invariably plays smug or smarmy characters, proves he really can act.

This underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm.

Ends up blowing its own joke. Instead of making Joe blissfully arrogant in his Southern rock dude myopia, it turns him into a shuffling masochistic loser.

If you are in touch with your inner 14-year-old child, you could do worse.

This sentimental comedy is generally sweet natured.

It's only when you see the movie that you discover how completely the film misses opportunities to develop these ideas into anything like movie comedy.

Joe Dirt is so obviously a construction that it is impossible to find anything human about him; he is a concept, not a person.

What makes it so disappointing is that the movie is just another sub-Farrelly-brothers collection of miscellaneous gags.

All failed concept and misfired comedy.

Sandler and Spade continue their avid quest to dumb down America.