KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

ssaimeri The Jerk – Carl ReinerA lovable loser and the constant hijinks that lead him from the bottom all the way up to the top… back unto the bottom again.Steve Martin plays Navin Johnson a non-coordinated young white man born and raised under the roof of a black family in rural Mississippi. A story experimenting with the age-old tale of an adopted son or daughter and his or her quest towards finding out who they truly are. The main character finds his way around the country, relying on his unwavering positive outlook and quite a bit of good luck. Beginning from home he moves on out to a beginners job. From this job he joins the circus and experiences love firsthand. After losing the gal he drops to nothingness and emptiness. From nothingness though comes the stage of obscene richness only to end again with utter nothingness. In Carl Reiner's take on a classical bildungsroman, Navin Johnson experiences it all on his trip to understand himself.

dseifert623 The Jerk was on and I 'd always heard what a comedic gem this was so I watched.And I waited.I didn't laugh once nor did I even crack a smile. I am a big Steve Martin fan but this just didn't work on any level. The scenes played more like skits that were loosely tied together but mostly I was just scratching my head and saying "What the"? The only scene that played true was when Navin was trying to tell his dog goodbye and before he could he finish his nonsensical rant, the dog ran away! I felt his pain. There are many great comedy films that came out of the 70's, but this is not one of them.

LeonLouisRicci Sweet Comedy from Carl Reiner and Steve Martin that is Not Flawless, but Darn Near. Like Most Comedies Not Every Joke Works, but Darn Near. Happily Absent are Relentless Vulgarities that Infiltrate Comedies Nowadays.The Stream of One-Liners and Sight Gags ("We built a bigger house.") that are Sharp and Senseless Make this One of the Most Enjoyable Movies in the Genre and it Holds Up Quite Well Decades After its Release.When Two Great Artists Team Up like Martin and Reiner and Deliver Such a Delightful Humorfest it Renews the Faith in What Movie Comedies Can Deliver at Their Best. What Makes this Work so Well is the Combination of Cutting Edge Satire with Lovable Characters. It is Special and Not that Common with Comedies.While Steve Martin's Career Choices are a Very Mixed Bag (Martin has said that only one third of His sixty odd Films makes Him proud), this is the One of That Launched His Checkered Filmography and is Routinely Considered a Great Debut and has been Rated One of the Most Popular Comedies of All Time.Not Perfect, but Darn Near with Many Quotable Lines and a Joy to Behold. Ironically, Steve Martin and Carl Reiner are Both Underrated but the Best of Both Need to be Rediscovered and Re Evaluated for a Fresh Perspective and a New Respect, Especially Considering what has Passed for Success in the Genre and Made Zillionaires of Mediocre Talents in Recent Years. Adam Sandler are Your Ears Burning?

SnoopyStyle Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) is down and out. He tells the story of his life. He grew up as a poor black boy with his black family. He's a clueless naive manic idiot who goes to the big city St. Louis. He gets a job at the gas station from Harry Hartounian (Jackie Mason). It's a random series of crazy events. He invents a way to support glasses and salesman Stan Fox (Bill Macy) goes 50-50 with him. A madman (M. Emmet Walsh) is after him for no good reason. He escapes to join the carnival as Guess Your Weight. He's taken by rough stunt bike rider Patty Bernstein (Catlin Adams) but he falls for sweet Marie (Bernadette Peters). Marie runs away and he ends up in L.A. That's where he reconnects with Stan Fox and finds out he's wildly rich.It's ridiculous and it's even funny. Steve Martin is putting all his skills of performance and writing to work in his first feature starring role. It's like half of 'Dumb and Dumber'. That's really my only wish. I wish he had another comedian to play off of. It would be even better if he was a comedy duo. He's funniest when Bernadette Peters is with him. This is completely ridiculous and stupid. That's where most of the humor comes from.