The Jerk (1979)
Directed by Carl Reiner
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
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It reminded me of Steve Martin in "The Jerk," where his parents were black, and it never occurred to him to question the matter).
He's like Steve Martin in The Jerk, only much, much less inspired.
In the tradition of Steve Martin's The Jerk, Carrey here plays a guy who just couldn't be any more stupid and not drown in a rainstorm.