Joe Dirt (2001)
Directed by Dennie Gordon
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the irrepressibly optimistic Joe hits the road alone in search of his folks.
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The rest of the performers, including Brittany Daniel ("The Basketball Diaries"), Kid Rock (the singer making his feature film debut), Jamie Pressly ("Tomcats," "Ringmaster") and Joe Don Baker ("Tomorrow Never Dies," "Cape Fear") all deliver the same sort of uninspired caricatures.
Ostensibly written by Mr. Sandler and "Joe Dirt" scribe Fred Wolf, "Grown Ups" reunites five elementary school buddies for the funeral of their beloved basketball coach.
Co-written by Sandler with Fred Wolf (“Joe Dirt”), “Grown Ups” is a cliched variation on “The Big Chill” with a quintent of friends from childhood reuniting after the death of the coach who long ago guided them to a basketball championship.
It’s evident that Sandler couldn’t even be bothered to write the script he’s credited to having penned with Joe Dirt scribe Fred Wolf.
This film has only the suggestion of a script, credited to Sandler and Fred Wolf (whose screenwriting credits include such noteworthy titles as “Joe Dirt” and “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”).