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Dirty Work

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Dirty Work

PG-13

Released Jun 12, 1998

1h 21m

Comedy

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Friends Sam (Artie Lange) and Mitch (Norm Macdonald) need $50,000 to pay for Sam's dad's heart surgery. When they're fired for getting revenge on their abusive theater-owner boss, they have a great money-making idea: a revenge-for-hire business. The friends are soon successful, but not all their clients are good customers. When real estate developer Travis Cole (Christopher McDonald) tricks them into vandalizing a building that isn't his, Sam and Mitch concoct their best revenge plan yet.

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Macdonald seems uncomfortable in the lead role as he tries to put an ironic spin on everything he says and does.

Rated: 1/4

May 15, 2025

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Jack Mathews

Newsday

"Dirty Work" is appallingly inept.

Rated: 1/4

May 15, 2025

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Norman Wilner

Toronto Star

It's Norm Macdonald who makes Dirty Work work -- without him, it really would be just another bad low-budget comedy starring some guy from Saturday Night Live.

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Sean P. Means

Salt Lake Tribune

The only person who generates a laugh is Don Rickles, who ad-libs his own stuff.

Rated: 0/4

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Bob Ross

Tampa Tribune

Low-brow humor has its place, and "Dirty Work" should have clean up in that category.

Rated: 2/4

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Bob Campbell

Newhouse News Service

For all the strained contortions of plot and motive, the movies gives us no reason to like its heroes.

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Jono L

What makes this movie so entertaining is that it is intentionally so over the top and ridiculous with no care or shame in the world. I loved this movie as a kid and I love it now.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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john b

I don't know why critics hate this. Yes, it's silly at times ,but overall full of laughs. Love the prison scene and the dead hookers in the trunk.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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Scott B

I'd love to see what's on the cutting room floor!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Perez R

Love Norm he is today and always the greatest

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Alec B

Remains a totally bizarre, often quite funny, 90s comedy. Goes without saying it was unfairly maligned but I do wish we had gotten to see the R rated cut.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Augustine J

Dirty Work is alright, but it's not for everyone. It feels like an Adam Sandler movie that Norm McDonald was plopped into. He does a good job, and by good job, I mean he literally just acts like Norm McDonald. If you like Norm McDonald, go ahead and watch this movie, you'll enjoy it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Synopsis

Friends Sam (Artie Lange) and Mitch (Norm Macdonald) need $50,000 to pay for Sam's dad's heart surgery. When they're fired for getting revenge on their abusive theater-owner boss, they have a great money-making idea: a revenge-for-hire business. The friends are soon successful, but not all their clients are good customers. When real estate developer Travis Cole (Christopher McDonald) tricks them into vandalizing a building that isn't his, Sam and Mitch concoct their best revenge plan yet.

Director: Bob Saget
Producer: Robert Simonds, Brad Grey, Ray Reo
Screenwriter: Frank Sebastiano, Norm Macdonald, Fred Wolf
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Robert Simonds Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 12, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.0M
Runtime: 1h 21m
Sound Mix: Surround

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