Dirty Work (1998)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Bob Saget

Writers (WGA):

Frank Sebastiano (written by) &
Norm MacDonald (written by) ...

Release Date:

12 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Revenge is a dish best served DIRTY.

Plot:

A loser finds success in the revenge-for-hire business.

Plot Keywords:

Job | Revenge | Hallucinogen | Bar Fight | Bully

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 16	4:30 PM	COMEDY
Fri. July 17	11:30 AM	COMEDY

Cast

Norm MacDonald	...	Mitch Weaver
Artie Lange	...	Sam McKenna
Jack Warden	...	'Pops' McKenna
Traylor Howard	...	Kathy
Don Rickles	...	Mr. Hamilton
Christopher McDonald	...	Travis Cole
Chevy Chase	...	Dr. Farthing
Bradley Reid	...	Mitch (at 8 Years Old)
Matt Steinberg	...	Mitch (at 16 Years Old)
Joseph Sicilia	...	Sam (at 8 Years Old)
Austin Pool	...	Sam (at 8 Years Old) (as Austin John Pool)
Gerry Mendicino	...	Manetti
A. Frank Ruffo	...	Aldo
Hrant Alianak	...	John Kirkpatrick
Michael Vollans	...	Derek (at 10 Years Old)

Also Known As:

Sale boulot (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor and language.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #35570) | Iceland:L | UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Howard Stern was offered a cameo appearance as Satan but turned it down. Adam Sandler ended up with the role.

Goofs:

Continuity: Before Sam and Mitch enter the house to put fish in it Sam can be seen with a big, black contraption on his back. When they enter the house, it is no where to be seen.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Derek: Hand over the milk money, Weaver.
Mitch: I'm afraid I can't do that, Derek. I'm just not sure you'll spend it on milk.

Movie Connections:

References Moulin Rouge (1952)

Soundtrack:

Tubthumping

Guaranteed to make you chuckle

Living in the UK I know very little about 'Saturday Night Live' comedy and I went in to this film with very little expectations and was pleasantly surprised with the result. In fact it turned out to be the funniest film that I have seen for a long while. It's laugh a minute stuff, serving up a lot of crude humour with a few daft situations which cannot fail to draw a snigger. The plot is simple:- a loser (Norm MacDonald) has to raise $50,000 to help get a heart donor for his best friends dad (Veteran actor, Jack Warden in fine form) so to do this the buddies set up their own 'revenge for hire' business with hilarious consequences. Watch out for humorous cameos by the likes of Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, John Goodman and Gary Coleman.