The movie that made Steve Martin a household name, the Jerk took audiences by surprise with its over the top comedy, immediately launching the next phase of the comedian's career and turning him into a film star overnight. The next time you want to laugh til it hurts, put The Jerk on your movie downloads queue. Directed by Carl Reiner, it's one of those classic films you need to see sometime in your life.
Martin wrote and stars as Navin R. Johnson, a "poor black child" from the south. He's never quite been able to fully appreciate the blues music his family is into, and one night, he hears what amounts to elevator music on the radio... His feet start tapping, it's white people music! He has to go out there and find his place in the world. From there, it's a rags to riches to rags and back again story that essentially serves as little more than a clothesline for Martin and the director, Carl Reiner, to hang some ridiculous scenes of comic excess.
Navin Johnson is one of the all time great comedy characters, a lovable fool who seems to find a way to misinterpret every single thing that happens to him, to, of course, comedic results. Just about every scene in the movie is a winner, with no jokes falling flat. The cast has a few familiar faces throughout, as legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh shows up for one of the movie's best scenes.
Bernadette Peters shows up as Johnson's girlfriend, and she is incredible. She can get just as zany as Martin, but she can also reel it in and play straight to his wild and crazy guy when the need arises. As a bonus, you won't be able to take your eyes off her. She's one of the most beautiful comediennes of all time.
Every scene is a classic. The "I don't need anything but this!" sequence is the most famous, but only a drop in the ocean alongside the gas station shootout, the cat juggling scene, and the courtroom presentation by "Celebrity Carl Reiner", with the film's director playing himself in one of the all time funniest film cameos.
Martin's follow up films, The Man With Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid... They had their moments, they're worth watching, but they never really achieved the consistent, beginning-to-end hilarity of The Jerk.
Since then, Martin has gone on to explore all sorts of realms of entertainment and art, with his novel Shop Girl, his own bluegrass music career, and even penning the script for the recent non-comedy film, Traitor, a taut political thriller starring Don Cheadle. Even with all of these other accomplishments, The Jerk is likely to go down as the movie he's remembered for.
Without a doubt: One of the funniest movies ever made. If you want to laugh yourself into the hospital, make sure you watch it sometime soon. Again, it is, without a doubt, one of the funniest movies ever, and some say perhaps the funniest movie ever made. Of course, that's your call to make, since it really is subjective, but... If you don't find this movie to be absolutely hilarious, then sorry, but your opinion is wrong!
Martin wrote and stars as Navin R. Johnson, a "poor black child" from the south. He's never quite been able to fully appreciate the blues music his family is into, and one night, he hears what amounts to elevator music on the radio... His feet start tapping, it's white people music! He has to go out there and find his place in the world. From there, it's a rags to riches to rags and back again story that essentially serves as little more than a clothesline for Martin and the director, Carl Reiner, to hang some ridiculous scenes of comic excess.
Navin Johnson is one of the all time great comedy characters, a lovable fool who seems to find a way to misinterpret every single thing that happens to him, to, of course, comedic results. Just about every scene in the movie is a winner, with no jokes falling flat. The cast has a few familiar faces throughout, as legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh shows up for one of the movie's best scenes.
Bernadette Peters shows up as Johnson's girlfriend, and she is incredible. She can get just as zany as Martin, but she can also reel it in and play straight to his wild and crazy guy when the need arises. As a bonus, you won't be able to take your eyes off her. She's one of the most beautiful comediennes of all time.
Every scene is a classic. The "I don't need anything but this!" sequence is the most famous, but only a drop in the ocean alongside the gas station shootout, the cat juggling scene, and the courtroom presentation by "Celebrity Carl Reiner", with the film's director playing himself in one of the all time funniest film cameos.
Martin's follow up films, The Man With Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid... They had their moments, they're worth watching, but they never really achieved the consistent, beginning-to-end hilarity of The Jerk.
Since then, Martin has gone on to explore all sorts of realms of entertainment and art, with his novel Shop Girl, his own bluegrass music career, and even penning the script for the recent non-comedy film, Traitor, a taut political thriller starring Don Cheadle. Even with all of these other accomplishments, The Jerk is likely to go down as the movie he's remembered for.
Without a doubt: One of the funniest movies ever made. If you want to laugh yourself into the hospital, make sure you watch it sometime soon. Again, it is, without a doubt, one of the funniest movies ever, and some say perhaps the funniest movie ever made. Of course, that's your call to make, since it really is subjective, but... If you don't find this movie to be absolutely hilarious, then sorry, but your opinion is wrong!
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