Blu-ray Review – Dirty Work

With the one-two punch of "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore," Adam Sandler created his own subgenre of dumb guy comedies, filled with absurdities, grotesqueries, and non-acting. Spreading the love, Sandler brought in comedian friends and "Saturday Night Live" co-stars to help populate the productions, even extending star vehicles to a chosen few. 1998's "Dirty Work" was intended to bring big screen glory to star Norm Macdonald, fitting his specialized sense of humor for multiplex distribution, saddling the untamable comic with a plot that demanded a little more than expertly timed wisecracks. Audiences weren't interested in Macdonald or "Dirty Work" during its initial theatrical release; The Sandler Effect didn't come through. However, what's here isn't immediately dismissible, and while the feature contains all sorts of unpleasant material, it's actually quite entertaining and periodically hilarious. It's barely an effort from director Bob Saget, but the movie has its moments if expectations are brought down as low as humanly possible. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com