The Jerk

1979·Movie
1h 34min
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69/100
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7.1
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100|7.1
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A rags to riches to rags story.

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Slapstick ComedyRags to Riches StoryNaive ProtagonistSilly HumorPop Culture ParodyFeel-GoodSimple Narrative1970s Nostalgia

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Directed by:
Carl Reiner
Written by:
Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
Produced by:
Penny Perry, David V. Picker, Geno Havens
Composed by:
Jack Elliott

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