The Jerk fingerprintFunny.
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Hopeful and wholesome
Plenty of slapstick and situational comedy
Everyday modern life
Standout performances
Functional look and sound
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
The Jerk is fast-paced.
Hopeful and wholesome
Emotionally, it's hopeful and wholesome.
Plenty of slapstick and situational comedy
Expect plenty of slapstick and situational comedy.
Everyday modern life
Its world is built around everyday modern life.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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A rags to riches to rags story.
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The Jerk is included with a subscription to YouTube TV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, and Metacritic 61). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States.
1 h 34 min
The Jerk runs 1 h 34 min.
Yes. Critics average 72 and audiences 76 out of 100, so both groups see The Jerk much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $4 million to make and earned $100 million worldwide, 25.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+22GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Jerk in 36 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 80 storytelling tropes for The Jerk, including Dinner Order Flub, Double Standard: Rape, Female on Male, Kindhearted Simpleton.
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