Dirty Work 4K 1998

Bob Saget, known for his stand-up performances and role in the sitcom Full House, directed the 1998 film Dirty Work. The film was quite good.

Among others, the lead actor Norm Macdonald was the screenwriter. The film can be classified as a buddy movie with a comedic slant. Dirty Work is definitely not a masterpiece, but it looks interesting. The film is simple but inventive, and most importantly, heartfelt. In the late nineties, many different films were released. Some differed from what we had seen before, while others remained stuck in the past. Dirty Work is more like the films of the early to mid-decade, and this only benefits the film.

The main roles are played by Norm Macdonald and Artie Lang, and their duo looks pretty good. The supporting roles and background roles are played by Jack Warden (The Hard Child 1-3), Taylor Howard (Monk, Son of the Mask, Me, Myself & Irene), Don Rickles (Dennis the Menace 2), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise, Requiem for a Dream), Chevy Chase (Vacation, Fletch, Community), Polly Shannon (Sleep with Me, Breakdown, The Boys with the Brooms), David Koechner (The Big Feast, Anchorman 1-2, Piranha 3DD), Rebecca Romijn (X-Men 1-3, Femme Fatale, The Punisher), Chris Farley (Beverly Hills Ninja, Tommy Boy), Kevin P. Farley (Paranormal Movie), John Goodman (Roseanne, The Big Lebowski, Argo), Adam Sandler (Billy Madison, Lucky Gilmore), Gary Coleman (Various Moves), Bess Motta (Terminator). As you may have noticed, many of the guest stars are comedians. All of them are familiar to many viewers, if not by name and their work, then as artists they have “seen somewhere.”

The film's soundtrack features a dozen excellent tracks, including KMFDM, Green Day, and even AC/DC. What could be better?

The result is a decent film that may not measure up to the hits of those years, but is nonetheless interesting and, in some ways, even original. I recommend it to all comedy lovers (especially fans of 90s comedies), stand-up fans (there are quite a few artists of this genre in the film), and fans of heartfelt cinema.