The Jerk (1979)
- Directed by
- Carl Reiner
- Genre
- screwball comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 914 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A naive and clumsy man named Navin Johnson leaves his eccentric family to find his way in the world. He stumbles through a series of odd jobs and relationships, eventually becoming very rich and then losing it all.
sillygoofylightheartedzanyupbeatquirkyfast-paced
What happens
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Martin and Gottlieb). This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, and Jackie Mason. Critical reviews were mostly positive, and The Jerk was a major financial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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