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The Jerk
1979 93 Mins Audio: English Maturity Rating 16+Parent Guide Director Starring Customer reviews
Watch or Download The Jerk 1979. Director Carl Reiner, Cast Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams,
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags 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. Movie The Jerk
- Genres
- Comedy,
- Keywords
- wild comedy, blow, neominstrelsy, phone book, sharecropper, tennis court,
The Jerk Parent guide
- BBFC Reason
- Contains moderate sex references and soft drug use
- Sex & Nudity
- mild
- Sex & Nudity Reason
- A woman tries to seduce a man with sexual language, but he doesn't pick up on what she's doing. No nudity whatsoever is shown. Just some references. A letter regarding the scene mentioned above is read by Navin's grandmother to his family. In the letter he explains his sudden fondness for sex. The word "blowjob" is used in the text, without Navin understanding what it means. A man comes out of the bathtub and places his medium-sized dog in front of his private parts before trying to find someone. After running outside, he picks up a small dog and holds it behind him to cover his butt. No private parts are seen, and the scene is purely for comedic effect. This is similar to Austin Powers. Paintings of realistic, anatomically correct fully nude women are shown in a scene. This isn't sexual, it's similar to what you'd see in an art museum.
- Violence & Gore
- mild
- Violence & Gore Reason
- A crazy man shoots a gun at the main character in a random act of violence Comic violence.
- Profanity
- moderate
- Profanity Reason
- The N word is used 3 or 4 times. "Goddamn" and "bastard" are also used a few times Pervasive usage of shit A dog is named Shit-head.
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
- mild
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking Reason
- Drinking and smoking, marijuana use.
- Frightening & Intense Scenes
- none
- Frightening & Intense Scenes Reason
- This film would be PG-13 if it came out today. The R rating is a little outdated by today's standards. None.
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society,
- Countrie
- United States of America,
- Audio
- English
Director
Starring
Steve Martin
Bernadette Peters
Catlin Adams
Mabel King
Richard Ward
Carl Gottlieb
Dick Anthony Williams
Bill Macy
M. Emmet Walsh
Dick O'Neill
Maurice Evans
Helena Carroll
Ren Woods
Pepe Serna
Sonny Terry
Brownie McGhee
Jackie Mason
Gene LeBell
Carl Reiner
Larry Hankin
Howard Hesseman
Rob Reiner
Gailard Sartain
Lenny Montana
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