Steve Martin plays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
Features:
- 7.2/10 IMDb rating
- 84% on Rotten Tomatoes
- Stars Golden Globe Nominee Steve Martin and Golden Globe Winner Bernadette Peters
- Directed by Emmy Award Winning director Carl Reiner
- Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film
Critic Reviews:
- “An oddball odyssey so strange, filled with non-sequiturs so funny, and decorated by a romance so sweet, it was an inevitable star-maker.” – Quickflix
- “An artless, non-stop barrage of off-the-wall situations, funny and unfunny jokes, generally effective and sometimes hilarious sight gags and bawdy non sequiturs.” – Variety
- “The comedy runs out of steam when the jerk makes good, but laugh for laugh it's probably a better investment than 10.” – Timeout