“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser – Extended Edition” is a worthy sequel to the original and if you loved the first film, you’ll enjoy the second!
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TITLE: Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser – Extended Edition
YEAR OF FILM: 2015
DURATION: 109 Minutes
BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition, Color, 1:78:1 aspect ratio, English, French 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai 5.1 Dolby Digital, Subtitles: English, English SDH, Chinese, French, Indonesian/Bahasa, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
COMPANY: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
RELEASE DATE: January 5, 2016
Directed by Fred Wolf
Written by David Spade, Fred Wolf
Produced by Jaime Burke, Amy S. Kim
Executive Producer: Adam Sandler, David Spade
Associate Producer: Mark Behar
Line Produer: Brian Tanke
Cinematography by Timothy A. Burton
Edited by Joseph McCasland
Casting by Josh Einsohn
Production Design by Cecil Gentry, John Richoux
Art Direction by Jessica Navran
Set Decoration by John Richoux
Costume Design by Kim Martinez
Starring:
David Spade as Joe Dirt
Brittany Daniel as Brandy/1965 Ashleen
Patrick Warburton as Foggie/Guardian Angel
Mark McGrath as Jimmy Yauch/1965 Rory Yauch
Dennis Miller as Zander Kelly
Christopher Walken as Clem
Toby Bronson as Toby
Ron Flagge as Blake
Rhonda Dents as Galinda
The hicksterical sequel to the 2001 cult classic marks the return of our favorite mullet-headed hero, Joe Dirt (David Spade). Now happily married with a family, Joe Dirt is “keepin’ on†when he suddenly gets swept up in a tornado. The natural disaster transports him back 
can completely change the course of history—with disastrousloved ones in the present before he loses them forever. Also starring Brittany Daniel (TV’s “The Gameâ€), Patrick Warburton (TV’s “Rules of Engagementâ€), Mark McGrath (from the band Sugar Ray), Dennis Miller (TV’s “Dennis Miller Liveâ€) and Christopher Walken (Wedding Crashers).
Back in 2001, the Happy Madison David Spade comedy film “Joe Dirt” was released in theaters.
A story about a “white trash” loser turn antihero in search of his parents that left him in the middle of a desert and how he met the love of his life Brandy, the film would go on to make $31 million in the box office.
While the film was not a favorite among critics, for fans of Happy Madison films, were thrilled to hear that David Spade would reprise the mullet-sporting antihero “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” and the film would be featured on the online distributor of original web shows, Crackle.
The film would be directed by Fred Wolf (“Grown Ups” films, “Joe Dirt”, “Saturday Night Live”) and co-written by Wolf and Spade.
“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” stars David Spade (“Just Shoot Me!”, “Grown Ups” films, “Just Shoot Me!”), Brittany Daniel (“Sweet Valley High”, “The Game”, “Skyline”, “Joe Dirt”), Patrick Warburton (“Rules of Engagement”, “Ted”, “Family Guy”), Mark McGrath (“Sharknado” films, “Scooby-Doo”, “Father’s Day”), Dennis Miller (“Dennis Miller”, “Saturday Night Live”, “The Dennis Miller Show”) and Christopher Walken (“Wedding Crashers”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Pulp Fiction”).
And now “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Jan. 2016.
“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” begins Joe Dirt wanting to talk to anyone he can while waiting at the bus stop.
He then tells his story to a woman about how he met the love of his life, Brandy (portrayed by Brittany Daniel) and how they had female triplets.
But still, he was a loser and one who could not hold a job and make money for his family. He was still bullied and often, Brandy would come to his rescue.
But one day, a tornado comes to his area and he is swept up and transported back to the year 1965 and learns that by changing history, there are major consequences that may affect his relationship with the woman he truly loves
VIDEO:
“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser – Extended Edition” is presented in 1080p High Definition and in 1:78:1 aspect ratio. Picture quality is fantastic as the outdoor scenes look wonderful and vibrant. Closeups feature amazing detail, while skin tones are natural. I saw no problems with banding or artifacts.
“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser – Extended Edition” looks very good in HD!
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
As for the lossless audio, “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” is presented in English and French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai 5.1 Dolby Digital. There are moments of action-scenes, a lot of sound effects (i.e. fart noises) and also music use, but for the most part, dialogue and music are crystal clear and good use of surround channels for overall ambiance.
Subtitles are in English SDH, English, Chinese (Traditional), French, Indonesian/Bahasa, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” comes with no special features.
EXTRAS:
“Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” comes with an Ultraviolet code.
Before I begin my review, as always, I should begin with letting people know that Happy Madison films, may they be featuring Adam Sandler, David Spade, Kevin James, Nick Swardson and Rob Schneider, have not received the greatest reviews from film critics.
And for the most part, these comedies have been called juvenile, immature and for those expecting something deep. And for those who are open to the films, they either love them or they hate them.
David Spade films, the same situation. You either loved “Tommy Boy”, “Black Sheep”, “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star” or “Joe Dirt” or didn’t.
I approach Happy Madison films on the context of how much they make me laugh and how entertaining they are.
And I tend to have watched David Spade films with an open mind as I felt his work with Chris Farley were fun.
When “Joe Dirt” was released in theaters, it was interesting because the character was so left field and yeah, it poked fun on a group and Joe Dirt was just the dumb, often ridiculed loser who got himself in a lot of trouble but eventually became an anti-hero and finding himself a beautiful woman to marry.
Would a sequel even be possible? Would anyone even care?
Watching “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser – Extended Edition”, the same style of humor that made the first film a hit with its fans, features plenty of humor and I imagine quite a bit of improvised scenes.
Joe Dirt is married to Brandy, has triplets and raised them well, despite being bullied on, having to undergo a lot of unfortunate situations and somehow gets transported to the distant past? Or was he?
The situations are ridiculous, but I know there are people who will fall for the scenes with many minutes of flatulence.
Fart jokes, bestiality, dick, heavy nut sack jokes are still in full force. Even gay jokes, hidden within music names as Joe Dirt comes across the band of young men who would later become known as Lynyrd Skynard. The boys want to become more popular and Joe Dirt suggest for them to use a cool name like Lynyrd Skynrd based on the name of the P.E. coach they despise but instead, the guys go through names they would like to use such as Blue Oyster Cult, Wham, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, etc.
One lengthy scene involves Joe Dirt as a logger and his co-workers start bullying him and everyone including the female co-worker starts farting on him. Only for Joe Dirt to feel shame after his wife and three daughters see him being bullied and wonder why their father is enduring such abuse.
Another crazy scene features Brandy about to give birth and the doctors and the nurse all wanting to see what her privates look, before she gives birth. It’s no doubt out of left field and as the female doctor and the nurse start to look for the babies, they find themselves sexually attracted to each other.
Or another scene in which Galinda, an African-American woman is sitting at the bus stop and Joe tries to talk to her and immediately gives him a tongue lashing and calling him Forrest Gump, another scene that you just don’t expect and that is probably what makes “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” either appealing, audacious or to others, so darn wrong.
And for “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser”, there are so many of them.
It depends on how one responds to the jokes and I felt that there was no doubt that the writers wanted to make Joe Dirt 2, the ultimate trailer trash loser turn hero but to push the boundaries in some areas, but also not going too far and trying to keep things subtle.
With each Happy Madison film, I always explain how I’m not easily offended, nor do I dislike the films. I tend to find something entertaining about them because they are a short diversion from the more serious films I tend to review week after week.
Overall, “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser – Extended Edition” is a worthy sequel to the original and if you loved the first film, you’ll enjoy the second!
