Directed by Bob Saget from tv’s “Full House”, “Dirty Work” is 90s comedy about two losers just like “Dumb And Dumber”, “Wayne’s World”, “Tommy Boy”, “BASEketball” and “Friday”. The movie was intended to be raunchy and very vulgar but a lot of the content was cut as the studio wanted a film they could market more to younger teens. We are left with no nudity and no particularly harsh language but still has gags about rape, child molestation and dead prostitutes.

Mitch (Norm MacDonald “Screwed”) and Sam (Artie Lange “Beer League”) are best friends and real losers. When Sam’s father (Jack Warden “12 Angry Men”) has a heart attack and needs a transplant, Mitch and Sam decide to start a revenge-for-hire to pay for it.

Norm MacDonald seems completely false and his delivery of lines makes it seem almost like he’s aware that he is in a movie. It’s a very strange style of performance. Artie Lange is forgettable as Sam. Jack Warden is okay. Christopher McDonald “Quiz Show”) plays the bad guy, a rich businessman by the name of Travis Cole and he’s quite good but gets very little to do. Don Rickles (“Casino”, “Toy Story”), Gary Coleman (“On The Right Track”), John Goodman (“Barton Fink”) and Chevy Chase (“Fletch”) appear. This was also the last film to be released featuring Chris Farley (“Tommy Boy”). Adam Sandler (“Mr. Deeds”, “Big Daddy”) appropriately has a cameo as Satan.

There are a lot of jokes in here and some of them are okay but a lot of the film just falls flat. The idea of a revenge-for-hire business is great. I was reminded a little of Richard Pryor’s “Brewster’s Millions”, another comedy with a terrific premise and mediocre execution. There are some gross moments such as a scene where skunk mates with a chihuahua as well as a scene where a man recalls an incident where a prostitute bit his nose off. If that’s your type of humour then I say go for it but otherwise, skip “Dirty Work”.