what happened to Steve Martin? i realize the IRS comes a-knockin' and all, but it's getting increasingly harder (with the exception of Shopgirl) to justify my assertions that he's one of the funniest, smartest men in show business. The Jerk doesn't so much highlight the latter of those accolades, but it's the former in spades; Martin works from a script adapted primarily from bits and pieces of his brilliant 70s stand-up work, and it all fits together better than could be imagined, resulting in a pinnacle of the usually-dreadful genre of comedic star vehicles. Martin is charming and goofy, Bernadette Peters is radiant, and i'm tempted to just type out lines from the film, which i've seen far too many times by now, but i don't know how to pick favorites.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
carl reiner's THE JERK (1979)
what happened to Steve Martin? i realize the IRS comes a-knockin' and all, but it's getting increasingly harder (with the exception of Shopgirl) to justify my assertions that he's one of the funniest, smartest men in show business. The Jerk doesn't so much highlight the latter of those accolades, but it's the former in spades; Martin works from a script adapted primarily from bits and pieces of his brilliant 70s stand-up work, and it all fits together better than could be imagined, resulting in a pinnacle of the usually-dreadful genre of comedic star vehicles. Martin is charming and goofy, Bernadette Peters is radiant, and i'm tempted to just type out lines from the film, which i've seen far too many times by now, but i don't know how to pick favorites.
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