Classic Friday : The Jerk (1979) 7/10

Starring : Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King
Director : Carl Reiner
Running Time : 94 mins

Navin R Johnson (Martin) has spent most of his life living with his poor black family, until one day he decides to head into the city to make his fortune. When there he stumbles upon a brilliantly simple invention which will revolutionise the glasses industry, but it isn’t long before he finds himself exploited by society as everyone tries to take his money from him.

This is a great example of Steve Martin’s talent, and it’s just a shame he’s begun to slow down as he gets older. This is probably quite an over rated movie, it’s not the best comedy ever written, but it is still a nice silly movie which is just as fresh today as it was almost 30 years ago.

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