6.3
Hooper
1978
“The world's funniest funny man is back!”
Hardly Working (1980)
January 30, 19801h 31mEN
4.6
19 votes
Overview
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
Director
Jerry LewisWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3.4M
Revenue
$49.0M
Production Companies
20th Century FoxHardly Working
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1.0I thought _Hey! Jerry Lewis is funny right? How bad could this be?_ It's horrible. Fifteen minuets in and I am not even cracking a smile. Believe me, I like a good classic comedy. Especially some good tame light-hearted humor. But this was just horrendous. The movie is essentially a bad sketch comedy film with various scenes of Jerry Lewis making a jackass out of himself. He stars as an out of work circus clown looking to fulfill various odd jobs. Each ending in disaster. Much like the disaster that this movie ended up becoming. It's horribly dated, horribly offensive, horribly under-f…
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