Hardly Working (1980)

46% User Rating

1h 31min

"Jerry Lewis: The Original Jerk"

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.

Jerry LewisDirector

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Jerry Lewis

Bo Hooper

Susan Oliver

Claire Trent

Roger C. Carmel

Robert Trent

Deanna Lund

Millie

Harold J. Stone

Frank Loucazi

Steve Franken

Steve Torres

Buddy Lester

Claude Reed

Leonard Stone

Ted Mitchell

Jerry Lester

Slats

Billy Barty

Sammy

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Rating 10%

August 3, 2017

I 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-funded, horribly acted and written. It's just plain horrible. It might be the worst movie of 1980 and it's only my second feature in. Jerry Lewis is way past his prime and just can't find the groove. I read that the producers had actually wanted to market this as competition for the superior Steve Martin picture, _The Jerk_. Taglines were actually written as _The Original Jerk_. Can you believe that! _THE ORIGINAL JERK__!_