History YMMV / JoeDirt

* ValuesDissonance: The rather liberal use of "Queer" as an insult and various other homophobic jokes definitely wouldn't fly today.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Many people feel that casting Kid Rock as Robbie was a stroke of genius, as he plays the character ''perfectly''

** Clem the Janitor. Creator/ChristopherWalken cameo role, ''hellllllooooooo?''

* {{Padding}}: The sequel is accused of this for having many scenes where characters simply talk for minutes with little else going on, drawing comparisons to a director's cut and severely affecting the pacing and humor of the film. While this was clearly apparent in the original release that clocked in at 106 minutes, a few minutes longer than the first film, some fans were terrified to hear about the extended version that ran at nearly two hours.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Although the first movie was by no means a masterpiece, audiences still felt the movie wasn't without its charms. The sequel on the other hand was largely detested by critics and fans alike, including those who enjoyed or loved the first movie, due to its humor, unnecessary time travel plot, a more serious tone and scenes that dragged on for far too long.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Clem telling Kid Rock that he'll "stab him in the face with a soldering iron" if he talks down on Joe again. It might not seem too awesome, until you realize [[Creator/ChristopherWalken who's playing Clem...]]

* OneSceneWonder: Clem the Janitor. Creator/ChristopherWalken cameo role, ''hellllllooooooo?''

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Clem telling Kid Rock that he'll "stab him in the face with a soldering iron" if he talks down on Joe again. It might not seem too awesome, until you realize [[Creator/ChristopherWalken who's playing Clem...]]
** Joe absolutely ''smokes'' Robby in a drag race at the end of the film when he finally gets his Hemi out of impound.
** [[spoiler: When Joe finally learns that his parents intentionally abandoned him, he becomes enraged and begins trashing their trailer [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while angrily berating them]].]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Joe's daydream about launching Roman Candles at an "Atom Bomb".
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Joe realizing who his true "family" was.
** [[spoiler: Brandy tells Joe that his parents didn't abandon him, he left them.]]
** The end of the sequel. [[spoiler: Joe's family loves him simply for who he is.]]

* TheWoobie: Joe, who is constantly treated like shit pretty much throughout his life and turns out to have extremely unloving parents.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Clem telling Kid Rock that he'll "stab him in the face with a soldering iron" if he talks down on Joe again. It might not seem too awesome, until you realize [[ChristopherWalken who's playing Clem...]]

* AnAesop: Home is where you make it.

** [[spoiler: Brandy tells Joe that his parents didn't abandoned him, he left them.]]

* CriticalDissonance: Critics hated it (Roger Ebert even listed it as one of his most hated films of all time), but audiences generally liked it. It even has enough of a [[CultClassic cult following]] that [=TBS=] was considering making it into an animated series at one point.

* {{Squick}}: The "meteor" Joe finds at one point during his travels as well as the "A-Bomb"

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Joe's parents didn't lose him at the Grand Canyon. They just left him. The only reason they wanted to see Joe again was he had become famous.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: Joe is very good at this.

** When Joe finally learns that his parents intentionally abandoned him, he becomes enraged and begins trashing their trailer while angrily berating them.

** Brandy tells Joe that his parents didn't abandoned him, he left them.

* CompleteMonster: Joe's parents. What kind of sick people simply ''leave'' their son at the Grand Canyon?

* CriticalDissonance: Critics hated it, but audiences generally liked it.

* MsFanservice: The girl who Joe forces to flash him when he has the "A-Bomb" strapped to his back.

* {{Squick}}: The "meteor" Joe finds at one point during his travels as well as the "A-Bomb"

* NeverLiveItDown: After being abducted by "Buffalo Bob", everyone asks Joe if he was harmed in certain ways, even though nothing terrible really happened.