DUMB AND DUMBER TO
PG-13
109 Minutes
Director: Farrelly Brothers
Writers: Sean Anders, Mike Cerrone, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, John Morris, Bennett Yellin
CAST
Jeff Daniels...Harry Dunne
Jim Carrey...Lloyd Christmas
Rob Riggle...Travis/Captain Lippincott
Laurie Holden...Adele
'Do you worry at all about being typecast? At all. I mean, do you worry about always being the guy in the toilet? I mean....Jeff 'Diarrhea Head' Daniels.'
-SNL, Season 20 Episode 10 (Chris Elliot)
This reviewer is not afraid to admit he likes Jim Carrey movies. I don't care if Matthew Broderick killed the guy in Ireland, it was an accident. The original Dumb and Dumber was the funniest movie ever made. As for DUMB AND DUMBERER, the prequel...Let's pretend that was never made.
Don't get me wrong. I recognize that Jim Carey hasn't made a good movies since ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. Yes, 'blessed are those who forget'; they don't have to remember those awful films.
DUMB AND DUMBER TO continues 20 years later. For some reason, Jim Carrey feels compelled to wear a really bad wig. Anyway, Harry and Lloyd are looking for Harry's long lost daughter. This is where the very long and pointless journey begins. They find the daughter, and her adoptive father is wealthy. This man's attractive wife is trying to kill him, for all his money. That's it, plot-wise. You wait your whole life for this moment, when you walk into a movie theater, to see the sequel to DUMB AND DUMBER. It's all very disappointing, the entire mess of a film. An unsatisfying, cliché-riddled sequel.
Part of me senses Jeff Daniels didn't put enough effort into this movie. I can just see it now, Jeff is in bed, with his reading glasses on. He has two scripts on the nightstand. One is for THE NEWSROOM, and the other is for DUMB AND DUMBER TO. Is he really going to be looking over the script for this film, while huffing paint to get into character? You're dumber than Harry and Lloyd if you think so.
There were more funny gags than most films. But the jokes weren't the problem. DUMB AND DUMBER TO lacked the heart and soul of the first one, and it wasn't as funny. I guess what I'm really yearning for is a John Hughes movie experience. So this Thanksgiving I recommend watching PLANES TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES instead.
Final Verdict: 60 out of 100