A lot of people that are reading this think that I am crazy. How could you give Dumb and Dumber 5 stars? That movie was just plain stupid. Come on man even you should have been turned off by the horrible quality of the movie. The movie wasn’t funny at all and no one should even think about giving it 2 stars let alone 5!

Well, I am writing this to prove you guys wrong. Sure I probably won’t change your mind about the movie at all, but at least you might have a better idea of why a lot of people were drawn to the movie.

I did not see Dumb and Dumber when it first hit the big screen. By looking at the previews I thought that the movie was going to be very unfunny. I thought wow; the Farrelly brothers (directors) are just going to be getting cheap laughs from the audience the entire time. I mean wow, Jim Carrey is in the movie, but what other actors does he have to work with? Jeff Daniels? Who is that? I had never seen him anywhere before this movie. So for all of these reasons I choose to skip seeing Dumb and Dumber at the theater.

Then one day came when I saw parts of the movie on T.V. I laughed so hard at some of the parts I went to the video store and rented the movie. I wasn’t expecting this to be the funniest movie of all time, but it did turn out to be exactly that.

What kind of a plot do we need for the funniest movie ever?

The basic plot of the movie is this: Our heroes, Harry Dunn (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) are fed up with life. I think the exact quote from Lloyd was:

We got no food…
We got no jobs…
OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!

It just so happens that earlier that day Lloyd met the most beautiful girl ever. I mean she actually talked to him! Anyway, as Lloyd was driving her to the airport she left her briefcase at the airport. Since Lloyd is such a caring guy, he takes the briefcase back home where he and is best friend Harry live. Lloyd and Harry both lost their jobs that day and decide that they are disgusted with life and need an adventure.

Lloyd realizing his opportunity to meet up with his newly acquired girlfriend talks Harry into going on a road trip to a little place called Aspen. Lloyd remembers that Mary (the woman that he drove to the airport) said that she was flying to Aspen. So our two guys are on their way to return the unopened briefcase to Mary. They figure that she will probably invite them in for tea and scrumpits so they get in their 84’ sheepdog and hit the road. The ensuing events are unpredictable and hilarious; you will have to see the movie to reveal anymore of the plot because I want you to be surprised.

We know that Jim Carrey is a great actor, but what about everyone else?

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are the two stars of the movie. The acting in the movie is great. Some of the faces that threes guys do is mind blowing. I have seen the movie with subtitles on and it is sort of fun to see what lines were improvised and which ones were not. There aren’t many improvised lines, but the actors add certain words to the end of their lines to make the scene a little bit funnier. Jim Carrey is completely hilarious in this movie, and surprisingly Jeff Daniels is too. I didn’t really know how Daniels was going to be because I hadn’t seen him in anything before, but he really did hold his own with Carrey. Sure Carrey made around 8 million for this movie and Daniels made less then 1 million, but people came to the movie to see Carrey, not Daniels. I was just so impressed that despite being the unknown actor in the movie how great Daniels was.

These guys have great chemistry together. In every scene you will see these guys play right off each other. They are extremely funny when they are both together.

The other actors in the movie are very unknown. I can’t remember their exact names, but I do know that the lead female character, Mary, was actually married to Jim Carrey while they were doing this movie. Weird isn’t it, Dumb and Dumber was a Farrelly brothers movie and Carrey fell in love with the lead female actress. Wasn’t Me, Myself, and Irene a Farrelly brothers movie? Didn’t Carrey fall in love with Rene Zellwiger (the lead female actress)? Seems a little coincidental, but when does the next Farrelly brothers movie come out staring Jim Carrey, because when it does we will just have to wonder what will happen between him and the lead female character.

So why is this movie funny, anyway?

Besides the great chemistry that Carrey and Daniels have together on screen, the great directing makes this film very funny.

Every scene in Dumb and Dumber is funny, in some way, it is funny.

The movie is called Dumb and Dumber and some of the humor is very stupid, but it is so stupid that you will force yourself to laugh. Here is an example of what I am talking about:

Harry: Lloyd my hands are freezing, I can’t feel them anymore, they are numb.

Lloyd: Yeah they do look sort of cold…why don’t you take this extra pair of gloves; my hands are staring to get sweaty.

Harry: You have had this extra pair of gloves, this whole time!?

Lloyd: Yeah, Come on Harry we’re in the Rockies.

Now these lines may not be funny just by reading them, but they are funny in the movie because of the expressions and the chemistry that Carrey and Daniels have.

The one-liners that these guys pull off are incredible too. You will have to see the movie multiple times to understand all of the jokes. There are so many jokes that you actually might miss them. Like when Lloyd says that “we are in a hole, we’re just going to have to dig ourselves out.” You might not understand that joke when you see it the first time. You might still not understand it. How do you dig yourself out of a hole? See now you get the joke, that is my point; you won’t catch everything the first time around.

Overall

The humor that we get from Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels is unmatchable. These guys are hilarious on screen together. This movie is by no means for everyone. A lot of people will think that the humor in the movie is “toilet humor” or just plain stupid. If you are a person that thinks this way you might want to either be in a really great mood or have a few alcoholic drinks in you before viewing this film. If you are a fan of Jim Carey then I am almost certain that you will enjoy this movie. Dumb and Dumber is full of laughs upon laughs and is the funniest movie that I have ever seen and I would like to thank D.Markusen for hosting this write-off. Go view his review and these other participants as soon as you can.
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Recommended:
Yes

Viewing Format: DVD
Video Occasion: Good for Groups
Suitability For Children: Suitable for Children Age 13 and Older