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Dumb and Dumber (1994)

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Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:28

Rotten:17

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Lowbrow buffoonery hit commercial highs with 1994's DUMB AND DUMBER. When best friends and aspiring pet groomers Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey, in a star-making role) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels)... Lowbrow buffoonery hit commercial highs with 1994's DUMB AND DUMBER. When best friends and aspiring pet groomers Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey, in a star-making role) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) get fired, Lloyd convinces Harry to travel to Colorado to search for his dream woman--Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly). Little does Lloyd know that Mary's in Aspen trying to locate her kidnapped husband. Soon the dimwitted pair have gotten mixed up in the crime, and their wacky exploits are leading the FBI straight to the crooks. The Farrelly Brothers are at the peak of their twisted craft with this gut-busting comedy. But between such gross-out gags as Hary's Exlax overdose and Lloyd's deliriously over-the-top dream sequence, it's really the chemistry between Carrey and Daniels--and the charming naiveté of these two dunces--that lend the film a disarming sweetness. [More]

Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy

Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Charles Rocket, Teri Garr, Lin Shaye

Director: Peter Farrelly

Director: Peter Farrelly
Screenwriter: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Bennett Yellin
Composer: Todd Rundgren
Producer: Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler

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Aug 22, 1997

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The Farrellys' knack for stupid, Three Stooges-esque comedy writ larger by an infusion of heart excels with the complementary screen teaming of manic Jim Carrey and consummate screen actor Jeff Daniels. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
01/08/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

...it tickles the funny bone often enough to merit serious consideration among lowbrow comedies.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/18/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

[Featrues] a plethora of memorable scenes.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment 1 Comment
04/28/08
Mark Dinning
Mark Dinning
Empire Magazine

Dumb and Dumber, which features Carrey and Jeff Daniels as nitwits traveling cross-country, is a frayed string of gags posing as a movie. Carrey, though, does literal-minded doofdom with peerless enthusiasm.

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04/28/08
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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This gleefully lowbrow film is best enjoyed by the young, and by those who can still laugh at the passing of gas.

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04/28/08
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The wholeheartedness of this descent into crude and rude humor is so good-natured and precise that it's hard not to partake in the guilty pleasures of the exercise.

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04/28/08
Variety Staff
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Variety
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Gross to the max but very funny, this succeeds through energy, ingenuity and -- against all the odds -- the charm of its dopey leads.

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04/28/08
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This is a long way from the social comedy of Jerry Lewis. The characters here are ultimately turned into punching bags or punch-line dispensers.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 1 Comment
04/28/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Well titled and, for its purpose, a total success.

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03/20/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Gone are the days of John Belushi, where rudeness was raised to an art form.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment 2 Comments
04/16/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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01/13/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Given American cinema's current obsession with innocence and ignorance, at least this never romanticises its protagonists. They are genuinely, irredeemably, 100 per cent no-hopers.

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01/26/06
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11/04/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy

A gross-out classic.

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10/14/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

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10/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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we can see a lot of these laughs coming, and they don’t hold much staying power

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment 9 Comments
10/01/05
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

The 'limo'driver' line made the rest of the movie worth the trouble.

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08/14/05
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
ÜberCiné

a bit too dumb

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06/29/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

The funniest movie in the world.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment 10 Comments
10/29/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
 
 
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