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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
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Reviews Counted:127
Fresh:37
Rotten:90
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: This muddled comedy has a few laughs, but never sustains a consistent tone.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for brief language, some sexual humor and occasional humorous drug references
Runtime: 3 hrs
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Dec 21, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $110,332,737
Synopsis: Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Teá Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development, she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income, and their son's... Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Teá Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development, she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income, and their son's first language is Spanish thanks to spending so much time with nanny Blanca (Gloria Garayua). Things change in the blink of an eye when Dick is promoted to vice president of communications at Globodyne, where he has worked for years. His first order of business: to appear on a popular news show about business and money and lend his magic touch to news of Globodyne's earnings. But Dick doesn't know that Globodyne is about to tank, and in the midst of his interview the situation goes from bad to horrendous and he becomes the scapegoat. In the blink of an eye he is unemployed, his pension is bust, and he can't find a job to save his life. Their front lawn is even repossessed. To make matters worse, Jane quit her job as soon as Dick was promoted, their house has lost value, and their savings was in Globodyne stock. Months later the Harpers find themselves in increasingly dire straits. They resort to paying their nanny with appliances, selling all of their possessions and are facing foreclosure on their house when Dick has a brainstorm: he'll start to steal. Jane joins him, and soon the duo is dressing in elaborate costumes and robbing local businesses and homes. When their final job goes bust, they decide to go for the big heist: scamming Globodyne president Jack McAllister (Alec Baldwin) out of his stolen fortune. Dean Parisot (HOME FRIES) directs this remake of the 1977 film of the same name, which has been cheekily updated to incorporate the phenomenon of white-collar crime. Richard Jenkins and Carlos Jacott round out the cast. [More]
Starring: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Richard Jenkins, Alec Baldwin
Starring: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Richard Jenkins, Alec Baldwin, Carlos Jacott, Gloria Garayua
Director: Dean Parisot
Director: Dean Parisot
Producer: Brian Grazer
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Reviews for Fun with Dick and Jane
They are funny bits, but there are too few of them. Fun With Dick and Jane just isn't all that fun.
Neither bad nor particularly good, but just there, which may prove to be its biggest selling point in a season front-loaded with Oscar contenders.
Jim Carrey is hilarious as a man who slowly goes insane when his American Dream turns into a nightmare.
See Jim run. See Jim amusingly ad-lib. See Jim run his routine into the ground.
A sharp and funny 1977 comedy has been dumbed-down by turning it into a lame, overly broad Jim Carrey vehicle.
The only honest thing about the film was they didn't put a gun to your head and make you buy a ticket.
It's not exactly "fun" that you have with Dick and Jane. More like bewilderment, boredom and pain.
In striving for inspiration, Fun with Dick and Jane discovers moments of cleverness, but there aren't enough of them, nor are they sustained.
The movie errs badly when it forgets it's a comedy, ultimately positing Dick and Jane as middle-class antiheroes acting on behalf of little folk everywhere.
A congenial, end-of-year trifle aimed at providing families with somewhere to go after all the presents have been opened.
We're just having a bit of breezy Fun With Dick and Jane, yes, but the film works in a few subtle jabs too.
Most of it plays out as sub-medium-grade farce, but Carrey has some funny calisthenic bits where he appears to have the pliability of a rubber toy.
This is something that should have waited for the February doldrums when theatergoers are starved for entertainment.
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