Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Box Office: $560,525
Synopsis:
In the Farrelly Brothers' ME, MYSELF & IRENE, Jim Carrey plays Charlie Baileygates, a Rhode Island State Trooper who develops a split personality disorder after his wife leaves him for an African-American midget genius. Due to years of denial and repression while raising triplet sons left...
In the Farrelly Brothers' ME, MYSELF & IRENE, Jim Carrey plays Charlie Baileygates, a Rhode Island State Trooper who develops a split personality disorder after his wife leaves him for an African-American midget genius. Due to years of denial and repression while raising triplet sons left behind by his wife and her lover, Charlie finally gets fed up with people taking advantage of his meek nature and snaps, taking on a lewd, aggressive second personality named Hank. Soon afterwards, Charlie is assigned by the police department to protect a woman named Irene (Renee Zellweger), who's being followed by some shady characters that want her dead. As the pair attempt to outwit their pursuers, the kind-hearted Charlie begins to fall for Irene, while battling his sleazy alter ego, Hank.
Back in full comedy mode after his more dramatic roles in THE TRUMAN SHOW and MAN ON THE MOON, Carrey once again displays his outlandish brand of physical humor. As with any Farrelly Brothers film, there are plenty of grossly funny yet good-natured moments. (In fact, Charlie's loving relationship with his three brilliant half-African-American sons is one of the film's best and funniest subplots.) Above all, it is the way that Carrey juggles the extreme personalities of Charlie and Hank--basically waging war against himself--that proves why he is one of Hollywood's best comedic actors.
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Anthony Anderson
Screenwriter: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Mike Cerrone
Producer: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Bradley Thomas
DVD Info
Release:
Apr 1, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case - Sensormatic
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- THX Mastered
- (unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentaries - Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly - Directors
- Behind-the-Scenes
- Featurettes
- Music Video - The Foo Fighters - "Breakout"
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailers
- 2. TV Spots
Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Pop-Ups - Extended Branching to Deleted Scenes
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Stills/Photos
DVD-ROM:
- Additional Text - Screenplay
- Games
- Storyboards
- Web Links
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Reviews
Consistently filthy and funny, with the Farrellys' usual attention to disability that will surely be misread as insensitivity to disability.
Involves a knock-down, drag-out fight between the two personalities. It's like watching Jerry Lewis and Buster Keaton duke it out while inhabiting the same body.
[Zellweger] shares nearly all her scenes with Carrey and doesn't get gobbled up by him. She's a lovely comic foil, a straight man that can take any number of hits.
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