Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
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Critic Consensus: A relentlessly stupid comedy elevated by its main actors: Jim Carrey goes bonkers and Jeff Daniels carries himself admirably in an against-type performance.
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Cast
as Lloyd Christmas
as Harry Dunne
as Mary Swanson
as Helen Swanson
as J.P. Shay
as Joe Mentalino
as Nicholas Andre
as Beth Jordan
as Barnard
as Karl
as Billy
as Sea Bass
as Det. Dale
as Bobby
as State Trooper
as Bartender
as Cashier
as 1st Dale's Man
as 2nd Dale's Man
as Coroner
as Elderly Lady
as Mrs. Nuegeboren
as Reporter
as 1st Waitress
as Bus Stop Beauty
as Sea Bass Friend
as Flight Attendant
as Swanson Maid
as Anxious Man at Phone
as 2nd Waitress
as Nicholas' Girl
as Martial Artist
as Bikini Girl
as Bikini Girl
as Bikini Girl
as Bikini Girl
as Barber
as Concierge
as Diner Gawker
as Manicurist
as Masseuse
as Mutt Cutts Boss
as Airport Bystander
as Peeing Man
as Peeing Man's Friend
as Aspen Police Officer
as Preservation Partier
as Preservation Partier
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as Sexy Woman
as Sweater Friend
as Sweater Friend
as Sweater Friend
as Sweater Friend
as Sweater Friend
as Sweater Friend
as Wallbanger
as Preservation Partier
as Sweater Friend
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Critic Reviews for Dumb and Dumber
All Critics (50) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (17) | DVD (11)
The plot, of course, is merely an excuse for an endless series of gags, and the percentage of them that score is fairly high.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A movie that fully lives up to its name, right down to an opening credit sequence rife with intentional misspellings and grammatical errors.
Audience Reviews for Dumb and Dumber
An unpretentious comedy that never loses its fun and is non-stop laughs from beginning to end even after many viewings, relying on the hysterical raunchy humor that the Farrellys can get away with so well and on two amazing performances by Carrey and Daniels at their best.
Super Reviewer
"Dumb and Dumber" is about as passable as a kid cheating on a test in grade school. You may think you have a shot going in, but miraculously you pull off a B+. That is exactly what this film is. It is a character experiment about dumb characters getting into even dumber situations and how they overcome those obstacles with IQ's of 0. "Dumb and Dumber" pushes the limits of comedy in my opinion, because I do not believe that prior to your first viewing of this film, you would have any sense of just how gut-splittingly funny it would be. This film is by no means up with the greats of comedies, but I just have so much fun watching these guys do their thing and it shines off the screen. All "Dumb and Dumber" is, is a showcase for these actors to improv the hell out of these characters and they do so with no shame. This film succeeds at exactly what it tries to do and I laughed all the way through, but no, its not that great of a film at it's core.
Super Reviewer
Dumb is a complete understatement, Dumber still doesn't cut the grade.
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Dumb and Dumber Quotes
| Lloyd Christmas: | I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy. |
| Harry Dunne: | You were right, Lloyd. She was definitely worth the trip. |
| Lloyd Christmas: | Yeah. she's something, ain't she, Har? I'm glad we were able to help her out. |
| Lloyd Christmas: | Are you flying somewhere? |
| Lloyd Christmas: | So, where are you headin'? |
| Mary Swanson: | Yeah, how'd you guess? |
| Mary Swanson: | Aspen. |
| Lloyd Christmas: | Saw the luggage, and you're going to the airport, and i put them together. |
| Lloyd Christmas: | Hmmm, California! Beautiful! |
| Lloyd Christmas: | Where you going? |
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