Go in thinking stupid and you’ll feel right at home…
In 1994 the Farrelly Brothers took stupidity to new heights—or lows as some might suggest. They called it DUMB AND DUMBER which debuted to an impressive $16.4 million opening weekend.
The farce would ultimately enjoy $247 million in ticket sales and become a cult classic.
Question is, can Bobby and Peter Farrelly strike gold once again by re-teaming Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in DUMB AND DUMBER TO?
The answer is: MOST LIKELY!
Face it, we’ve come a long way since Lloyd and Harry were unleashed 20 years ago.
Beavis & Butt-Head revival, anyone?
Rob Riggle
OK, so our two heroes HAVEN’T picked up an ounce of smarts since 1994. The sequel picks up right where the original left off—sort of. It’s another road trip when Harry learns he has a daughter from a long ago one night stand.
Seems he’s now in need of a new kidney, so who better to get it from than his own (unknown) grown hottie kin? She’s attending a science conference where she’ll be delivering a speech for her brilliant but ill father. Confused? Well, the paternity is still in question.
Bottom line: Lloyd and Harry haul ass down the ‘BARBARA HERSHEY HIGHWAY’ to the convention site in El Paso, Texas – a “town named after the bean dip.”
So who really IS the girl in question’s “biographical father?”
It’s all much too complicated to reveal here. Lets just say that a lot of the idiotic material works and definitely pushes the film’s PG-13 ratings envelope.
“Did (mom) have a C-Section or was (the baby born) Snatcherly?’
You get the picture……
Kathleen Turner
There are some gut-busting moments throughout the proceedings including, the obligatory fart scene—but with a stinky twist.
Does D & D TO hold up?
Up to a point. The rapid-fire one liners hold things together even though at a 110 minutes, they’re pushing it! A tighter edit would’ve made things even funnier.
You WILL hate yourself for laughing at some of this stuff, but you won’t be able to help yourself. And if you’re willing to suffer through the film’s end credits, you’ll be rewarded with one final gag.
Think 2034.
Supporting this cinematic kick in the nuts are Laurie Holden, Kansas City’s Rob Riggle and Kathleen Turner (it took me a while to recognizer her).
For the ultimate enjoyment, DUMB AND DUMBER TO should have a two drink minimum requirement. Come to think of it, that’s what I had before the screening.
It scores a no-brainer C+.
(Reviewed at ALAMO MAINSTREET Theatre)
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All I wanna know is what took them so long?!?!?
Some nasty doings behind the scene—as in lawsuits over the prequel which bombed, etc.
‘Potshots’ [ because CG has yet to post his Chiefs kool-aid for Kerouac to narratively eviscerate ]
So Jim Carrey got a Mow Howard bowl haircut again…must have needed the cash – he reportedly got $7M (that’s 70 Woodrow Wilson’s) for the original D & D some 20 years ago (back when his hairline & career was headed in a different direction.)
Speaking of ‘Body Double’ (formerly ‘Body Heat’?), what’s eating Gilbert Grape – and what hasn’t Kathleen Turner been eating? Shades ‘MacGyver’s diet (RD Anderson’s latest invention the ‘eat yourself out of a career’ reverse defibrillator – shocking – big weight gains both, if not near as big Kardashian’s … )
Like the Chiefs, Kerouac loved her once upon a time – Kathleen, not Kim – now follow KC and KT moreso out of habit. She appears have lost momentum if not her appetite (actually a sufferer RA, reason; former MDA Telethon icon Jerry Lewis claimed that his cheeks blew up to Dizzy Gillespie proportion for awhile, due medically prescribed steroids.)
And then there is steady Jeff Daniels: no mega weight-gain nor mega star-loss (never suffered either), just a working class actor; as KC Confidential, the People’s Champion. Daniels is the kind of actor remembered more for the company he keeps (his co-stars, Carrey, for example) than his films: In ‘Something Wild’, remember Jeff due Melanie Griffith and her character’s response to a cop writing her a ticket:
Audrey ‘Lulu’ Hankel: “I was just admiring your bike.”
Police officer: ‘Oh, do you like motorcycles?’
Audrey ‘Lulu’ Hankel: “No, I just like big things between my legs.”
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‘Dumb & Dumber To’
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(Five is all they could afford aft paying Carrey again; addition Daniels, Turner, Holden & Riggle, an unremarkable cameo appearance by Bill Murray)
k you are a riot!!!!! where do you get this stuff???????????????
I watch KCindy try play football, and immediately am left in stitches…
Heard your review this morning, on the drive in, on the radio. Very well done and funny….
Thanks Paul, you’re too kind.
Wish I could’ve used a couple of the juicier jokes from the soundtrack of “DUMB AND DUMBER TO”—-but I rather play it safe…… 🙂
I dont think there is enough weed out there to make this funny
Did you actually see it or just making a blind observation?