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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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Reviews for Dumb and Dumber

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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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
01/26/06
Time Out
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[Featrues] a plethora of memorable scenes.

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

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/28/08
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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 9 Comments
10/29/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

we can see a lot of these laughs coming, and they don’t hold much staying power

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment 3 Comments
10/01/05
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

An uneven collection of bodily function jokes, facial gyrations, sexual jibes and pedestrian slapstick.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 3 Comments
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

An execrable catalogue of doody jokes, Dumb and Dumber is an abominable, abdominal comedy.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 3 Comments
01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

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
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Farrelly, quite simply put, does not appear to have the slightest clue about comic timing.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment 2 Comments
01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews

This gleefully lowbrow film is best enjoyed by the young, and by those who can still laugh at the passing of gas.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment 1 Comment
04/28/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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This virtually laughless movie makes rude junior high school pranks seem positively sophisticated.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The title says it all

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10/02/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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06/14/03
Toronto Star
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08/27/04
Audrey Rock-Richardson
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Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

No review available.

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10/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.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

No review available.

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07/02/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
 
 
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