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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 126 Fresh: 36  Rotten:90 Average Rating: 4.9/10
 
Consensus: This muddled comedy has a few laughs, but never sustains a consistent tone.
 

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Runtime: 3 hrs

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 first language is Spanish thanks to spending so much time with nanny Blanca (Gloria Garayua). Things... 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]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Richard Jenkins, Alec Baldwin, Carlos Jacott

Director: Dean Parisot
Producer: Brian Grazer
Composer: Theodore Shapiro

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 4, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Bonus Footage - 1. Gag Reel
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes

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A razor-sharp satire on class struggle and the evaporating America dream, which adroitly masquerades as a screwball star turn.

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If fun means money, this is near bankrupt.

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Peter Bradshaw
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01/20/06
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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A more accurate title would be Not Much Fun With Dick and Jane - Carrey and Leoni keep this watchable but it's painfully light on laughs throughout.

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01/19/06
Matthew Turner
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Anyone who likes comedy with an edge will be disappointed at the way this film abandons its clever premise.

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Logan Hill
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The downward mobility of the middle class straight to the poverty level, or crime often not as evil, but rather economic desperation, are plot points hardly likely to sit well with those who control this economy and profit from it.

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06/23/07
Prairie Miller
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An entertaining and zippy 87 minutes.

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03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
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Robert Roten
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11/24/06
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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In a strange way, it's fitting that a movie about people out of work should itself barely work.

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09/22/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
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This cynical look at how the American family can only achieve their dreams through crime is a bit more of a political statement rather than comedic entertainment.

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08/24/06
Michael Szymanski
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Peter Sobczynski
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