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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

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Reviews Counted:127

Fresh:37

Rotten:90

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: This muddled comedy has a few laughs, but never sustains a consistent tone.

Runtime: 3 hrs

Genre: Comedies

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... 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]

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

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

Director: Dean Parisot

Director: Dean Parisot
Producer: Brian Grazer
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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A flattened jumble.

Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
12/20/05
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

Anyone familiar with the infamous Enron or WorldCom accounting scandals could have written this film (and possibly a better one)

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/20/05
David Levine
David Levine
Filmcritic.com

The movie's closing dedication to corporate scandals, including Enron, Tyco, Adelphia and WorldCom, is funny. Too bad the film itself isn't as clever.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
12/20/05
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

Fun? Not so much.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
12/20/05
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The rare Hollywood remake that, by daring to reinterpret its source material within a fresh political context, actually has a reason to exist; the results, if not exactly subtle, are still fun enough to fend off any charges of titular false advertising.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/20/05
Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Variety
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The film's overall frantic tone can't disguise the fact that the picture offers little delivery for all its buildup. Everyone involved with this production must have known there was a good movie somewhere, but no one's been quite able to find it.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/20/05
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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It's hard to find too much fault with a movie as cheerfully twisted as this one

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
12/20/05
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

It's inoffensive material with few laughs and even fewer jabs. And when the end credits thank guys such as Jeffrey Skilling and Bernie Ebbers, you'll swear it should be the other way around.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/20/05
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

Remakes, which rarely make sense, are even more questionable when what's being remade was underwhelming to begin with.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
12/20/05
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday

The fun in the film's title comes from watching comfortably middle-class people do without the usual buffers and privileges.

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12/20/05
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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A shrill remake that opts for shtick over satire.

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12/20/05
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
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It's so incoherent, you actually feel sort of insulted that the filmmakers think little enough of you to release it in this condition.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
12/20/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

It may be the holidays, but Carrey and his cohorts offer precious little cheer here...The first movie of this title...wasn't much fun, and this updating is even less so.

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12/20/05
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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Starts out as a nifty satire, then turns ghastly for most of its running time.

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12/20/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

[This] second-rate Jim Carrey movie is still better than most comedies.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
12/19/05
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

A sendup of Enron and companies like it without the earnestness of the documentary "Enron" but with the high spirits of a man who tries various ways to get back.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
12/18/05
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Parison keeps the action well paced so that there is not one minute that drags. This is a comedy of ultimate revenge. At 90 minutes, it's silly and enjoyable.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
12/18/05
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

Fun With Dick and Jane is exactly that - a bit of holiday fun.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/16/05
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Social commentary mingles with stupid comedy in this humorless update of a 1977 George Segal-Jane Fonda romp.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
12/16/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
 
 
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