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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Gross-Out Comedy, Absurd Comedy
• Themes: Unlikely Heroes, Unrequited Love, Kidnapping
• Director: Peter Farrelly
• Main Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Teri Garr, Karen Duffy
• Release Year: 1994
• Country: US
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play the title roles (though viewers may find themselves debating which is which) in this genially low-brow comedy. Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) are two intellectually-challenged best friends who share an apartment so messy that gangsters aren't sure how to trash the place; the guys also have a certain problem (not difficult to understand) holding on to jobs. Lloyd is working as a limo driver in Rhode Island when he picks up a beautiful and wealthy woman named Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly) who is being taken to the airport. Lloyd immediately falls head over heels in love with Mary, and when she leaves a briefcase at the airport, he's determined to return it in hopes of impressing her. Lloyd isn't able to get aboard Mary's flight (though not for lack of trying). Harry has a van decorated to look like a dog (to promote his failing dog-grooming business), and the pair hop in the Poochmobile to find Mary in Aspen. What Lloyd and Harry don't know is that the briefcase is full of money, which Mary deliberately left at the airport as a ransom payment to save the life of her kidnapped husband. Incidentally, Lloyd's chipped front tooth happens to be real; while Jim Carrey had the injured tooth capped many years ago, he thought a broken smile would suit Lloyd's character and had the cap removed for the duration of filming. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Review

No one can accuse Dumb and Dumber of holding anything back: If you're going to make a slapstick movie that includes giving a dead bird to a blind kid, you might as well do it right. The movie cemented Jim Carrey's status as a full-fledged Hollywood star; the enthusiastic Jeff Daniels is perfect in the role of his amiable companion. Brothers Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly concoct truly memorable, laugh-out-loud comic moments. As with the brothers' infamously funny There's Something About Mary (1998), Dumb has something of a heart beneath all the silliness and laxative jokes. Their scattershot approach to comedy produces more than a few misses, but for crude, unabashed slapstick fun, Dumb and Dumber will not disappoint. ~ Matthew Doberman, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jim Carrey - Lloyd Christmas
• Jeff Daniels - Harry Dunne
• Lauren Holly - Mary Swanson
• Teri Garr - Helen Swanson
• Karen Duffy - J.P. Shay

Mike Starr - Joe Mentalino; Charles Rocket - Nicholas Andre; Victoria Rowell - Beth Jordan; Cam Neely - Sea Bass; Felton Perry - Detective Dale; Clint Allen - Coroner; Helen Boll - Swanson Maid; Hank Brandt - Karl Swanson; Cecile Krevoy - Airport Bystander; Hillary Matthews - Waitress #2; Rob Moran - Bartender; Connie Sawyer - Elderly Woman; Lin Shaye - Mrs Nuegeboren; Mark Levine - Preservation Partier; Joe Baker - Bernard; Harland Williams - State Trooper

Credit

Debbie Lee Carrington - Stunts; Brad Jenkel - Associate Producer; Don Shanks - Stunts; Steven Stabler - Producer; Bob Terhune - Stunts; John Branagan - Stunts; Christopher Greenbury - Editor; Norman Howell - Stunts; Mark Irwin - Cinematographer; Brad Krevoy - Producer; Gerald T. Olson - Executive Producer; Chad Oman - Associate Producer; Todd Rundgren - Composer (Music Score); Rick Montgomery - Casting; Dan Parada - Casting; Sidney Bartholomew Jr. - Production Designer; Bobby Farrelly - Co-producer; Bobby Farrelly - Screenwriter; Peter Farrelly - Director; Peter Farrelly - Screenwriter; Aaron Meyerson - Executive Producer; J.B. Rogers - First Assistant Director; Jonathan "Earl" Stein - Musical Direction/Supervision; Arlan Jay Vetter - Art Director; Charles B. Wessler - Producer; Bennett Yellin - Screenwriter; Mary Zophres - Costume Designer; Richard K. Wright - Properties Master

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