Dumb and Dumber
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 This movie is not Dumb after all
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Dumb And Dumber is an 1994 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly, who cowrote with Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. It is the first installment in the Dumb and Dumber franchise.
The film was released on December 16, 1994, to mixed reviews from critics. It grossed $247 million at the box office and has since developed a cult following.
The film also spawned an animated TV series, a 2003 prequel, and a 2014 sequel.
Plot
The duo Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas get fired from their jobs and decide to go to Aspen as a road trip to return a missing briefcase full of millions of dollars to Mary Swanson who both Harry and Lloyd have a crush on.
Why It's Not Dumb At All
- Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels give out the funniest performances ever.
- The humor is so funny that it gives a lot of effort to put in.
- The most annoying sound in the world is actually funny and laughable at the same time.
- Great storyline.
- Harry's joke about mixing a bulldog and a shih tzu at the same time is actually funny and very creative.
- Great Characters like Joe Mentalino, Sea Bass, Mary Swanson, and others.
- Lloyd is actually more dumber than Harry proving that Jim Carrey can make lots of fans laugh.
- It's has heartwarming moments like Harry promising Lloyd that they will go to aspen together and end up hugging each other, Lloyd and Harry looking out for each other, and more.
- Funny and clever opening scene.
Dumb Qualities
- Some scenes can be a little gross like Harry taking a dump on the broken toilet at Mary's house and dumping it out the window, even though it's still funny to some people.
- Harry and Lloyd can be pretty mean spirited to each other at times.
- The movie can be cliche at some times.
- Another gross scene is in the extended version, where Lloyd is in the Bathroom and Sea Bass comes along as sexually rubs his crotch in Lloyd's face.
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 68% of 53 surveyed critics gave Dumb and Dumber a positive review; the average rating is 6.1/10. The site's consensus reads: "A relentlessly stupid comedy elevated by its main actors: Jim Carrey goes bonkers and Jeff Daniels carries himself admirably in an against-type performance". On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, it has a score of 41 based on reviews from 14 critics, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. It's regarded as one of the best comedies of the 1990s.