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Overview
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.3/10
IMDb: 5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 31%
Metacritic: 36
TMDB: 5.6/10
Director
Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Production
New Line Cinema, Universal Pictures, Conundrum Entertainment, Red Granite Pictures
Cast
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Laurie Holden, Rachel Melvin, Kathleen Turner, Rob Riggle, Tembi Locke, Paul Blackthorne, Brady Bluhm, Patricia French, Steve Tom, Don Lake, Eddie Shin, Atkins Estimond, Tommy Snider, Lindsay Ayliffe, Matty Cardarople, Bill Murray, Grant James, Taylor St. Clair
Where to watch
Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A broad, lowbrow sequel that occasionally lands on the strength of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reuniting, but mostly feels like a late, unnecessary retread of the original. If you want crude road-trip stupidity and can tolerate a lot of recycled energy, there are some laughs; if you want the charm or surprise of the first film, this is a downgrade.
Best for
fans of the original who just want the duo back together
viewers in the mood for crude, absurdist slapstick
people who don’t mind a sequel that leans on nostalgia
Skip if
you want fresh writing or a genuinely inspired sequel
you’re sensitive to gross-out and juvenile humor
you loved the original and don’t want it diluted by repetition
Overview
Dumb and Dumber To is the kind of sequel that survives on recognition more than invention. The core appeal is still the chemistry between Carrey and Daniels, who can make even the stupidest exchange feel committed and oddly precise. When the movie remembers that, it can be funny in a dumb, shameless way.
Worth noting
But most of the film is built from recycled rhythms, extended bits, and a story that exists mainly to move the characters from one gag to the next. The road-trip structure is familiar, the jokes are often hit-or-miss, and the whole thing arrives so late that it can’t help feeling like a cash-in on a much better memory.
Bottom line
Still, there’s a certain audience for this sort of comedy: people who want loud, crass, and unapologetically juvenile nonsense. For them, the movie may be uneven but not entirely wasted. For everyone else, it’s a reminder that some comedies are funnier in hindsight than in practice.
Top Letterboxd reviews
James (Schaffrillas) (2★) · 692 likes
Not without its moments but yeah just about what I expected!
DirkH (1★) · 291 likes
The fact that they totally missed that spelling error in the title is perhaps the funniest thing in this rehash of stuff that also wasn't funny the first time round.
Mikael Stånggren (2★) · 282 likes
Dumb and Dumber:
Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - "Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? EERHHHHHHH!!!!" - Hit - Hit - Hit - Miss - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - "Nice hooters!" - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit - Hit… more
MizfitMathew (3★) · 181 likes
This was...way better then I thought it would be.
As a huge fan of the original, I've avoided this. For 12 years now.
Kind of like the whole joke in the beginning...I gave it some time to breathe.
I've seriously seen the original at least 250 times. No joke.
We used to watch the original on vhs every morning before school.
In high school, my buddy and I would go pick our friend up in the morning before high school,… more
Cian Mulligan (4.5★) · 181 likes
It’s time to admit that I’m a fraud and I don’t actually love all of these niche foreign language films.
In reality, I wanna watch more films like this.