Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
Ratings
Curator score: 3.3/10
IMDb: 7.3/10
Letterboxd: 3.37/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 70%
Metacritic: 41
TMDB: 6.7/10
Director
Peter Farrelly
Production
New Line Cinema, Motion Picture Corporation of America
Cast
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Teri Garr, Charles Rocket, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Felton Perry, Hank Brandt, Brad Lockerman, Victoria Rowell, Brady Bluhm, Cam Neely, Rob Moran, Joe Baker, Kathryn Frick, Zen Gesner, Lawrence Kopp, Clint Allen, Connie Sawyer
Curator Review
Verdict
A peak 90s gross-out road comedy with huge, elastic performances and a surprisingly sweet buddy dynamic. Its jokes are broad and often absurd, but the movie’s commitment to the bit makes it a classic for fans of high-energy, quotable comedy.
Best for
fans of broad slapstick and physical comedy
viewers who like dumb-but-sincere buddy comedies
people in the mood for endlessly quotable 90s comedy
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels fans
Skip if
you dislike crude, juvenile humor
you need tightly plotted or subtle comedy
you are tired of nonstop yelling, pratfalls, and absurdity
you prefer meaner or more ironic comedy
Overview
Dumb and Dumber is one of those comedies that knows exactly what it is and attacks that idea with total confidence. The premise is simple, but the execution is all timing, escalation, and commitment, with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels turning idiocy into a kind of comic choreography. The movie’s best trick is that it never feels embarrassed by its own stupidity; it leans in until the stupidity becomes the joke and the style.
Worth noting
What keeps it from being disposable is the odd sincerity underneath the chaos. Lloyd and Harry are ridiculous, but their friendship has real warmth, and the movie treats their loyalty as something almost heroic. That gives the film a sweeter center than many of its cruder peers, even when it’s firing off some of the most juvenile gags of the decade.
Bottom line
It’s not for everyone, and it absolutely knows that. If the humor clicks, it’s a machine for quotable scenes and big laughs; if it doesn’t, the whole thing can feel like a prolonged tantrum. For the right audience, though, it’s one of the defining American comedies of the 1990s.
Top Letterboxd reviews
SilentDawn (5★) · 1732 likes
"Hey, wait a second..... What was all that one-in-a-million talk?"
Every line in this film can be classified as this:
Brilliantly stupid.
Frandi Peralta (3.5★) · 1436 likes
“We got no food, we got no jobs, our pets heads are falling off!”
ONE OF THE GREATEST LINES OF ALL TIME.
Christian Di Leo (5★) · 1316 likes
🤔"Why you going to the airport? Flying somewhere?"😏
🤨"How'd you guess?"🤨
😏"I saw your luggage. Then when I noticed the airline ticket, I put two and two together."😃
🤦🤦🏼🐶🚙🐦👨🦽🍔🌶🥵💊😵🗻🛵💼💵🚘🎿💩🚽
James (Schaffrillas) (4★) · 930 likes
Funny stuff! Weirdly more sincere than a lot of other 90's Carrey comedies! I kinda want to go to Aspen now!
Grooveman (5★) · 897 likes
"Yeah I called her up. She gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something. I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention."