Movie · 2005 · Comedy, Crime · 1h 30m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 1.4/10 (266K ratings)
Giving big businesses a run for their money!
Overview
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.4/10
IMDb: 6.2/10
Letterboxd: 2.91/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
Metacritic: 47
TMDB: 6.2/10
Director
Dean Parisot
Production
JC 23 Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Cast
Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins, John Michael Higgins, Angie Harmon, Richard Burgi, Carlos Jacott, Aaron Michael Drozin, Gloria Garayua, Michelle Arthur, Stacey Travis, Timm Sharp, David Herman, Gian Franco Tordi, Laurie Metcalf, P.J. Byrne, Dempsey Pappion, Knox White, Walter Addison
Curator Review
Verdict
A breezy, mid-2000s studio comedy with a sharper anti-corporate edge than its title suggests. Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni give it enough energy and chemistry to stay watchable, but the satire is broad and the plotting is uneven, so it lands more as a diverting cable-era caper than a must-see comedy.
Best for
fans of Jim Carrey’s rubbery, high-energy comic style
viewers who like light crime comedies with social satire
people in the mood for an easy, undemanding watch
audiences interested in recession-era or corporate-collapse jokes
Skip if
you want tightly written heist mechanics
you dislike broad studio comedy
you prefer darker, more biting satire
you’re looking for a memorable or especially original caper
Overview
Fun with Dick and Jane is a very 2000s kind of comedy: part suburban panic, part corporate revenge fantasy, part mainstream caper. The setup is simple and timely, turning an Enron-style collapse into a couple’s slide into petty crime, and that gives the movie a nice built-in frustration that most of the jokes can orbit around.
Worth noting
Jim Carrey is the main reason it works at all, leaning into desperation and manic improvisation, while Téa Leoni keeps the whole thing from becoming too cartoonish. Their chemistry helps sell the premise, and the movie has enough momentum once the robbery spree starts to feel genuinely playful.
Bottom line
Still, the satire is broad and the film never quite sharpens its premise into something lasting. It’s amusing, occasionally pointed, and easy to sit through, but it plays more like a pleasant disposable comedy than a standout entry in the crime-comedy genre.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Andre de Nervaux (3★) · 871 likes
Remember seeing the name of this film on TV guide as a kid and thinking it was a porno
James (Schaffrillas) (3.5★) · 645 likes
Takes a while to get going but boy is it a lot of fun (with Dick and Jane) when it does!
C B (2.5★) · 460 likes
You know those films that you watched years ago and have vague memories of enjoying? The ones that if asked about you might say, "Yeah, I quite liked that.", despite time robbing you of any real specifics of what went on in the film? For me, this is one of those films. I know I enjoyed my time having fun with Téa and Jim, but enough time has passed for me to forget exactly why.
I finished watching this film an hour ago.
terra 🌸 (4★) · 387 likes
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Mind Hunter (3★) · 306 likes
I can confirm that I did, in fact, have fun with Dick and Jane.