Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

Movie · 2000 · Comedy · 1h 57m · R · English

Curator score: 2.1/10 (409.9K ratings)

From gentle to mental.

Overview

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

Ratings

Director

Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Production

Conundrum Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Cast

Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson, Mongo Brownlee, Jerod Mixon, Chris Cooper, Michael Bowman, Richard Jenkins, Robert Forster, Mike Cerrone, Rob Moran, Daniel Greene, Tony Cox, Andrew Phillips, Jeremy Maleek Leggett, Justin Chandler, Zen Gesner, Steve Sweeney, Traylor Howard, Lenny Clarke

Curator Review

Verdict

A loud, shameless early-2000s Farrelly comedy that lives or dies on whether you find Jim Carrey’s split-personality chaos funny. It has real comic energy, a sweet romantic center, and a few huge set pieces, but the offensiveness is very much part of the package and the hit rate is uneven.

Best for

  • fans of broad, abrasive studio comedies
  • viewers who like Jim Carrey at maximum physicality
  • people nostalgic for late-90s/early-2000s gross-out humor with a sentimental streak
  • audiences open to edgy jokes that would not survive a modern studio comedy

Skip if

  • you dislike offensive or politically incorrect humor
  • you want tightly written comedy rather than sketchy escalation
  • you are sensitive to jokes about race, disability, or sexual boundary-pushing
  • you prefer grounded character comedy over cartoonish chaos

Overview

Me, Myself & Irene is a very specific kind of studio comedy: messy, rude, and built around one performer going full throttle. Jim Carrey does the heavy lifting, differentiating Charlie and Hank with enough physical precision that the movie’s central gimmick keeps paying off longer than it should. The Farrellys also give it a surprisingly soft heart, especially in the romance and the family material, which helps keep it from feeling like pure noise.

Worth noting

That said, the film is absolutely a product of its era. Its sense of humor is aggressive and often reckless, and not every joke lands even by the standards of broad Farrelly comedy. Some viewers will read that as fearless; others will find it exhausting or flat-out offensive. The movie’s reputation makes sense: when it works, it’s very funny, but it’s also uneven enough to feel like a test of tolerance.

Bottom line

If you’re in the mood for a star-driven comedy that swings hard and doesn’t apologize, it still has enough momentum to recommend. If you want cleaner writing, sharper satire, or anything remotely cautious, this is probably not your movie.

Top Letterboxd reviews

James (Schaffrillas) (2★) · 744 likes

Fuck this Whitey I do not accept him! All hail our Lord and Savior Whitey from Eight Crazy Nights! Needed more of his sons, they were funny

The Ron (4★) · 622 likes

I know a lot of people don't like this film, but it's one of my favorite comedies and I laugh my ass off every time I watch it.

Jade talks too much🎅🏻🎄 (5★) · 534 likes

“Come on. Don't be mad, my little pussyfart.”🤪 The ultimate 2000s comedy because it’s both horrifyingly offensive⛔️ & also has a big squishy sincere heart💗. I adore it!🐄

Filipe Furtado (4★) · 352 likes

Carrey gives one of the best physical performances. So warm and inviting. Hilarious, 95% of it wouldn’t be allowed in a current big budget film, but has more humanity than anything Hollywood could make today. It loves everyone but the bad cops.

Parker (2.5★) · 322 likes

This movie isn't great, but Jim Carrey's relationship with his three sons is so goddamn cute.

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Topics

gross-out comedy, early 2000s, broad humor, physical comedy, road movie, romantic farce, edgy, ensemble, sentimental, studio comedy

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