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
Curator score: 2.1/10
IMDb: 6.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.13/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Metacritic: 49
TMDB: 6.6/10
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.