Most importantly the camaraderie - define the movie and shape the franchise better than story lines or individual gags (which is one of the main EvenĪs some of the verbal jokes and physical gags fail to fire on all those proverbial cylinders, their antics - the physical looks, the verbal tones, and If nothing else, however, the movie gets it right almost by default simply through the returning presence of stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Sake of longevity rather than build a more compact yet far more efficient rhythm that might have meant fewer stabs at humor but a better overallįrame in which to present the leading men simply doing what they do best: look dumb and have a blast doing it. The jokes and the characters rightly play central to the movie, but the supportive piecesĮven as they largely linger in the background, resulting in a movie that's too long for its own good, a movie that scatters its best moments for the The picture plays with a fairly patchwork feel and flow. Including a few jokes that hearken back to some of the first film's famous moments - amidst a lot of generally unfunny, or marginally funny, gags. The same way the film's other big endgame joke bridges the gap from this film's start to its far-too-distant conclusion. Original film and this one (ignoring the "prequel" Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, which doesn't star Carrey or Daniels) much As Harry and Lloyd track herĭown at a scientific conference, her life falls into danger when her mother Adelle (Laurie Holden) hatches a plot to kill her husband and steal hisĭumb and Dumber To opens with a classic joke that, if nothing else, will probably be the reason people remember the film. Has entrusted his adopted daughter Penny (Rachel Melvin) with an important package that could be worth billions. Gave the child up for adoptions after birth, and she's now living with a wealthy, acclaimed scientist named Dr. That's a nonstarter, but Harry does come into possession of a quarter-century-old note from an old flame namedįraida Felcher (Kathleen Turner) that leads Harry to believe he has a daughter who could be a match.
Harry's in need ofĪ new kidney, so they pay a visit to Harry's Pace and a sweeping sense of irrelevancy keep the film down and away from the status enjoyed by its predecessor.Īfter twenty long years, Lloyd (Carrey) and Harry (Daniels) are reunited to the point that they can share a new (mis)adventure. Thank you Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels - and stands up on its own two (or to) feet as a moderately funny little escape. Dumb & Dumber To does in many ways replicate the magic of the original. Unfair to berate this film for failing to surpass, the original. Yet considering that the first film lives on even today asįan favorite - it's too mainstream to be called a "cult classic" - that holds its value even two decades removed from its debut, it would be almost Same directing tandem, and ramming in a few good jokes along the way, but it's just not the original. It's a fair sequel by every measure, returning the main characters, retaining Ghostbusters II is no Ghostbusters, the many American Pie sequels failed to recapture the raunchy magic of the original, and the list, of course, Hit Comedy follow-ups don't exactly have a stellar track record of living up to, or surpassing in any way, their predecessors, and the first film in aįranchise in particular.
Reviewed by Martin Liebman, February 17, 2015 Dus this thurd moovee take a number to on the franchize?
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