Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

2/10

Starring

Jim Carrey

Jeff Daniels

Directed by The Farrelly Brothers

Dumb and Dumber To is mostly a waste of time, and I feel Jim Carrey should have stood his ground about not doing the film. The movie lacked every form of expertise when it came to directing, and the script would have been better if it were written by high school students or toddlers—at least then I’d know they lack the expertise to even come up with an OK movie. And if they did, then they’re truly great students.

The movie stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, who reprise their roles as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively.

The Farrelly Brothers started their movie career with the first part of this series, Dumb and Dumber (1994), a movie they wrote, produced, and directed—just like this one. But this movie lacks the fun and charm the first one had. While the first movie was entirely funny and memorable, here, instead of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne being funny and entertaining, you’ll end up irritated and walking out of the cinema with a bad taste in your mouth.

Regardless of how bad the movie was and how lame the screenwriting felt, the actors were top-notch. I wondered how it would be seeing a fifty-something-year-old Lloyd and Harry, and the two (after a long while) passed as genuine morons instead of overgrown, boring idiots.

The movie starts with Harry learning that Lloyd has been playing a joke on him for 20 years. It continues with Harry discovering he has a child out there. Harry believes he slept with Fraida Felcher and impregnated her, resulting in a daughter whom Fraida gave up for adoption.

Due to Harry’s current issue of needing a kidney, Lloyd suggests they track down his daughter and convince her to donate a kidney to Harry. Lloyd is convinced—and convinces Harry—that family makes the best donors since they’ll be compatible.

They track down Harry’s daughter, Penny, who happens to be adopted by a renowned Dr. Pinchelow. But she’s as dense as they come.

The movie is about how Harry and Lloyd meet Penny and survive assassination attempts from Dr. Pinchelow’s wife and her boyfriend.

Should you go see this movie?

I’d strongly advise against it. The movie didn’t even have a single moment that made me laugh. Every incident in the movie was annoying, and I wished I hadn’t wasted my time and money seeing it.