Dumb and Dumber To Review

Dumb and Dumber To

Release Date: 8th January 2015 - Australia

Production Companies

Universal Pictures (presents)
Red Granite Pictures (presents)
New Line Cinema (in association with)
Conundrum Entertainment

Distribution

Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 109 minutes


Budget: $40,000,000

Box Office Gross: $169,837,010 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Harry Dunne needs a
kidney transplant and

discovers he has a long-lost
daughter, so he and his

equally dimwitted pal,

Lloyd Christmas, set out on
another cross-country road
trip to find her. They cross
country by any means of
transport and end up in
one place on Earth where
they least deserve to be:
a summit of the world's
brightest minds.


Cast
Jim Carrey - Lloyd Christmas
Jeff Daniels - Harry Dunne
Laurie Holden - Adele Pinchelow
Rob Higgins - Travis/Captain Lippincott
Kathleen Freeman - Fraida Felcher
Steve Tom - Dr. Pinchelow
Rachel Melvin - Penny Pinchelow
Paul Blackthorne - Dr. Meldman
Brady Bluhm - Bill
Dalton Gray - Young Harry
Michael Yama - Harry's Dad
Nancy Yee - Harry's Mom
Grant James - Mr. Stainer
Taylor St. Clair - Mrs. Stainer
Carly Craig - Fraida
Bill Murray - Ice Pick (Cameo)
Tembi Locke - Dr. Walcott
Mike Cerrone - Trucker
Sean Gildea - Trucker's Pal
Jo Helton - Mrs. Snergle
Kassidy Claire - Fanny Age 5
Erika Bierman - Fanny Age 13

Crew
Based on Characters/Writers/Producers/
Directors - Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Based on Characters/Writer -
Bennett Yellin
Writers - Sean Anders, John Morris
and Mike Ceronne

Associate Producers - Linda Hill

and Ellen Dumouchel
Executive Producers - Danny Dimbort,
Marc S. Fischer, David Koplan,
Brad Krevoy, Christian Mercuri
and Steven Stabler
Producers - Charles B. Wessler,

Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland and

Bradley Thomas
Co-Producer/First Assistant/Second Unit

Director - J.B. Rogers
Production Designer - Aaron Osborne

Art Director - Erin Cochran

Set Decorator - Jennifer M. Gentile
Costume Designer - Karen Patch

Special Makeup Designer - Tony Gardner
Director of Photography - Matthew F. Leonetti
Stunt Coordinator - Tierre Turner
Special Effects Supervisor - Russell Tyrrell

Animatronic Effects - Peter A. Chevako
Visual Effects Supervisor - John Heller
Editor - Steven Rasch

Additional Editors - Debra Neil-Fisher and

David Raymond

Supervising Sound Editors - Andrew DeCristofaro

and Kelly Oxford

Re-Recording Mixers - Joe Barnett,

Marshall Garlington and Seva Solntsev

Score - Empire of the Sun

Music Supervisors - Tom Wolfe

and Manish Raval

Review

Years ago, after having my blog set up on the web. One of the first movies I reviewed besides two Tron movies is the mid-1990s smash hit comedy Dumb and Dumber. Unknown to me is that many people consider it the best film of the genre, which brought the faces of Jim Carrey and the directors of the Farrelly brothers to the public. I would never have expected five years from now that the sequel of Dumb and Dumber has reunited Carrey and Jeff Daniels to dazzle the fans once more. I never watched Dumb and Dumberer, as the critics gave disappointing reviews. Also, the lack of involvement from the original directors hurts the movie even more. I didn't want my opinion of my favourite comedy tarnished, as this prequel would be detrimental to this kind of film because the primary element of the film is not having the creators' ideas and not following the original.

I didn't care much about the cheap laughs in DUMB AND DUMBER TO, which has too much obscenity. It retains a mild dosage of its belly laughter to please some audiences. It's been twenty years since Jim and Jeff had once played the loveable goofballs in the original instalment. The two have not lost touch with each other. They still deliver their comic timing. Unfortunately, their performances and Bill Murray's barely noticeable guest appearance could not save the movie from its mediocre input.

I guess the Farrelly brothers were not the comical geniuses they were in their early years, with movies like the first Dumb and Dumber as their breakthrough to comedy. They should have spent more time on the plot and humour, as this sequel is average. Hopefully, they'll improve this comedic saga with a third, and then I can say that Dumb and Dumber Thee has redeemed itself!

Star rating: (5/10) Average

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