It’s hard to review a movie like Dumb and Dumber To. I like the first movie, but partly that’s
because I’ve seen it so many times over the years. The characters and their lines are familiar
to me. I don’t know if I would like it
as much if I hadn’t watched it over and over with friends. It’s one of those movies that my friends and
I can quote to each other. It’s kind of
like The Big Lebowski in that respect.
Supposedly the studio wanted to make a sequel in the early
2000s, but Jim Carrey wasn’t willing. So
instead we got Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Remember that movie? Me neither.
So now we finally get to see Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey reprise their
roles as Harry Dunn and Lloyd Christmas.
Harry needs a new kidney, and at first he turns to his
parents to see if they’re a match. To
his surprise, they tell him that he’s adopted.
They’re Asian, you see. Then he
finds out that he has a daughter he never knew about. So he goes to find his daughter to reconnect,
but also to ask for a kidney. So we have
another road trip, and Harry and Lloyd get mixed up with a scientist whose wife
is trying to kill him.
But the plot doesn’t really matter. Did you ever care about whether Mary
Swanson’s husband was alright? No, we
just want to see Harry and Lloyd do and say funny things. There is a lot of that in this movie, but not
as much as there should have been.
I thought Carrey and Daniels did a good job. They still look like these characters,
although Jeff Daniels looks like he’s aged more than Jim Carrey does. They throw themselves into these parts and
it’s nice seeing these characters again.
But there were too many scenes where I was waiting to laugh and the
jokes just didn’t land.
I guess I can’t quite recommend this movie. If you love the first movie, you’ll probably
like this one. It isn’t as good, but
there’s fun to be had here. Just lower
your expectations a little. But if you
don’t like the first movie, I don’t think you’ll like this one much either.
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