Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Succeeded by: Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

	Directed by: Peter Farrelly	COUNTRY USA Genre Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Dum og dummere RUNNING TIME 106 minutes
	Produced by: Charles B. Wessler Brad Krevoy Steve Stabler
	Written by: Peter Farrelly Bennett Yellin Bobby Farrelly

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Lloyd	Jim Carrey	½
Harry	Jeff Daniels	½
Mary	Lauren Holly	½
J.P. Shay	Karen Duffy	-
Joe Mentalino	Mike Starr	½
Nicholas Andre	Charles Rocket	-
Helen Swanson	Teri Garr	-

Review

This spoof-style collection of silly gags and toilet humour may not have made much notice had it not coincided with and profited from Jim Carrey's meteoric rise to comedy stardom (he had released the hugely successful Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask that same year). Constructed as a buddy/road movie, Dumb and Dumber revolves around two halfwits (Carrey and Jeff Daniels) who unknowingly stumble upon a briefcase full of money and then decide to travel across the country in order to return it to its rightful owner, the beautiful Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), blissfully unaware of that they are being chased by various hit men and mobsters who are also after the money. The jokes along the way are hit or miss, to put it mildly, but Carrey's presence and energy keeps the film watchable in its drearier parts and wonderfully hilarious in a number of highlights, not least a brilliant daydream sequence with an absurd martial arts showdown which still stands as one of Carrey's best on-screen moments.