Monday, November 17, 2014

Film: Dumb and Dumber To








GENRE: Comedy
RATING: PG-13 for crude & sexual humour
RUNTIME: 1 hour and 50 minutes
STARRING: Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura; Liar, Liar, Yes Man)
Jeff Daniels (Newsroom, Speed), Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street)
DIRECTOR: Bobby & Peter Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary)
WRITERS: Sean Anders & John Morris (We’re the Millers)
Mike Cerrone (Me, Myself & Irene), Farrellys (Shallow Hal)
Bennett Yellin (Dumb & Dumber)
PLOT: Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry’s daughter that was given up for adoption.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:
1 While there are some definite laugh-out-loud moments throughout, this film is not as funny as the original. But it gets kind of close at time.
2 Speaking of the original, there are plenty of callbacks with lines, actions and characters. Petey is all grown up and even SeaBass makes an appearance after the credits. Even the basic storyline is pretty similar. But all are welcome.
3 I found it interesting that one of the villains, Adele, is played by Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead) who also played Jim Carrey’s love interest in a sweet film called The Majestic, and was also names Adele.
4 I liked the soundtrack. A few tracks from the first film and great use of Franz Ferdinand’s “Right Action”. 
5 What’s up with the Canadian stereotypes?  

RECOMMENDATION: Wait for DVD
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I

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