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Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

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Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd reviews
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3.3 User Score:

Overwhelming dislike

Based on 28 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Robert Brenner
Troy Miller

Directed by: Troy Miller

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 13, 2003
DVD: November 11, 2003

Running Time: 85 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language

Starring Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Luis Guzmán, Eugene Levy, Rachel Nichols, and Mimi Rogers

A prequel to the 1994 Farrelly Bros. comedy hit "Dumb and Dumber."

What The Critics Said

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75

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

In all it's a pleasant surprise if not a great comedy.

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60

Film Threat Kevin Carr

Sure, Dumb and Dumberer is dumb, dumber and dumberer than the original, but if you like that kind of banal, rustic and sophomoric humor (and I have to admit, I kinda do), it might be worth a buck or two at a discount theater.

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50

New York Post Megan Lehmann

A harmless celebration of idiocy that is the cinematic equivalent of an overeager, block-headed puppy chasing its tail.

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40

Variety Joe Leydon

Fitfully amusing prequel.

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38

Premiere Laine Ewen

Lacks the heart that might otherwise have breathed life into the pointless shtick.

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38

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

The movie's really about the impressions of the original performances by newcomers Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson. Olsen does an uncanny Carrey, and Richardson vaguely resembles Daniels.

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33

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Without any of the patented Farrelly insight into the insecure, horndoggy teen in every man, and without a grown-up setting in which Harry and Lloyd can transgress like dum-dum geniuses,Dumb and Dumberer is dumberest.

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30

Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

Exactly as you may expect, this thing is good for a few cheap little laughs and no more.

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30

Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis

Falls wildly short of its inspirations.

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25

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Long, lumbering and endlessly unfunny.

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25

USA Today Claudia Puig

In "There's Something About Mary," the gross gags were hilarious. Here, they're just vile.

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25

Portland Oregonian Christy Lemire

Has all the gross-out humor but none of the goofy sweetness. It also has neither of the Farrellys, which is agonizingly evident throughout.

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25

Baltimore Sun Roger Moore

The only bits worth watching are the scenes where Olsen is in full Carrey mode and Richardson is doing his best Jeff Daniels. The spot-on impersonations take the mind off the plot, the poo-poo gags, the clunky chase scene and the ripped-off finale.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

To call this effort misguided would be kind. The job this "prequel" does on the original Dumb and Dumber is the movie equivalent of surgery that removes all the vital organs and then gives the patient a prosthetic third arm. What's needed isn't there, and what's here we don't need.

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25

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

It's so sloppy that the flashback montage includes clips from scenes that were cut from the film!

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25

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

The jokes? "Chicks are for fags," says Lloyd. The film is subtitled When Harry Met Lloyd. Believe me, you don't want to be there.

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20

TV Guide Angel Cohn

The film's only mildly appealing character is the "Big A" store clerk (Brian Posehn) who refuses to be amused by Lloyd and Harry's moronic antics; sadly, even he eventually succumbs to the film's relentless and overarching stupidity.

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20

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

Wasted comedy ringers Eugene Levy and Cheri Oteri co-star.

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20

The New York Times Dave Kehr

While "Dumb and Dumber" possessed a bracing, genuine vulgarity, this new film is more often merely disgusting as it piles up jokes involving various bodily discharges and the unpleasant things that can be done with them.

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20

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

The best thing I can say about this limp prequel to the Farrelly brothers' Dumb & Dumber is that it obliged me to check out the original, which I'd been studiously avoiding for years. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty funny, and mercifully light on the scatology and cheap sentiment of later Farrelly efforts.

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20

LA Weekly John Patterson

Levy, Luis Guzman, Cheri Oteri -- utterly wasted. At 82 minutes it feels longer than “Lawrence of Arabia” -- and a lot less funny.

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12

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

So excruciatingly awful, the word "dumb" could sue for slander.

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12

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Yes, I've seen Dumb and Dumberer, so you don't have to. As good deeds go, this is about as significant as getting a cat out of a tree, but believe me, you're better off at home, alphabetizing your old comic books, talking to your parents, or watching paint dry.

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10

Washington Post Desson Thomson

I wouldn't want you to consider even renting this thing. It would only encourage another prequel, this time featuring two dumb toddlers who keep walking into doors and become great pals. Call it "Duh and Duh."

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10

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

To call it sophomoric would libel even the most pathetic, pimply underclassman.

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0

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Even with its scant running time, this nightmarish travesty barrels along with all the whipcord speed and nimble comedic grace of a loved one’s funeral.

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0

ReelViews James Berardinelli

No movie could be more aptly compared to raw sewage than this film.

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0

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Mind-numbing, soul-testing, character-defiling experience that offers not one nanosecond of comic relief.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 3.3 (out of 10) based on 53 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Gerrick C. gave it a1:
It's documented sequels are usually not as good as the first, and in the case of this movie, it could not be more obvious. In a followup to an already flop movie the sequel makes the first look smart. An abomination to movie sequels.

Justin C. gave it an8:
I liked it, but I'm a sucker for dumb humor.

Boneho C. gave it a0:
So bad! I was trying to figure out who find most of the jokes funny. It's too inappropriate for children, too immature for adults. I saw it in my early teen years, and the whole time I was thinking, where's Jim Carry and Jeff Daniels. Then the credits came on and I realized what an awesome move those guys made in avoiding this.

Joe M. gave it a0:
This movie was so unbelievably bad that it nearly destroyed the whole world and everything on it. After I watched it, I lay in a bombshelter for 8 days eating tin food.

Justin C. gave it an8:
The thing about this movie is that its stupid...but in a good way. The only flaw is that they don't even have a little appreance by Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels.

Pat H gave it a6:
The only thing about this movie was the lackluster plot. Other than that, this movie was a stupid movie with many good laughs. Not like other comedies.

Justin C. gave it an8:
This movie is stupid....but very very funny.

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