Dumb and Dumber

Name: Dumb and Dumber
Genre: Comedy
Released: December 16, 1994
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 41
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly

1994

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Movie Details & Credits

New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 16, 1994 | TV-Y7

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly

Summary: Two stupid guys, Lloyd (Carrey) and Harry (Daniels) decide to drive across country from Providence, Rhode Island to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase left in the airport by Mary Swanson (Holly), the object of Lloyd's affection.

Director: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: TV-Y7

Runtime: 107 min

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Peter Stack

This wacky buddy road film... has a brilliant glow of intelligence behind the stupidness. It's easily the funniest movie of the year. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

A flat-out celebration of stupidity, bodily functions and pratfalls. Yet the wholeheartedness of this descent into crude and rude humor is so good-natured and precise that it's hard not to partake in the guilty pleasures of the exercise. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

There are limits to how much comic irony can be wrung out of the sight of two grown men acting like complete cretins. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The plot is lame, but that doesn't matter, because Dumb and Dumber is essentially pitched at the level of an "Airplane!"-style movie, with rapid-fire sight gags. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Maybe it's indicative of my end-of-the-year brain-fry, but this dopey comedy about two of the dumbest guys in the universe on a road trip to misadventure is a hoot. Read full review

Stephen Holden

A movie that knows much better than to try to make sense. It is essentially a strung-together series of gags, most of them thought up by Lloyd, an inveterate practical joker. Read full review

Rita Kempley

An abominable, abdominal comedy. Aside from its tastelessness and dawdling pace, the movie’s chief problem is the lackluster chemistry between leading lummoxes Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Read full review

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JamesK.

Dec 31, 2009

Not for the first metacritic rates a great movie with an absurdly low score... I wonder if meatcritic polled these critics/newspapers for an updated score given the movies longevity and cult status wouldn't the score be nearer 90.

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RawFeets

Jun 16, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The funniest comedy ever! So many great lines you'll be quoting after watching this movie. I like it a lot!… Expand

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sanddude

Feb 12, 2011

Why does it get a 39 Metascore? This is hilarious! I'm glad these users are exposing the truth, by getting it a rating of "universal acclaim". In your face critics! This movie was hilarious, clever, and stupid. A must see for all Carey fans and anybody else really.

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MonsieurEames

Jul 12, 2012

This is probably the funniest film I have ever seen. Sure, the plot's lame, but whatever! It's a comedy! Come on, critics! A 39! Yes, this film could have been bad if not put in the hands of Carrey and Daniels, but guess what? It was!

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DanBurrito

Sep 27, 2016

It's no masterpiece, but Dumb and Dumber is a largely entertaining road comedy elevated by the delightful chemistry between Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Both are in top form as the film's dim-bulb protagonists, and help provide the film with many laughs. Sure, it's little more than a stringIt's no masterpiece, but Dumb and Dumber is a largely entertaining road comedy elevated by the delightful chemistry between Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Both are in top form as the film's dim-bulb protagonists, and help provide the film with many laughs. Sure, it's little more than a string of gags tied together by a relatively thin plot, but in terms of entertainment, it certainly delivers. If gross-out comedy and "dumb" humour isn't your thing, I'd look elsewhere. For those who like Jim Carrey comedies, I'd recommend you check it out.… Expand

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rotku

Jul 3, 2011

Classic comedy about two inept losers who somehow bungle their way across the country to return a lost briefcase. The gags are quick and cheap, but you should expect nothing less from the Farrelly brothers, and the acting is spot on. It's still one of my favourite comedy movies after all this time.

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ReiT.

Jun 8, 2008

What a waste of money and film. The movie is lam, is bad, bad taste, jokes that are not funny. It will be a classic of the bad, it will dissapear from the movie rentals IF get there.

0 of 11 users found this helpful

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