Dumb and Dumber To
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
23
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40
Total FilmJames MottramJan 9, 2015
Disappointingly limp, with precious few belly laughs, despite a try-hard attitude. Read full review
40
CineVue Maryann O'ConnorDec 18, 2014
The jokes are far from fresh, yet the shock laughs are on a par with their inaugural outing and will undoubtedly appease fans of the original. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinDec 18, 2014
Every punchline is followed by a quiet pause for audience laughter, the lengths of which might kindly be described as optimistic. Read full review
40
EmpireNick de SemlyenDec 16, 2014
Overlong and underpopulated with gags that really land, there's still moments of mirth for devotees of the original. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenNov 19, 2014
Even this sequel, released 20 years after the original, had to up the number of poop jokes from the first film’s doozies in order to keep up with public taste. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversNov 15, 2014
The bad news isn’t that Carrey and Daniels got old, it's that the jokes did. The spirit is still willing in Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the original writer-directors, but the sagging flesh is weak from prolonged repetition. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 14, 2014
Whatever the reason, the waning months of 2014 have brought us the follow-up to 1994's "Dumb and Dumber", but the lengthy gestation period hasn't resulted in an appreciably upgraded experience. Read full review
16
Portland OregonianStephen WhittyNov 14, 2014
Occasionally, particularly when it sticks to simple slapstick, the movie wins a laugh. But the majority of it isn't just dumb and dumber, or even crude and cruder. At nearly two hours, it's just dull — and duller. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandNov 14, 2014
To give the film its due, the stupidity is served up with energy and good pace. But it takes a thin premise and stretches it like Silly Putty. The title should really be "Obvious and Obviouser." Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNov 14, 2014
Before I go into the grinding awfulness of Dumb and Dumber To, let’s get one damn thing straight: The original Dumb and Dumber is a clasick. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartNov 14, 2014
From time to time, it works. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaNov 14, 2014
Still, I laughed — enough to feel mortified at myself. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanNov 13, 2014
So maybe some of this is hilarious. Heck, maybe all of it is. It will not be everyone’s cup of tea, and it was not mine. Read full review
40
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekNov 13, 2014
The misfires, including a strange menstruation gag, far outnumber the hits. Dumb and Dumber To is mostly just a kick in the nuts, and not the good kind -- provided there is a good kind. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyNov 13, 2014
Over all, the movie is just funny enough to make you wish it were much better than it is. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyNov 13, 2014
The sequel sometimes feels like a series of gags ginned up by a gaggle of writers who are not always on the same page. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisNov 13, 2014
The Farrellys are still not much interested in film as a visual medium, and when Lloyd and Harry aren’t smacking each other or dropping their pants, you might as well be listening to a radio play. There’s a story, but it doesn’t matter, certainly not to the leads or the good-natured sidekicks like Kathleen Turner and Rob Riggle. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia PuigNov 13, 2014
If there was any doubt that most things in society have been dumbed down in the last couple of decades, Dumb and Dumber To could be exhibit A. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEric HendersonNov 13, 2014
There's much more plot floating around during the sequel, all leading up to a climax at the "KEN Conference" that suffers in comparison to Silicon Valley's mockery of the same milieu. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrNov 13, 2014
Everyone has piled into this dumber, sillier, more consistently funny reprise with an enthusiasm that’s infectious, and not in a low-grade medical way. Read full review
50
TheWrapInkoo KangNov 13, 2014
The visuals remain homely and brutally efficient, the plot convoluted but the pacing brisk, and the humor often inventive and resourceful — and just as often tired or offensive (to women, people of color, gays and lesbians, old people, take your pick). Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 13, 2014
Carrey and Daniels are good actors, and it's understandable when an artist wants to revisit a career-high point. How much you enjoy Dumb and Dumber To will depend greatly upon whether you think "Dumb and Dumber" was one. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNov 13, 2014
From junky production values to the parade of unfunny supporting characters to its lazy energy, Dumb and Dumber To falls on its face. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Nov 13, 2014
Dumb And Dumber To is crueler, crasser, grosser, lazier, creepier, and, yes, dumber than the first film. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyJason ClarkNov 13, 2014
The ultimate sad realization is not that Dumb & Dumber To doesn't match the original's good-time quotient, but that it might not even be as good as—yikes — "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd." Read full review
60
Time OutDavid EhrlichNov 13, 2014
Dumb and Dumber To may not be quite as funny as the first one, but it’s the funniest thing the Farrellys have made since. Read full review
0
The PlaylistDrew TaylorNov 13, 2014
The original film was unpredictable and loose and every so often gave up the aura of dangerousness. If anything, the sequel is a tepid, watered down, and at 100-minutes oftentimes boring attempt to recapture the magic but without any of the whimsy. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 13, 2014
This is anti-funny, where every attempt at a joke is like a little rock thrown at your face. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallNov 13, 2014
The Farrellys whip up a miss-or-hit affair, the best jokes coming without much set-up, just non sequiturs and malapropisms. Read full review
50
The DissolveKeith PhippsNov 13, 2014
Even at its best, the film plays like the comedy equivalent of a legacy act reuniting for a tour fueled more by nostalgia and goodwill than inspiration. It’s less sequel than encore, and it’s probably time to turn on the house lights and close this buddy act. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 13, 2014
Carrey and Daniels throw themselves into the characters they inhabited 20 years ago, whether it means allowing their crotches to be doused, using their rear ends as comedic weapons, or just saying really stupid things. Sometimes it’s pretty damn funny. Almost always, it feels just a little bit desperate. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerNov 13, 2014
Sporadically very funny, mostly very tedious, and sometimes truly vile, this 18-years-too-late sequel nonetheless exhibits a certain puerile purity of purpose. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 13, 2014
When the gags a movie is most confident in — the ones it uses three or four times, as if they were sure things — involve pushing unsuspecting pedestrians into a bush or riffing on "Bond, James Bond," something's wrong in the yuk factory. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanNov 13, 2014
I’d be lying if I said this movie didn’t crack me up on more than a few occasions. Read full review
58
HitfixDrew McWeenyNov 13, 2014
There are gags that work, that pay off in a big way, and gags that fall flat, derailing entire sequences. Because the world around them is so absurd, the film's attempts at creating some genuine heart for Harry and Lloyd doesn't really work. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreNov 13, 2014
Truth be told, I was never a fan of the first “Dumber,” but the stars made it endurable and convincingly stupid. Here, they’re sometimes funny, and sometimes just sad. They’re better than this, no matter how good they are at hiding the fact that they know it. Read full review
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