Release Year: 1994 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 101 minutes Other Title: Dumb Happens Director: Peter Farrelly Producer: Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler Distributor: New Line Cinema
When best friends Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne both get fired, Lloyd convinces Harry to travel to Colorado to search for his dream woman, Mary Swanson. Little does Lloyd know that Mary's in Aspen trying to find her kidnapped husband. Soon the two have gotten mixed up in the crime, and their wacky exploits are leading the FBI straight to the crooks. The Farrelly Brothers are at the peak of their twisted craft with this gutbusting comedy.
cast
Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas Karen Duffy as J.P. Shay Lauren Holly as Mary Swanson
quote
Harry Dunne: Nice set of hooters you got there!
Mary Swanson: I beg your pardon?
Harry Dunne: The owls! They're beautiful!
Sometimes, a movie just can't live up to its advertising campaign (or its name, for that matter). DUMB AND DUMBER is one such case. Take the newspaper ad, for example, filled with all those fake, witty quotes. That's rather clever (although not original). Unfortunately, the same kind of humorists weren't involved in writing the script. "Dumb" actually overestimates the film's intelligence.