Saturday, January 10, 2015

Dumb and Dumber To: Long Awaited for No Reason

I, like most human beings my age, loved Dumb & Dumber. The sequel was due 15 years ago, but here we are. Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey are both tremendous actors both comedically and all-around. This movie catches us up on Harry & Lloyd in the present by making it seem like Lloyd has been faking being catatonic for the last 18 years. The plot is created by Lloyd snapping out of his catatonic "joke" state and having Harry tell Lloyd he needs a kidney to survive. They return to Harry's home, catch some cheap laughs, as they do throughout, and find a postcard exclaiming Harry has a daughter from 22 years ago with Fraida Felcher. They go on a cross-country search to find her, reconnect, and get a sweet, young kidney. Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden, Kathleen Turner, and secretly Bill Murray in a tiny cameo, all lend their talents to this film and they can't save it. Albeit from some very funny, cheap laughs it's clearly impossible to replicate the greatness of the first film. It's funny at times, there is some charm and bits from the original here as well, but it's fleeting moments. Bottom Line: 6.4 out of 10. It's something that you can get some cheap laughs out of, but sadly that's about it. Watch when it's free on TV in the near future.

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