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Movie Review: 'Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'
by Rich Brooks
4 December 2003
I rented "Dumb and Dumberer" thinking it was a sequel to the Jim Carrey comedy "Dumb and Dumber" made a few years ago. I have always enjoyed Jim Carrey's zany histrionics, even when he has appeared in some really bad pictures. "Me, Myself, and Irene," for example, was totally inane and at the same time politically and racially offensive, but it did nothing to diminish my appreciation for Carrey's acting skills. I think he was at his best in "Man on the Moon," faithfully transforming the previously unappealing (to me) jew comedian Andy Kaufman into a riveting character, and his original "Dumb and Dumber" was quite funny in a broad, slapstick sense. Actually D&D-ER is a prequel to the original Carrey flick, as is indicated by its subtitle "When Harry met Lloyd." The two leads are in fact played respectively by Eric Olsen and Derek Richardson rather than the older Jeff Daniels and Carrey. Richardson looks vaguely like a younger Jim Carrey and tries to imitate some of his mannerisms, but lacks Carrey's talent and charisma. Olsen just acts goofy, so it is hard to judge his true acting abilities.
Having different and younger characters makes plausible sense when producing a prequel (e.g., "Godfather, Part II"), but I still can't believe that Carrey and Daniels were never offered these parts. And in my opinion they were wise to turn them down, because this new movie is a real turkey, bigger than any cooked this past Thanksgiving. I viewed this latest video with a couple friends, who naturally asked me if I planned to review it and what I intended to say about it. Their consensus was that they wouldn't be caught dead publicly admitting that they had actually watched such a bummer of a movie. Nevertheless, in the interest of public service, I am writing this to warn any VNN readers who might be tempted.
D&D-ER is "Jackass" played by actors portraying real adolescents and with some, though not much, semblance of a plot. I think there's even a scene with the two nincompoops riding in a grocery cart, a la the "Jackass" promo shot. Lloyd and Harry meet each other as pupils entering a high school both are attending for the first time. You see, the retarded duo had each been homeschooled up to now by a quirky parent. Not to read too much serious ideological content into such a harebrained film, but I did see here a snide putdown of homeschooling – certainly consistent with the jewish agenda and certainly not the last instance of homeschool-bashing we are going to see from Hymiewood. Also, Richardson's school janitor father is portrayed by Luis Guzman, presumably Hispanic and definitely non-White. It makes you wonder what message they are trying to convey here. But at least the obnoxious school principal is appropriately played by the obnoxious jew Eugene Levy.
There is an abundance of jokes about flatulence and fecal matter so typical of jewish comedy. There is also much adolescent sexual innuendo, but it is mild enough to keep the film within the bounds of a PG rating. Clearly, the intended audience is the dumbed down AmeriKwan teenager, so in a sense the title is quite appropriate. Dumb and really "dumberer" is any reader who rents this movie after being hereby forewarned.
RICH BROOKS
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