Toted by some as the worst movie of the 90's, I beg to differ and I
can still fondly remember seeing this movie with all my university
friends that had us all in stitches. We have a running joke about a
movie being so funny that we need to bring Ventolin inhalers (asthma
sprays) and
this was one of those movies.
The idiots... err... directors responsible for Dumb and Dumber are the Farrelly brothers that
include Peter and Bobby who have created a truly remarkable comedy
that uses every cliché, stereotype and gutter humour reference and
with that said, be warned, for this movie is not for the light
hearted. Whether it's giving a blind boy a dead budgie, urinating in
bottles and then letting a police officer drink from them, giving
your best friend a coffee full of laxatives or licking a frozen
pole, Dumb and Dumber is truly a comedy of epic and stupid
proportions.
The tale behind the movie involves two nitwits, Lloyd
Christmas (Jim Carey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) are two idiotic
best friends that by circumstance, they stumble on a briefcase of
stolen money. As their lives have finally hit the bottom of the
toilet, they decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to return
the money, however the temptation of spending the money is too great
for them and they eventually begin spending, however they do leave
"I owe you" notes behind.
A game of cat and mouse ensues from the
criminals that owned the brief case and also a stalker... err love
interest for both Lloyd and Harry that still had me in stitches those
so many years later. The movie also starred Lauren Holly who
eventually become Carey's wife for a brief time, however the stars
of the movie are Carey and Daniels who really bounce off each other
in this wonderfully entertaining movie.
On Blu-ray, the video
quality is of a good level with sharp images and a good colour
palette that is matched perfectly by the surround sound. Brilliant
from start to finish, just don't take it too seriously and it's a
shame that this movie spawned a really bad sequel without the
original stars!
A
Classic!
