The comedy arcs like the back of a cat, beginning
with silly ha-ha's, to chuckles, to laughs to
belly-rolls by half time. But half time is the peak
and the comedy slides right back to square-one by
finish.
That said, the "No tag-backs" scene into the
"Slushy speed sipping" scene had me laughing so hard,
that I could barely see the screen through the tears
in my eyes. Whew, much better films never get me
laughing that hard.
Also Olsen, does a fine job recreating a young Jim
Carrey. You know this kid watched a lot of Carrey
movies for homework. In fact, the film is at it's
best when Harry and Lloyd are at play with each
other. But the picture spends too much time on the
normal business of plot. This hurts the comedy. We
don't need plot in a film called "Dumb and
Dumberer."
Would have expected more from Levy & Oteri,
both, usually very funny. Also, the string of
"Special Needs" students assembled by Harry and Lloyd
make little mark on the film.
Btw, "Dumb & Dumber" (1994: writer/directors
Farrelly bros.) released before I started reviewing,
but I would be remiss if I didn't say... it's a fine
film. That one, too, had me buckling over in
laughter, more often, less plot, 100% pure stupid
genius.
Interestingly enough, Derek Richardson (Harry)
says of Eric Olsen (Lloyd), "Eric looked like a
surfer, he was this good-looking muscular guy with
long blond hair who could have passed for Paul
Walker. But Eric has this great energy and is really
amazing at improvisation." Producer Koules, "When we
met Eric he was about 20 pounds heavier and was very
muscular...He physically transformed himself by
losing the weight, and hair and makeup did a great
job of completing the process."
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