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If there’s anything the last twenty years have taught us,
it’s that sequels/remakes are all that’s left. So, needless to say when the
Farrelly brothers announced this sequel, I was less than thrilled. Then the trailer came out and I was
intrigued, especially seeing Carrey and Daniels back. So, without further ado, the much anticipated
Dumb & Dumber To (purposefully spelt wrong).
When Harry (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd (Jim Carrey) get back
together after a twenty year hiatus (explained with a rather hilarious story), mayhem
and humour ensue. After going through
some old mail, Harry finds out that his old flame Freda Felcher (Kathleen
Turner) had a baby that she claims is his.
This causes the duo to find Freda and ask about his child. Not only do they find out he had a daughter
named Fanny (Rachel Melvin), but that she gave her up for adoption and misses
her greatly. Lloyd and Harry embark on a
road trip to find Fanny for both Harry’s sake as well as Lloyd (as he appears
to have fallen for her after just looking at the picture). Their bumbling takes them to Fanny’s new
home. She was adopted by a wealthy
doctor and is now named Penny. They find
out that she has just left to a science conference to accept an award on her
father’s behalf, but she left behind a package she needed to bring with
her. This gives the boys an opportunity
to get the package to Penny, rekindle a long, lost father-daughter
relationship, and maybe get Lloyd some alone time with her. However, when the step-mom has a plan to
obtain the family fortune by any means necessary, the pair may be responsible
for more than they ever knew.
It’s quite surprising how many other sub-plots were in this. They were all over-the-top, but I wouldn’t change
a thing! I enjoyed the cameos of
characters from the predecessor. My
favourite was seeing Billy (Brady Bluhm), the very same blind kid who Lloyd
sold his dead bird to. And by the way,
stay past the closing credits for others.
In the end, the humour in this is terrible. If you lived under a rock in 1994 or missed the
first one, you will walk out
of this one…almost immediately. However,
the first film is still one of the most quoted movies in my repertoire, and it
takes me to a place where I can turn my brain off and laugh hysterically; and
I’m sure most of you agree. What really
impressed me is how they copied the formula from the original, which is generally
what I hate about sequels, and made them funny all over again. This film never disappointed the Dumb & Dumber fanboy in me. I will watch this
movie many times (as I still do with the original). It was a terrible movie…and
I loved it!
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