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Dumb and Dumberer:
When Harry Met Lloyd
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Eric Christian Olsen, Derek
Richardson, Eugene Levy, Cheri Oteri, Rachel Nichols |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
New Line
Cinema |
| Web Site: |
www.whenharrymetlloyd.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Nope. |
| Date Movie: |
Nope. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Two dudettes
kissing and it appeared a little cold on the set sometimes. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Slapstick. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Not really. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
I don't remember
it. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Troy Miller |
| Produced By: |
Oren Koules, Troy
Miller |
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Dumb and Dumberer:
When Harry Met Lloyd
A Movie Review |
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Okay, other than the movie being pretty much, well,
for no better way to put it, dumb, there’s another significant problem
with "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd," at least for me – the
jokes seem to be aimed at 10 year old boys, but the story is something
better comprehended by 16 year olds. I know that may not make sense,
but pretty much it’s more of a high school comedy with jokes 10 year
olds aren’t really old enough to experience yet."D & Derer" has
Erick Christian Olsen as Lloyd, the character Jim Carrey made famous.
It’s also got Derek Richardson as Harry, the loveable character
originally portrayed by Jeff Daniels. In the film we are exposed to
how the two characters we fell in love with in "Dumb & Dumber" first
met, their high school year, and a bizarre sub-plot of the principal
(the usually better Eugene Levy) and the lunchlady (Cheri Oteri)
trying to embezzle money for a condo in Hawaii. Sort of like the first
movie, our boys innocently get wrapped up in the lives of the bad
people and there’s a high school hottie, Jessica (Rachel Nichols), who
both boys fall in love with, trying to expose the principal, but
unlike the first movie, it just isn’t funny.
There are the obligatory fart jokes, you get a creepy Lloyd
thinking Harry’s mom is in love with him, even fantasizing her (Mimi
Rogers) and Jessica having a make-out session in a pool, and what are
supposedly super-funny things like drinking a slushy to fast and
getting brain freeze, as well as making fun of an Asian student. Well,
alright, the Asian student thing was kinda funny, especially when, all
of the sudden, she starts speaking perfect English, but one Asian joke
doesn’t fill an hour and a half.
I think one of the main problems "D & Derer" has is the fact the
boys are in high school. It’s easier to laugh at grown men acting like
innocent teenagers than to find seniors in high school with the wits
of, well, most ten year olds have more wit than these guys. There is
that, and there’s also the fact there is no way this movie could have
come close to living up to the standard set by the original.
Even for those easily amused, of which I am proud to one of them, I
wasn’t. Not that there wasn’t a funny line or two, or a scene where I
did bust out laughing, but I can’t remember what that scene was nor
what that lines were because, for the most part, you get lines like:
Harry – "Who’s Principal Collins?" Lloyd – "He’s the Principal."; and
Lloyd – "Chicks are for fags."; and scenes where the boys are drooling
or have food all over their faces. Even the smeared melted chocolate
bar in the bathroom wasn’t that funny. However, if you think those
lines and those scenes might be hilarious, you might really like "Dumb
& Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd." Me, I didn’t, and it’s ½ star out
of 5 for this movie. Wait for it on local TV and then watch something
else.
That’s it for this review! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
