Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
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... View MoreGood story, Not enough for a whole film
... View MoreThe joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
... View MoreIt's the 1980s, and it's the moment that Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne meet. The two individuals are seen by many as 'special', and become best friends as soon as they meet. Principal Collins and his lover, the lunch lady Ms. Heller, want to make as much money out of scams, and their next idea is to create a special needs class. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is far from being the worst thing ever made but it's also not that great either. The acting and the dialogue was dumb, the direction too and some scenes were complete rip-offs from 94'.
... View MoreAtrocity aptly epitomizes "Jack Frost" director Troy Miller's "Dumb and Dumber" prequel "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" with Eric Christian Olsen cast as Lloyd Christmas and Derek Richardson as Harry Dunne. This lackluster comic melodrama provides us with the back story about how Lloyd and Harry met in 1986 and became lifelong pals. Indeed, we learn that the two collide with each other on the sidewalk on their way to school, and Lloyd's tooth broke and stuck into Harry's forehead. They wind up in a 'special needs' class at their high school that a crooked principal, Principal Collins (Eugene Levy of "American Pie, and his squeeze cafeteria supervisor Ms. Heller (Cheri Oteri of "Liar Liar"), plan to rip off the school so they can relocate to a tropical climate. Of course, the misfits win, but tyro scribe Robert Brenner and Miller don't pull off anything as imaginative as the Farrelly brother did. The most grotesque scene has poor Harry at his girlfriend's house with feces all over himself and Jessica's father Bob Saget of "America's Funniest Home Videos" howling in agony. The funniest scene is the opener when Harry is born and we see life from his perspective looking out of his mom's womb. Naturally, Harry wants nothing to do with life and refuses to accommodate the pediatrician. The biggest future star who is cast as one of the misfits that gravitate toward Lloyd and Harry is none other than "Transformers'" star Shia LaBeouf. Happily, Eric Christian Olsen, who does resemble what a young Lloyd might look like, went on to better things in the CBS-TV "NCIS Los Angeles." Writer & director Miller puts our harebrained heroes through their paces, but we don't feel for them like we felt for their grown-up counterparts. "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" didn't make enough bucks at the box office and the "Dumb and Dumber" franchise would languish another eleven years before the Farrelly brothers revived it. Only completists will want to waste their time on this nonsense. Several bigger names are lost in the mishmash, among them Luis Guzman was Lloyd's janitor father. For the record, the Felcher twins show up at the end.
... View MoreConsidering this is a prequel to one of the most popular cult classics of the 90s, something like this is going to get back-lashed.First off, to all the critics, please stop calling this film a piece of crap. It may look like crap, but seriously people, I think Dumb And Dumberer is a great idea.Didn't see this in the theater, but saw the trailer plenty of times to get me interested in the idea. The trailer alone was really funny, and reminded me that every once in a long while, there has to be a movie that has to be this ridiculous to laugh at. With that said, I honestly think that the sequel coming out later this year will hopefully resonate well with the fans.Slap yourself a few times over, then sit down and see what you think of this movie when you put it in next, or when it shows up on TV.The female lead will be at the Seattle Comic-Con this year, (2014) and will hopefully meet her.It may not live up to the original, but they used plenty of original material to give you an idea of how dumb Harry and Lloyd really are.(Loved the idea of Harry's invisible captain friend! Seeing the car hit that wooden wagon was pretty priceless!!)
... View MoreJust as hilarious as the original Dumb & Dumber. This movie sticks to comedy, not drama. It gets to the point, moves along well. A well-thought out movie that is not stupid. I give it a 10 out of 10 because I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good acting, good characters, good performances, good story. The movie is actually quite sincere. It's not pretentious.Why the low ratings and bad reviews by others? I came to this movie with no expectations or preconceived notions about anything or anyone. If they made this movie any better it would simply have been different, not better. Highly recommended. I also recommend "The 'Burbs" (1989) starring Tom Hanks.
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