Synopsis
This wacky prequel to the 1994 blockbuster goes back to the lame-brained Harry and Lloyd's days as classmates at a Rhode Island high school, where the unprincipled principal puts the pair in remedial courses as part of a scheme to fleece the school.
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Cast
- Derek RichardsonHarry Dunne
- Eric Christian OlsenLloyd Christmas
- Mimi RogersMrs. Dunne
- Luis GuzmánRay
- Rachel NicholsJessica
- Eugene LevyPrincipal Collins
- Teal RedmannTerri
- Shia LaBeoufLewis
- Lin ShayeMargie
- Elden HensonTurk
Recommendations
- 60
Film Threat
Sure, Dumb and Dumberer is dumb, dumber and dumberer than the original, but if you like that kind of banal, rustic and sophomoric humor (and I have to admit, I kinda do), it might be worth a buck or two at a discount theater. - 38
New York Daily News
The movie's really about the impressions of the original performances by newcomers Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson. Olsen does an uncanny Carrey, and Richardson vaguely resembles Daniels. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Falls wildly short of its inspirations. - 25
Philadelphia Inquirer
Long, lumbering and endlessly unfunny. - 25
USA Today
In "There's Something About Mary," the gross gags were hilarious. Here, they're just vile. - 25
Portland Oregonian
Has all the gross-out humor but none of the goofy sweetness. It also has neither of the Farrellys, which is agonizingly evident throughout. - 20
L.A. Weekly
Levy, Luis Guzman, Cheri Oteri -- utterly wasted. At 82 minutes it feels longer than “Lawrence of Arabia” -- and a lot less funny. - 20
Chicago Reader
The best thing I can say about this limp prequel to the Farrelly brothers' Dumb & Dumber is that it obliged me to check out the original, which I'd been studiously avoiding for years. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty funny, and mercifully light on the scatology and cheap sentiment of later Farrelly efforts.
