Synopsis
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
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Cast
- Jim CarreyDick Harper
- Téa LeoniJane Harper
- Alec BaldwinJack McCallister
- Richard JenkinsFrank Bascombe
- Angie HarmonVeronica Cleeman
- John Michael HigginsGarth
- Richard BurgiJoe Cleeman
- Carlos JacottOz Peterson
- Aaron Michael DrozinBilly Harper
- Gloria GarayuaBlanca
Recommendations
- 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's a consistently funny script, tastefully packaged by super-producer Brian Grazer and directed with just the right touch by Dean Parisot. - 70
Variety
The rare Hollywood remake that, by daring to reinterpret its source material within a fresh political context, actually has a reason to exist. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Recycles the 1977 comedy right down to repeating the same mistakes. - 60
The New York Times
Mr. Carrey is such an attention hog that most actresses have a hard time holding on to their corner of the screen when he's onboard, especially in broader comedies. But Ms. Leoni never cedes her ground. Both performers exude such acute neediness - there's a touch of Jerry Lewis and Lucille Ball in their mutual frenzy - that not to love them even a little would seem cruel. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Plays like the setup for a movie that never materializes. It has all the elements for a successful comedy, but once the premise is presented, the film doesn't know how to deliver on its promise. That doesn't mean there is no fun in "Fun." - 50
Chicago Tribune
This is familiar clowning territory for our actors -- hypothetically well-matched here, with Carrey a far more sophisticated and energetic comic partner for Leoni than Adam Sandler was in "Spanglish." - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
While the 1977 Fun With Dick and Jane was a reasonably diverting sendup of conspicuous consumption with a subversive if not always razor-sharp comic edge, the new version... replaces smart performances with tired shtick. - 50
USA Today
There's really not much fun to be had with Dick and Jane - or anyone else in this anemic comedy.
