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Dumb and Dumber Review

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  • 2.0
    39

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
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  • 30

    out of 100

    The New Yorker

    But the screenplay for this deliberately over-the-top (under-the-bottom?) farce-about Carrey's unwitting retrieval of some ransom money and his effort to return it to his dream gal (Lauren Holly) in Aspen-doesn't pass muster as a string of moronic skits (studded with urine and fart jokes) or as a lampoon of buddy movies.

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  • 38

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    At its best, Dumb and Dumber is like an Ernest movie with a scatological bent.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    A movie that knows much better than to try to make sense. It is essentially a strung-together series of gags, most of them thought up by Lloyd, an inveterate practical joker.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The plot is lame, but that doesn't matter, because Dumb and Dumber is essentially pitched at the level of an "Airplane!"-style movie, with rapid-fire sight gags.

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  • 67

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    There are limits to how much comic irony can be wrung out of the sight of two grown men acting like complete cretins.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety

    A flat-out celebration of stupidity, bodily functions and pratfalls. Yet the wholeheartedness of this descent into crude and rude humor is so good-natured and precise that it's hard not to partake in the guilty pleasures of the exercise.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 13+

The caviar of low-brow, gross-out comedy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Dumb and Dumber is unapologetically crass. The Farrelly Brothers deliver nonstop, gut-churning laughs for adults as well as kids; however, parents of preteens should be advised of slapstick violence and moderate sexual content. It's your call, parents, as to whether you want your preteens seeing this. The PG-13 rating -- for comedic violence, explosive bowels, and sexual situations -- is a sound recommendation for your supervision. Teenagers will laugh themselves sore. Adults who believe they're above this sort of thing may find themselves pleasantly mistaken.

  • Families can talk about why the main characters' antics are funny on film but inappropriate in real life.

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: Lots of dumb humor, though some messages of friendship.

  • rolemodels true0

    Role models: Nobody here is a role model.

What to watch for
  • violence false3

    Violence: Some shooting and slapstick violence. In an elaborate fantasy sequence, Lloyd tears a chef's heart out and deposits it in a bloody doggy bag. A practical joke results in death. Lloyd is in danger of being raped by a man in a toilet stall. Off-camera, a bad guy twists a parakeet's head off (the damage is later repaired with tape).

  • sex false2

    Sex: A few partially-exposed rears, plus plenty of sexual banter and sexual terms like "hooters."

  • language false4

    Language: Cursing throughout, including "s--t," "bastard," "d-ck," and "crap."

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some smoking and drinking, plus some pill popping.

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