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Dumb and Dumber

year 1994decade 90sdirector Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrellygenre Buddy comedygenre Road comedy

109 minutes

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Cast

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Jim Carrey Lloyd Christmas
Jeff Daniels Harry Dunne
Lauren Holly Mary Swanson
Charles Rocket Nicholas Andre
Mike Starr Joe Mentalino
Karen Duffy J.P. Shay
Teri Garr Helen Swanson
Felton Perry Detective Dale
Harland Williams the motorcycle police officer
Victoria Rowell Beth Jordan (credited as "Athletic Beauty")
Cam Neely Sea Bass
Joe Baker Barnard
Brad Lockerman Bobby Swanson
Lin Shaye Mrs. Margie Neugeboren (referred to by Harry as "Mrs. Noogieburger")
Hank Brandt Karl Swanson
Brady Bluhm Billy in 4C
Connie Sawyer elderly lady

Dumb and Dumber | The Rewatchables

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Most Rewatchable Scene

The airport limo and discovering the suitcase lead a long list

In the discussion (16)
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  • Lloyd’s despair over having no food, jobs, or intact pet is nominated
  • Lloyd selling the headless parakeet to a blind child is nominated
  • The boys-versus-Sea Bass diner sequence is nominated
  • Cam Neely is identified as the Boston Bruins star who played Sea Bass
  • The diner con is identified as a reference to Jeff Daniels in Something Wild
  • Lloyd’s fantasy dinner performance and fight are nominated
  • The hitman road trip and improvised “most annoying sound” are nominated
  • Harry learning Lloyd carried extra gloves throughout the freezing trip is nominated
  • The pair discovering the suitcase money is nominated
  • The Lamborghini, hotel, tuxedo-shopping, and hundred-dollar-bill spree is nominated as a leading stretch
  • The Snow Owl benefit is nominated
  • The snowball fight is nominated
  • The bathroom crisis is nominated as the famous scene
  • The “so you’re telling me there’s a chance” exchange is nominated
  • The airport limo conversation is selected as a favorite scene
  • Discovering the suitcase money and the following hotel-and-benefit run is another favorite stretch

What’s Aged the Best?

Character styling, visual gags, one-liners, and soundtrack

In the discussion (9)
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  • The two leads’ hair and Lloyd’s chipped tooth are praised as defining visual choices
  • The mut-cuts car is praised
  • Seabass’s hat is praised for its subtle slogan
  • The heart-shaped hot tub is praised as a durable movie-hotel image
  • The phone-booth punch is praised
  • The failed 10-to-1 gambling wager is praised
  • Rapid mistaken-word jokes about Aspen, the Monkees, soup du jour, John Deere, Samson, and “rapist wit” are praised
  • The fake nostril mucus is praised
  • The 1994-era soundtrack is praised for holding up

The Den of Thieves Benihana Award for Scene-Stealing Location

Aspen and the hotel

In the discussion (3)
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  • The road-trip aerial resembles a similar road shot in Ace Ventura, though an intentional callback is uncertain
  • The Aspen exterior setting is favored for its snowy, comfortable atmosphere
  • The luxurious hotel is also selected

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The confusing kidnapping plot

In the discussion (5)
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  • Mary dating Harry while her kidnapped husband is missing is questioned
  • The kidnapping plot is criticized for leaving unclear why the FBI was not called
  • Buying a ticket to Aspen after dropping the cash at the airport is questioned
  • Leaving cash unattended in a heavily surveilled airport is criticized as an implausible ransom plan
  • A suitcase swap is proposed as a more plausible exchange method

What’s Aged the Worst?

A Current Affair, Karen Duffy context, and Beck declining the theme song

In the discussion (4)
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  • The A Current Affair reference is judged obscure to younger viewers
  • Karen Duffy’s contemporary MTV fame no longer registers for many viewers
  • Beck reportedly declined use of Loser because the title felt insulting, missing association with a later classic
  • A counterpoint says staying out of Dumb and Dumber may still have been a sensible choice for Beck

Who Was Dumber?

Lloyd

In the discussion (1)
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  • Lloyd is selected as the dumber character and the second participant agrees

Half-Assed Internet Research

Carrey’s tooth, filming sites, ghost story, alternate ending, Eastwood anecdote, improvisation, and watch gag

In the discussion (10)
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  • Jim Carrey reportedly removed a cap to expose his childhood-chipped tooth
  • The Aspen material was filmed in Breckenridge, Colorado, and Park City, Utah
  • The hotel exterior was the Stanley Hotel associated with The Shining
  • The haunted hotel room is numbered 217 in the book and 237 in the film
  • Carrey reportedly fled room 217 after three hours and has not explained why
  • The alternate bikini-model-bus ending is rejected as the wrong ending
  • Carrey reportedly refused an alternate ending in which the pair board the bikini-model bus
  • Jeff Daniels reportedly learned Clint Eastwood had experienced a similar bathroom-date disaster
  • The big gulfs exchange reportedly used nonactors and was improvised
  • Lloyd’s watch displays a fake Casino brand rather than Casio

Apex Mountain

In the discussion (6)
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  • Jim Carrey is judged at or near his apex after three 1994 hits gave him extraordinary leverage
  • Jeff Daniels is assigned an apex for Speed and Dumb and Dumber in the same year
  • Lauren Holly is offered as a tentative apex choice
  • The Farrelly brothers are assigned a later apex with There’s Something About Mary
  • Aspen and snow owls are considered and rejected as apex choices
  • A frozen tongue on a metal pole is assigned instead to A Christmas Story

Picking Nits

Mary’s public date with Harry during the kidnapping

In the discussion (1)
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  • Mary spending a conspicuous day with Harry while her husband is missing remains unexplained

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

The existing sequel and prequel are acknowledged; no new remake is proposed

In the discussion (2)
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  • Lloyd ending up with Mary is raised, then rejected as a sequel premise
  • The franchise is noted to have already produced both a sequel and a prequel

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Spilled salt, snow owls, and suitcase value

In the discussion (7)
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  • Whether spilled salt is bad luck is discussed as a belief learned from the film
  • Whether snowy owls need protection is asked without research
  • The suitcase total is initially guessed at $100,000
  • The Lamborghini’s stated $275,000 price implies a much larger total
  • The weight of cash is used to constrain the estimate
  • The suitcase lock is criticized for opening when thrown down
  • Two participants settle near $500,000 while another guesses $625,000

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

The dog van, book, Casino watch, and Sea Bass hat

In the discussion (6)
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  • The dog-shaped van is the leading memorabilia choice
  • The book Of Course You’re Angry is selected
  • The Casino watch is proposed
  • Sea Bass’s hat is proposed
  • A prop-auction tangent considers the likely value and probable destruction of the van
  • Hunger Games boots are given as an example of film memorabilia mixed into ordinary storage

More from the conversation

Jennifer Lawrence recounts wanting a role in Dumb and Dumber To but being unavailable while filming The Hunger Games.
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Jennifer Lawrence recounts leaving two allegedly haunted New Orleans rentals during Causeway production.
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A separate anecdote recounts requesting a haunted Oklahoma City hotel floor and waking convinced someone was near the window before learning its associated story.
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The closing discussion argues physical comedy has ebbed as comedy film production and the SNL-to-film pipeline diminished.
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