Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

A nice-guy cop with dissociative identity disorder must protect a woman on the run from a corrupt ex-boyfriend and his associates.

Directors:

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Writers:

Peter Farrelly, Mike Cerrone,

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey	...	Charlie Baileygates / Hank Evans
Renée Zellweger	...	Irene P. Waters
Anthony Anderson	...	Jamaal
Mongo Brownlee	...	Lee Harvey
Jerod Mixon	...	Shonté Jr.
Chris Cooper	...	Lieutenant Gerke
Michael Bowman	...	Whitey
Richard Jenkins	...	Agent Boshane
Robert Forster	...	Colonel Partington
Mike Cerrone	...	Officer Stubie
Rob Moran	...	Trooper Finneran
Daniel Greene	...	Dickie Thurman
Tony Cox	...	Limo Driver
Andrew Phillips	...	Lee Harvey - Age 9
Jeremy Maleek Leggett	...	Jamaal - Age 9

Storyline

Charlie is a Rhode Island state trooper with a multiple personalities. He is otherwise mild-mannered and non confrontational until somebody or something pushes him a little too far. That's when his maniacal alter-ego, Hank, takes over. Charlie is assigned on a routine mission to return alleged fugitive Irene back to upstate New York, but they wind up on the run from corrupt police officers. And their escape would be a lot simpler on everybody involved if Hank didn't keep stepping in at the most inopportune times....

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Plot Keywords:

rhode island | police | dissociative identity disorder | multiple personality | limousine | 

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Taglines:

From gentle to mental

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, crude humor, strong language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Fox (North America)

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

23 June 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Irene, yo y mi otro yo

Filming Locations:

Burlington, Vermont, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$51,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,292,512 (UK) (22 September 2000)

Gross:

ESP 792,571,082 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Conundrum Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the film, Charley has three full-grown Black children. This is an obvious reference to a skit done by the late 'Andy Kaufman' on Late Night with David Letterman, where Andy brought out three full-grown Black men as his "adopted" sons. Jim Carrey portrayed Kaufman in the 1999 biopic Man on the Moon.

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Goofs

When Charlie is talking with the little girl, as she says her line "My dad says you're a joke..." two people can be seen walking past behind Charlie. We cut to a close-up of Charlie sighing in exasperation, and the same two people walk past behind him again.

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Quotes

[In the roadside eatery, a kid with glasses is slurping his drink annoyingly, and then Charlie transforms into Hank]
Hank Evans: What are you staring at, fucker? You wanna start me up? Just open the choke and pull the cord, pal. I'm due for a seismic event and you're dancing on the fault line.
Kid's Father: [the father stands and approaches] Hey, what is your problem, pal?
Hank Evans: I got no beef with you. This is between me and the kid.

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Crazy Credits

This movie is dedicated to the memory of Gene Siskeland Sidney Jackson Bartholomew, Sr.

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Connections

References Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Bodhisattva"
Written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
Performed by The Brian Setzer Orchestra (as Brian Setzer Orchestra)
Produced by Brian Setzer and Peter Collins
Brian Setzer Orchestra appears courtesy of Interscope Records

User Reviews

Black guys talking German

This film is not only the funniest film of the year (so far), but one of the best of the year (so far). Jim Carrey's comedy antics (not seen this good in 3 years) makes a come back thanks to the Farrelly brothers (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary) who make their 2nd collaboration. Here, Carrey plays a gentle police officer who gets screwed in life so many times, he grows a new personality that is incredibly bad. Jim plays 2 characters here- 1 (Charlie Baileygates) is a little funny, but the second (Hank) brings out one of Carrey's best performances yet. Renee Zelwegger is a good co-star for Carrey (coincidentally, Carrey dated Zelwegger off set just like how he dated Lauren Holly off set of Dumb and Dumber). The best scenes include the hilarious sex scenes, and Carrey's kids, who are straight A black guys who curse in every other sentence and yell German at each other. Split personality is at it's best here. A+