Dumb and Dumber (1994)

After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.

Directors:

Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly (uncredited)

Writers:

Peter Farrelly, Bennett Yellin

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey	...	Lloyd
Jeff Daniels	...	Harry
Lauren Holly	...	Mary
Mike Starr	...	Joe Mentalino
Karen Duffy	...	J.P. Shay
Charles Rocket	...	Nicholas Andre
Victoria Rowell	...	Athletic Beauty
Joe Baker	...	Barnard
Hank Brandt	...	Karl Swanson
Teri Garr	...	Helen Swanson
Brady Bluhm	...	Billy
Cam Neely	...	Sea Bass
Felton Perry	...	Detective Dale
Brad Lockerman	...	Bobby
Rob Moran	...	Bartender

Storyline

Harry and Lloyd are two good friends who happen to be really stupid. The duo set out on a cross country trip from Providence to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase full of money to its rightful owner, a beautiful woman named Mary Swanson. After a trip of one mishap after another, the duo eventually make it to Aspen. But the two soon realize that Mary and her briefcase are the least of their problems.

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Plot Keywords:

road trip | briefcase of money | woman wearing a short skirt | kidnapping | slapstick comedy | 

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Taglines:

If they each had half a brain, together they would still only have half a brain.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cam Neely: As a nasty trucker called Sea Bass.

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Goofs

When the air bag inflates at the airport and Lloyd is wrestling with it for a split second he pulls it back and you can see it is not attached to the steering wheel.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lloyd Christmas: Excuse me. Could you tell me how to get to the medical school? I'm supposed to be giving a lecture in 20 minutes, and my driver's a bit lost.

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Crazy Credits

The song "Mockingbird" is listed as "performed by Lloyd & Harry".

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Alternate Versions

In the TV version the scene where Harry, Lloyd and Mary are on the bed at gunpoint and Harry are fighting, Lloyd tells Harry where to sign: "Right on my sandwich after you kiss it!", as opposed to the movie where he says "Right on my ass after you kiss it!"

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Connections

Edited into Still Dumb After All These Years (2006)

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Soundtracks

Hurdy Gurdy Man
Performed by Butthole Surfers (as The Butthole Surfers)
Written by Donovan
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Funniest Farrley's Brother movie you will ever see...

It's hard to find a Farrley's Brother which isn't funny, and this is even harder to classify as, 'not funny'...because it is the funniest!

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels team up as the not just odd, but strange, weird and mentally disabled couple.

After losing both of their jobs on the same day, Lloyd (Carrey), who retrieved a bag which a woman he drove to the airport leaves in the terminal, encourages his friend Harry to come with him to Aspen where the girl flew to. They think that the gas company is after them since they didn't pay their bill, but is actually the kidnappers of Mary (Holly)'s husband, who were supposed to pick up the money where she left it in the airport terminal.

From their start in Rhode Island, until they arrive in Aspen, the kidnappers follow Harry (Daniels)and Lloyd, along the road. The script is the most well-written comedy I think ever, because every thing that they do in the movie, leads to something new and funny that ends up happening to them later on.

Their are more than a few funny scenes, and the dialogue is always right-on.

I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Farrley Brothers' movies, or anyone who likes Jim Carrey. It's a hilarious comedy and the two stars were perfectly casted, especially Jim Carrey, of course.

And now, an excerpt from the film,

"Skies, huh?" "That's right." "They yers?" "Yup." "Both of them?"

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Swedish German

Release Date:

16 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Power Tool Is Not a Toy

Filming Locations:

845 W 24th St, Ogden, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,363,442, 18 December 1994

Gross USA:

$127,175,374

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$247,275,374

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 113 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1