Dumb and Dumberer

The prequel to Dumb and Dumber is just plain dumb. Yes, that was lame sounding but I can't do anything better with this movie.

Harry (the blonde one) has been homeschooled until this year and is finally going to public school. Lloyd is the school janitor's son and has been living in the basement of the school. The school principal is a shyster out to take all the school's money to own a house on Waikiki. Their destinies collide on the very first day when the principal decides to try for $100k grant for special needs classes. Harry and Lloyd are the first students tagged for the class who are then told to recruit others. Hot on the pricipal's trail is Jessica, an investigative school reporter who smells something fishy. Hilarity is supposed to ensue but doesn't really.

The first problem with this movie is that the actor who plays Lloyd is not really playing the character but is playing Jim Carrey playing the role of Lloyd. While he does look and sound uncannily like Carrey, the performance doesn't seem all that natural. The next problem is that the movie tries too hard to be funny. While some of what occurs is funny (such as the game of tag with the 7-11 clerk or some of the word play) other times it falls short or is just too forced and/or slapstick (such as Bob Saget yelling, "There is shit everywhere!"). I probably should have expected this but it's still disappointing.

2 of 5. Still has some humor to it but not all that exciting.