Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (New Line Platinum Series)

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Theatrical Release Date

Jun 12, 2003

Genre(s)

• Slapstick
• Buddy Films
• Accidental Heroes
• Unlikely Heroes
• Teen
• School Days
• New Line Platinum Series

Rating (Stars)

Description

A passable comedy for delinquent kids and unambitious teens with time to kill, Dumb and Dumberer does for prequels what Jerry Springer did for daytime television. With only faint connection to the 1994 hit starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, this ill-conceived prequel follows the Carrey//Daniels characters, Lloyd and Harry, as they bungle their way through high school. The principal and his demented lunch lady (Eugene Levy and SNL alumnus Cheri Oteri) have hatched a scheme to embezzle funds intended for students with "special needs," and Harry & Lloyd unwittingly recruit a few "intellectually challenged" classmates to fuel the plot. Veteran TV director Troy Miller prefers to keep the humor low and lowerer: Scatological jokes, puerile double-entendres, and juvenile sight gags ensure that Dumb and Dumberer lives up to its title. As Lloyd and Harry, respectively, Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson deliver a few laughs, but they're stuck in a movie with special needs of its own. --Jeff Shannon

Director

Troy Miller

Stars

• Timothy Stack
• Mimi Rogers
• Wayne Federman
• Lucas Gregory
• Derek Richardson

Running Time

86 minutes

Original Price

$12.98

Current Value

$0.01

DVD Features

• AC-3
• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 1.85:1