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Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. It was directed by The Farrelly Brothers and was also written by the duo along with their friend Bennett Yellin. It is a modern example of slapstick comedy and gross-out humor. Since its release, the film has become what many consider a comedy classic and the source of countless humorous quotes. Dumb and Dumber contributed to the launch to stardom of Jim Carrey and set the foundation for many Farrelly Brothers films yet to come.

Background information

The film was made on an estimated $16 million budget, which was surpassed on the opening weekend. It grossed $127,175,354 in the United States, and $246,200,000 worldwide. The movie has amassed $63,600,000 in the USA on rentals.

Although the film did not come away with any major American motion picture awards, it was very successful at the MTV Movie Awards. Jim Carrey won for Best Comedic Performance, Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly won for Best Kiss, and Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels were nominated for Best On-Screen Duo.

In 1995, a Hanna-Barbera produced animated spin-off aired on ABC, as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. Matt Frewer provided the voice of Lloyd, while Bill Fagerbakke voiced the character of Harry.

A prequel, Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
was released in 2003 to terrible reviews and poor box office returns.

Tagline: For Harry and Lloyd every day is a no-brainer.

Plot

Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne are two well-meaning, extremely unintelligent men who live together in their Providence, Rhode Island apartment, and are recently out of work. Prior to his firing, Lloyd drives Mary Swanson to the airport by limousine. He is immediately smitten and falls in love with her along the way. After entering the airport terminal, Mary sets a cash-filled briefcase in the middle of a terminal area in the airport before her departure to Aspen, Colorado. Upon seeing this, Lloyd rushes in to bring it to Mary, thinking she has forgotten it. What he does not know is that the briefcase was intentionally left behind because it contains ransom money for the man who had Mary's husband kidnapped.

Lloyd (after being fired from his job) returns to his apartment at the same time as the also-fired and equally dimwitted Harry. The two leave briefly to search for new jobs, but to no avail. After returning, Harry discovers his pet parakeet Petey has died due to his head "falling off". What actually happened was that the bird was murdered by Mary's husband's kidnappers, who tracked Lloyd back to his place. Between the death of the bird and Lloyd's wallet being stolen by an elderly woman, the two decide to leave their troubles behind and start anew in Aspen. They also intend to return the briefcase to Mary and become a part of the town's social scene.

Harry and Lloyd trek westward across the country in hopes of finding Mary, encountering several misfortunes and adversaries along the way. Joe "Mental" Mentalino, one of the people hired by Mary's husband's kidnapper tries to foil Lloyd and Harry's plans around the time they get to the midwest. Mental's attempt to poison the two and steal the briefcase fails and winds up killing himself after the idiots mistakenly medicate him with rat poison.

Once the two arrive in Aspen, they realize that they are strapped for cash and have no place to stay. During a quarrel, they mistakenly break the case open to discover for the first time that the briefcase is filled with cash. Upon discovering this, they "borrow" the money to buy elaborate clothes, a Lamborghini Diablo, and a very expensive hotel suite. They intend to pay the loans back with paper IOUs. Later in the visit, the two encounter Mary at a wildlife preservation benefit- only Harry is the one who talks and becomes friends with her. Lloyd discovers Harry's two-timing ways and sabotages his date with Mary by spiking tea with laxative, leading to a lengthy toilet scene by Jeff Daniels, a great example of bathroom humor.

Lloyd and Harry continue to argue over who "gets" Mary, culminating in the kidnapping of all three by Mary's husband's kidnapper. The kidnapper turns out to be a close friend of the Swanson family. There is a brief standoff in the hotel room amongst the four, until FBI agents storm in and arrest the kidnapper. Mary's husband is returned to her (much to the dismay of Lloyd and Harry), and the two fools are left to find a way home for themselves. Along the way home, they inadvertently turn down a chance to be oil boys for bikini models, which was considered by many to be the most ignorant, dumbest thing they've done throughout the movie.

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