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Dumb and Dumber

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Critics' Reviews

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
There are limits to how much comic irony can be wrung out of the sight of two grown men acting like complete cretins.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The plot is lame, but that doesn't matter, because Dumb and Dumber is essentially pitched at the level of an "Airplane!"-style movie, with rapid-fire sight gags.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
A movie that knows much better than to try to make sense. It is essentially a strung-together series of gags, most of them thought up by Lloyd, an inveterate practical joker.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
At its best, Dumb and Dumber is like an Ernest movie with a scatological bent.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
An abominable, abdominal comedy. Aside from its tastelessness and dawdling pace, the movie’s chief problem is the lackluster chemistry between leading lummoxes Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
An uneven collection of bodily function jokes, facial gyrations, sexual jibes and pedestrian slapstick, Dumb and Dumber appears to have been conceived by the leading lugheads themselves.Read Full Review »
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