Dumb and Dumber
New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 16, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4
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38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
At its best, Dumb and Dumber is like an Ernest movie with a scatological bent. Read full review
30
The New YorkerMichael Sragow
But the screenplay for this deliberately over-the-top (under-the-bottom?) farce—about Carrey's unwitting retrieval of some ransom money and his effort to return it to his dream gal (Lauren Holly) in Aspen—doesn't pass muster as a string of moronic skits (studded with urine and fart jokes) or as a lampoon of buddy movies. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson 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
10
Washington PostRita 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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