Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
New Line Cinema | Release Date: June 13, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Overwhelming dislike based on 28 Critic Reviews
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24
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75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
In all it's a pleasant surprise if not a great comedy. Read full review
60
Film ThreatKevin Carr
Sure, Dumb and Dumberer is dumb, dumber and dumberer than the original, but if you like that kind of banal, rustic and sophomoric humor (and I have to admit, I kinda do), it might be worth a buck or two at a discount theater. Read full review
50
New York PostMegan Lehmann
A harmless celebration of idiocy that is the cinematic equivalent of an overeager, block-headed puppy chasing its tail. Read full review
40
VarietyJoe Leydon
Fitfully amusing prequel. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The movie's really about the impressions of the original performances by newcomers Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson. Olsen does an uncanny Carrey, and Richardson vaguely resembles Daniels. Read full review
38
PremiereLaine Ewen
Lacks the heart that might otherwise have breathed life into the pointless shtick. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Without any of the patented Farrelly insight into the insecure, horndoggy teen in every man, and without a grown-up setting in which Harry and Lloyd can transgress like dum-dum geniuses,Dumb and Dumberer is dumberest. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
Falls wildly short of its inspirations. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
Exactly as you may expect, this thing is good for a few cheap little laughs and no more. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Long, lumbering and endlessly unfunny. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
In "There's Something About Mary," the gross gags were hilarious. Here, they're just vile. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianChristy Lemire
Has all the gross-out humor but none of the goofy sweetness. It also has neither of the Farrellys, which is agonizingly evident throughout. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunRoger Moore
The only bits worth watching are the scenes where Olsen is in full Carrey mode and Richardson is doing his best Jeff Daniels. The spot-on impersonations take the mind off the plot, the poo-poo gags, the clunky chase scene and the ripped-off finale. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
To call this effort misguided would be kind. The job this "prequel" does on the original Dumb and Dumber is the movie equivalent of surgery that removes all the vital organs and then gives the patient a prosthetic third arm. What's needed isn't there, and what's here we don't need. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's so sloppy that the flashback montage includes clips from scenes that were cut from the film! Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The jokes? "Chicks are for fags," says Lloyd. The film is subtitled When Harry Met Lloyd. Believe me, you don't want to be there. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
Levy, Luis Guzman, Cheri Oteri -- utterly wasted. At 82 minutes it feels longer than “Lawrence of Arabia” -- and a lot less funny. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The best thing I can say about this limp prequel to the Farrelly brothers' Dumb & Dumber is that it obliged me to check out the original, which I'd been studiously avoiding for years. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty funny, and mercifully light on the scatology and cheap sentiment of later Farrelly efforts. Read full review
20
The New York TimesDave Kehr
While "Dumb and Dumber" possessed a bracing, genuine vulgarity, this new film is more often merely disgusting as it piles up jokes involving various bodily discharges and the unpleasant things that can be done with them. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
The film's only mildly appealing character is the "Big A" store clerk (Brian Posehn) who refuses to be amused by Lloyd and Harry's moronic antics; sadly, even he eventually succumbs to the film's relentless and overarching stupidity. Read full review
20
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Wasted comedy ringers Eugene Levy and Cheri Oteri co-star. Read full review
12
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
So excruciatingly awful, the word "dumb" could sue for slander. Read full review
12
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Yes, I've seen Dumb and Dumberer, so you don't have to. As good deeds go, this is about as significant as getting a cat out of a tree, but believe me, you're better off at home, alphabetizing your old comic books, talking to your parents, or watching paint dry. Read full review
10
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
To call it sophomoric would libel even the most pathetic, pimply underclassman. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
I wouldn't want you to consider even renting this thing. It would only encourage another prequel, this time featuring two dumb toddlers who keep walking into doors and become great pals. Call it "Duh and Duh." Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Even with its scant running time, this nightmarish travesty barrels along with all the whipcord speed and nimble comedic grace of a loved one’s funeral. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Mind-numbing, soul-testing, character-defiling experience that offers not one nanosecond of comic relief. Read full review
0
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
No movie could be more aptly compared to raw sewage than this film. Read full review
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