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I'm going to preface this review by stating the obvious (and what no doubt some may be quick to point out in defense of the sequel): look, it's "Dumb and Dumber" we're talking about here; not "Citizen Kane". But I feel like that disclaimer only goes so far, because frankly, the original "Dumb and Dumber" is one of the funniest films I've ever seen -- endlessly quotable, thoroughly likable. The key to the movie, I think, is that there's an underlying sweetness to the humor: Lloyd and Harry (Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels) are never presented as malicious. Most of the bad stuff that happens to them is inadvertent, and often at the expense of trying to do a good deed (e.g. Lloyd trying to return the briefcase).

The new movie left me with a bad taste in my mouth, and it wasn't just the cheap, garish, ugly cinematography (the movie literally has the appearance of a Funny or Die or SNL sketch, with brightly lit, obvious set pieces; frankly, it has the aesthetics of a soap opera).

What left me reeling was the movie's cruel streak -- it turns Harry and Lloyd into deliberately mischievous cretins, and the inherent humour is drained from any potential scenarios as a result of their self- awareness. Roger Ebert used to talk about this a lot in his reviews -- it's only funny if the character isn't aware of what he's doing. So when Lloyd and Harry accidentally poison the hit-man hired to kill them in the original Dumb an Dumber, it's funny; when they deliberately sabotage a convention in "Dumb and Dumber To," screaming at a woman to show them her naked body, or gleefully discuss being responsible for a man's death in front of his parents, it's...not funny. It's immature, it's crass, and most importantly, *it goes against the very thing that made these characters funny in the first place!*

I find it hard to believe all these original cast and crew members could re-assemble for a film 20 years later and so completely misunderstand the appeal of their own movie.

Beyond the inherent lack of humor in the mean-spirited hijinks these characters get themselves into this time around, many of the film's one- liners and jokes just aren't funny either. Sorry, but no matter how many times you repeat it, using the word 'butthole' isn't really that amusing.

The film also lazily falls back on repeating some of the original film's plot points and, indeed, one-liners (e.g. Lloyd's "I like it a lawwwt" or the mannerisms he makes when mixing a drink, identical to the first film). It confuses homage for humour, recycling gags without providing them in a fresh context, which simply reminds us of how much funnier they were the first time around.

And then there are the performances. The Farrellys said Jim Carrey hadn't seen the original movie for something like 15 years before agreeing to doing the sequel, and I'm not surprised. He doesn't seem to remember the comic energy he imbued Lloyd with in the original film; instead, he turns Lloyd into an unlikable, borderline creepy manchild with overly exaggerated stupidity and mannerisms. I think the simplest way of summarizing the mistake here is that they jumped the shark from 'dumb' to 'willfully stupid.' And, again to paraphrase the late Mr Ebert, this is the difference between funny and not funny.

This movie is not funny. It's not even mildly amusing in the manner in which I expected a long-delayed sequel may be. If it had been lazy and fallen back on repeating gags from the original film, fair enough; if it contained the same sweet-natured spirit of the original movie, then maybe that would have been its saving grace. Instead, it's not only unfunny, it's egregiously nasty and vile, and when I left the theater I just immediately wanted to wash the taste out.

I remember seeing "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" years ago in theaters, hating it, and thinking how much better it would have been if they had convinced Jim Carrey to come back for a proper sequel. Imagine my surprise 11 years later that this movie doesn't have a single scene as funny as that one's Bob Saget cameo. What a complete and utter let- down this movie was.

honest here when they announced this movie i was like why are they doing this i mean after so many years well if the gap was 10 years then it might made sense but near then 2 decades passed and this finally released in 2014.

i was 4 when original dumb and dumber released i saw it once when i was a kid but i have the disc along with other Jim Carrey films.

i am not going to debate over here on what is the difference between the real 1994 classic comedy or this sequel but here is the thing about this one it is more like a slapstick then situational like the original hey i enjoyed this.

the plot:2 idiots Harry & Lloyd are back for more fun after 20 years when Harry finds out he has daughter Penny who was given for adoption he makes a plan to use her for a kidney transplant with Lloyd on his side together they make a trip to find her but their journey goes wrong when they have to deliver a box to penny which she left in a hurry at her non biological parents.

some of the jokes are dirty,sexual & downright pure offensive here if it wasn't for Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels no one would have watched this most of the dialogs are rehash of original.

the story is wrong i mean who would try to even think of targeting his own daughter for kidney,one major goof is about James Bond dialog by Jim that he keeps on repeating it the entire film it makes no sense at all it was funny in the start but got lame.

climax is a tight slap in the face of the viewers some folks might get angry & yelling did we sat trough all for that god this was a waste of money. well i would not say that the sole reason is actors did a great job on this lousy script and saved the project.

the cast:Jeff Daniels look out of shape,Jim Carrey seems uninterested but they had a lot of fun together it can be seen Rachel Melvin,Laurie Holden is fantastic but when she started licking n kissing a dudes feet it was annoying to watch she does remind me a lot of Honor Blackman.

sequels does have gaps for example bad boys,rush hour are famous for it so if you are not a fan of dumb & dumber 1994 or the 2003 version called When Harry met Lloyd 2003 you will still enjoy this but beware of the critics and people who are way harsh on this installment this was a average good film.

the flaws are heavy but please chill out guys it's not the worst film at all except the title name should have been something else.

i never expected anything from this at all so no one else should too i was happy that two legends Jim & Jeff are returning they made one hell of a comeback and nailed it.

Overall Dumb and Dumber To:2014 should be liked for what it is leave the brain & hate behind just enjoy my rating is 7/10:Recommended

Trying to write and produce a sequel is always a difficult feat! I laughed a lot at the first Dumb and Dumber with it's benign humor and great situations of awkward comedy. But "Dumb and Dumber To" labored at trying to be funny, including extreme poor taste in making fun of the parents son, who died in a motorcycle accident caused by the stupidity of Lloyd. Lloyd tries to make the parents, who are visibly very uncomfortable, see how funny the circumstances were that caused their son's death. The parents were very upset and slammed the door in the face of Lloyd and Harry. At that point in the movie I walked out with my family and we all got our money back. Unfortunately, several attempts throughout the movie at humor were in very poor taste, and overacted. One scene where Harry and Lloyd are riding on the front of the bus was true to the good humor of the first "Dumb and Dumber". If the writers had pursued more of that kind of humor throughout the movie they would have had an even greater success and more viewers would have, undoubtedly, returned for another laugh. Whether the movie got any worse or better I don't know, but what I did see was enough to convince me that the writers were scraping the bottom of the barrel for their content.