Review of Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Initial Thought: I could have sworn I saw this before. I can't really tell if I have or not. I honestly don't remember anything that happened. So I'm going to watch it again and see if it jogs my memory. It could have been just so bad my memory refuses to acknowledge this movie. The good thing is that it's fairly short.

Characters/Acting: Sequels without the original actors playing the same characters hardly ever work well. This does have a few decent actors though surprisingly like Mimi Rogers, Luiz Guzman, Rachel Nichols, and Shia LaBeouf. It does have Lin Shaye in it though which brings expectations even further down than expected. She is even a return actress although not sure if the character is the same. I thought the two main guys were slightly better than I expected. Thank goodness Lin Shaye only had one scene. Bob Saget was honestly the only funny thing about this whole movie. Shia LaBeouf was basically Louis from Even Stevens only a tad smarter. I wish there was more of Mimi Rogers here.

Story: Harry meets Lloyd and assembles a ragtag team for a high school experience unlike any other in this prequel to the hit comedy, Dumb and Dumber. That opening scene was just plain wrong. It was more disturbed than funny. It has a few okay moments, but I have to say the bathroom scene was actually pretty funny. The ending was pretty funny too.

Directing/Writing: Troy Miller takes this as both the writer and director. I loved Tenacious D and Jack Frost was pretty good in my opinion. This is the only time he has written a film though. The story was Robert Brener's idea. He doesn't have any other credits besides this. The Farrelly brothers obviously didn't care that their characters were spoiled here. They ended up making their very own subpar sequel.

Final Thought: So that was pretty dumb like expected. That wasn't in a fun way though. I really just couldn't take this seriously. This is one trilogy I never really liked in the first place. The humor is supposed to be dumb, but I don't particularly find that satisfying all the time. I mean I only considered the first one to be average at best. Anyways I wouldn't recommend anyone to explore these films.