Is Dumb and Dumber Actually Smart or Just Dumb? - Nostalgia Critic

This comedy hit turns 30 this year, but how much of it's stupidity actually has some real brains to it? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Dumb and Dumber.
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Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly, who cowrote the screenplay with Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. It is the first installment in the Dumb and Dumber franchise. Starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, it tells the story of Lloyd Christmas (Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Daniels), two dumb but well-meaning friends from Providence, Rhode Island, who set out on a cross-country trip to Aspen, Colorado, to return a briefcase full of money to its owner, thinking it was abandoned as a mistake though it was actually left as a ransom. Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Charles Rocket, and Teri Garr play supporting roles.
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[@Sharingan1230]

I used to have this movie on VHS

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

[@air03man]

"Dumb & Dumber" funny & silly but when will critic & Company return to the studio ? whenever the maintenance give us a dumber question!

[@nataliehughes1020]

Love it. Can you please review Escape from Tomorrow, The Mystic Isles, Destination Imagination, Operation: Zero, and Rugrats Go Wild?

[@JDjade1]

I loved this movie when it came out, and I was 15. I've come to not find it nearly as funny now when I'm 45, especially when I saw the trailer for Dumb And Dumber 2 and wasn't finding myself laughing at those clips. And the one clip I found hilarious was the dream sequence where the waiter had his stones used as a training bag.

[@ffejgib]

Clint Eastwood once told Jeff Daniels that the toilet scene was the funniest thing he had ever seen since it actually happened to him IRL

[@josh72456]

@ffejgib I think he didn't like it from what I remember from an interview with Jeff Daniels which I think is actually funnier.

[@JIF882]

@@josh72456 Clint seemed to like it for me

[@dcworld4349]

@@josh72456 No Clint Eastwood randomly went up to Jeff Daniels and told him that the toilet scene happened to him in real life. While they were at some fundraiser golf tournament thing. Started laughing, and just walked away. Then some years later when Eastwood cast him in a movie he was directing he told Daniels he offered him the part because 'If you can do 2 Days in the Valley and you can do Dumb & Dumber, you can do this.' I love the idea that despite Eastwood on the outside for the past 30 years looks like he's a grumpy old grandpa who has seen it all. Lived during a much tougher era and doesn't seem like the kind of guy who in a million years would watch a movie called Dumb and Dumber and. Not only can appreciate it, but understood exactly why Daniels did Dumb and Dumber to begin with. Daniels wanted to avoid getting type cast and more importantly he wanted to have a career as an actor rather than having to do the work of being a movie star. To use his word it was his way to become a "hired-gun" genre be damned so long as the script is good. And he didn't mention him by name but from an young age he wanted to avoid ending up in a situation like Liam Neeson who after Taken which was great. Got boxed in and had to do more and more action movies each one worse than the next. And in a lot of cases those type of actors having to go under the knife to not look your age and be on all kinds of "medication" to keep on doing it.

[@PetProjects2011]

Was the toilet broken too?

[@josh72456]

@PetProjects2011 According to Jeff Daniels when Clint Eastwood approached him about the scene yes.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: According to the Farrelly brothers, Jeff Daniels wasn't wanted for the film, but Jim Carrey wanted him in it. In order to ensure a no from him, they offered Daniels $50,000 for the role. He accepted without any hesitation nor did he attempt to negotiate, despite insistence from his agent the film would "kill his career." By 1994, the film was Daniels' most successful.

[@AlexHarrison-zv4jj]

What d'ya suppose he did with the 50K?

[@GrenSilverKougaOfficial]

@@AlexHarrison-zv4jj Don't even think about it.

[@AlexHarrison-zv4jj]

@@GrenSilverKougaOfficial It was the first thing that came to mind.

[@GrenSilverKougaOfficial]

@@AlexHarrison-zv4jj And I knew EXACTLY where it could go.

[@Volvagia1927]

Honestly? I don't know what career at the time that agent was looking at to NOT say "sigh, fine, go ahead". Lost a Lead Actor nomination for Purple Rose of Cairo to fellow box office dud Runaway Train, not been in anything even artistically relevant since Radio Days. Even if it would be embarrassing, this dumb thing was going to be noticeable.

[@redbigun]

Jim Carrey had this, Ace Ventura and The Mask in the same year. Most people are lucky to have one iconic movie in a decade. He had three in one year.

[@gryphonofmight]

A trifecta

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes! No other big actor’s career took off as fast as Carrey’s did, not even Tom Cruise’s career took off that fast

[@taco1010]

😂 yet pedro pascal seems to be in everything

[@Emanthebald]

@@taco1010 so was Jennifer Lawrence, but neither her nor Pedro come anywhere close to what Jim did that year

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@Emanthebald yes! That’s why people should acknowledge that Jim Carrey is one of the biggest icons of all time. He’s one of the most talented entertainers in cinema history and it makes me mad that alot of people don’t see that

[@RaccoonGamer9613]

"We have NO food, we have NO Money, and our PET'S HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!!!" is the funniest ajd memorable line ever.

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

*jobs not $$$

[@lazyspacecat2143]

Yas! My favorite bit!

[@shoshoni_rezdog]

"We successfully mated a bulldog with a shih tzu. We called it a 'bullshit.'" I don't care what anyone thinks, but this was the funniest line in the film.

[@kdknight1297]

@@shoshoni_rezdog I forgot that line was in the movie as I hadn’t seen it in so long so I legit laughed out loud when I heard it again in this review 😂

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: During filming, Jim Carrey stayed the night at the Stanley Hotel and requested to stay in the infamous room 217 (Stephen King's: The Shining). According to the tour guide at the hotel, about three hours after Carrey went to sleep, he came running out of the room and left the hotel. To this day, he vows to never go back and won't tell anybody why.

[@schoolzone821]

Wouldn't put it past Carrey to do it just as a comedic bit🤣

[@kdusel1991]

​@@schoolzone821 me too!

[@user-cv8qe9ru8c]

Came here to say the same thing!

[@matthewstanley1788]

Sounds legit.

[@matthewclark5612]

@@schoolzone821 True, he could be just trolling everyone

[@LTJfan]

"30...I hate time." Yeah, me too, Critic

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here.

[@AshParth560]

Yup. Too many of us gettin old here. 😅

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 me too!

[@kdusel1991]

​@@AshParth560 I'm 32.

[@AshParth560]

@@kdusel1991 34, atm. though i'd feel older everyday i wake up in the morning.

[@CX462]

Fun fact about the film. Sea Bass is played by Cam Neely, a winger who used to play for the Boston Bruins. He even admitted during on a podcast that the scene where he runs into Jim Carrey at the truck stop bathroom, he had to do like 30 takes because the reaction he was given wasn’t surprising enough. After a brief conversation with him, the very next take, Jim Carrey ended up mooning him and Cams reaction to it was the take they used.

[@PerfidiousAdrian]

Kick his ass Sea Bass!!!

[@desuretard8654]

That sounds almost identical to that one scene in Haggard. You know the one.

[@joyunicycle]

I love "The Most Annoying Sound in the World" scene simply because it wasn't in the script and it shows on Jeff Daniels' face! 🤣🤣🤣

[@gryphonofmight]

That was great

[@somerandofromoregon]

Critic’s Baby Shark joke was honestly pretty good. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s funny because it’s true.

[@Arcademan09]

It's even better because he added to it

[@kingoftherain]

My favourite joke will always be the one that's only suggested. If they'd actually end up together, she would be called Mary Christmas.

[@gonzotown9438]

Yeah, I love how they never paid off that setup. Not even sure what that qualifies as. I don't think it's an anti-joke.

[@sinisterwombat3128]

@@gonzotown9438 "aborted punchline"

[@pierre-marcpare9909]

I know right? I was about to notify OP about this ^^

[@wstine79]

It's interesting that Rob Paulsen voiced the Jim Carrey roles in the Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber cartoons; and he does ADR for Jim Carrey in his movies.

[@Zacman1123]

No that was just for the Mask cartoon.

[@kdusel1991]

That's pretty interesting actually! I didn't know that!

[@nsasupporter7557]

⁠@@Zacman1123the reason why the Dumb and Dumber animated show didn’t last was because it sucked. I tried watching an episode of it and it wasn’t good

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

Now he's buried in the garden behind the Paper Street Soap Co.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I remember my dad telling me about when he went to see it with my grandparents, and my grandpa was laughing so hard they thought that they would need to call an ambulance. Dumb or not, this film is a comedic masterpiece

[@nsasupporter7557]

It was dumb but it really wasn’t, if that makes sense. That was generally the idea, but it’s full of genius moments that’s why it’s unique among other movies “of it’s kind.”

[@OctacleEdits]

Fun fact: the female criminal is played by Karen Duffy, who you may remember best for playing the woman in _Blank Check_ who kisses an 11-year-old boy on the lips… BAD TOUCH!

[@trinaq]

Oh yes, I remember that movie. It seems really icky that they'd actually have an adult woman and preteen boy lock lips in what's SUPPOSED to be a children's film. 1994 was a different time.

[@kdusel1991]

Bad Touch!!! 😂😂😂

[@kdusel1991]

​@@trinaqthat was very disturbing.

[@zacharybartolo5111]

I remember that review Critic did!

[@a.f.watcher8888]

🤮 and 😂

[@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh]

This film is a laugh riot. "Okay kill him" always gets me

[@ShogunTurnip]

"Harry! You're alive! And you're a terrible shot!"

[@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh]

@ShogunTurnip "what if he shot him in the face. What if he shot me in the face!"

[@motherplayer]

That bit after they stiff the guys for their meal and when he explains about where he got it from (Reference "Something Wild" which Jeff Daniels starred in) and happily mentions how it didn't end well for them always cracks me up. "So what happen? They tricked some poor sucker into picking up their check?" "No, in the movie, they catch up to them a half mile down the road and slit his throat! It was a good one!"

[@Logan912]

@@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh “That’s a risk we were willing to take.”

[@karrihart1]

Dustin Hoffman told Jim Carrey that the Harry/Lloyd relationship was one of the best friendship portrayals he'd ever seen in a movie.

[@sarahmcmann5253]

Happy 30th Anniversary Dumb and Dumber

[@kdusel1991]

I like it a lot!

[@sarahmcmann5253]

@@kdusel1991me too

[@chasehedges6775]

It’s one of the best 90s comedies ever made

[@sarahmcmann5253]

@@chasehedges6775you got that right

[@chasehedges6775]

@@sarahmcmann5253 👍

[@van8ryan]

14:00--Jeff Daniels has shared one of the BEST Fan stories about this iconic scene and it truly IS one of the best. Apparently, he was doing a Golf Charity Tournament, when he chatted with one of the fellow contenders, Clint Eastwood. At one point, Eastwood said, "Hey........I saw DUMB AND DUMBER." Daniels immediately started to apologize, but Eastwood instead went on a literal ten-minute story where the EXACT same thing had happened to him on a blind date.

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

The scene I laughed HARDEST at was when Lloyd accidentally killed one of the bad guys endangered owls on display at the Tuxedo WildLife Charity Social with a champaign cork

[@Patralgan]

I died when Harry countered Mary's gentle snowball throw with a snowball thrown with full force to the face from a meter away. It's just so incredibly absurd that I can't help but love it.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@Patralgan The fart scene is god tier comedy as well. It's just perfect execution all around!

[@logantrimble006]

Well, this party died.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@logantrimble006😂😂😂

[@NotMeNaNaNa]

@@thing1thing2themediamaniac43 my favorite is when Mental eats his burger with the atomic chili pepper and Lloyd jumps out of his chair laughing hysterically while pointing at Mental.

[@radioactive_moose]

My favorite scene: is when Harry throws the snowball like a baseball at Mary's face and the sound they used. Most underrated line: We don't have enough money to eat, we don't have enough money to SLEEP!

[@p.l.537]

One time... we successfully mated a bulldog with a Shih Tzu.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

Yep we called it Bullshiter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kdusel1991]

@@p.l.537 we called it a bullshit 😂😂😂

[@gonzotown9438]

That works even better, because it's the kind of industry joke that everyone in that industry has heard before.

[@SwaggerDolphin1]

I made the theory to my friend, while watching tv show "Clarence", that to write a dumb character it takes a bit of intellect in order to make their stupidity funny and not just, well, stupid. lol

[@Nicky2414]

That's what I've always said. There is a special type of nuance to writing intentionally stupid and make it funny.

[@Valkbg]

@@Nicky2414 One of the best dumb characters in my country was played by a very intelligent man. THere was also a director or actor that said something similiar.

[@Music-City-Mania]

The “dolphin having a stroke” quip got me! 🤣🤣

[@KaeMcSpadden]

My aunt actually went to college with someone who worked on this movie, he was an editor or something. So at their reunion at their college, he had some vhs copies of this movie and gave one to my aunt. She watched it and f**king hated it!!! So she gave it to my dad and said “this movie is so stupid!” But my dad loves this movie and constantly quotes it. He never gets tired of it.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: According to Jeff Daniels, none of the scenes between Jim Carrey and himself were filmed during the first week of production because the studio was fully prepared to replace him in the role, even going so far as to have a comedian on standby waiting to take the role. However, after viewing the dailies and constant insistence from Carrey that a real actor (as opposed to a comedian) play opposite him to "ground him," the studio ultimately allowed Daniels to keep the role.

[@kdusel1991]

Thank God they kept him too! I love Jeff Daniels in his more dramatic roles, but he legit makes the comedy hit so much harder!

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@kdusel1991the reason why Carrey fought for Daniels to remain in the role was because he didn’t want to work with another comedian, Carrey knew that another comedian would just try to compete with him and he didn’t want that, he wanted to work as a team with his costar so the only way to do that would be to have an actor be his costar, not another comedian

[@Chiwowza]

It definitely works better to have one character with a more grounded personality and one who's more out there, even if they're both still stupid. They play off each other better and it creates necessary conflict between them. Having two characters with Lloyd's personality would've been insanely grating lmao

[@MrChickennugget360]

the chemistry of Dumb and Dumber is that Lloyd is dumber than harry yet harry lets Lloyd make most of the choices since he is too dumb to question Lloyds choices. Which leads to question who is the more fool the fool or the fool who follows him...

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@MrChickennugget360 perfect way to put it

[@pass_]

man I remember my class putting this on in high school, peak comedy when you're 14 and honestly it still is

[@ArizonanSummer]

Fun fact: if Lloyd Christmas were actually to wed Mary, then her name would now be Mary Christmas. Genius.

[@Tykingthe1]

@@ArizonanSummer we've just wrote the sequel

[@kdusel1991]

​@@Tykingthe1make it a Christmas movie!

[@logantrimble006]

How did I never notice that?😂

[@ArizonanSummer]

@@logantrimble006 it’s perfect because it’s a joke that is never once highlighted in the movie itself, it’s just waiting in the background for you to notice it.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ArizonanSummerit's so good!

[@10INTM]

"Yeah, I called her up. She gave me some bull about my never listening to her, I dunno, I wasn't really paying attention."

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Although the ultimate travel goal was to reach Aspen, Colorado, the actual town wanted too much money for film rights, so many scenes were shot in nearby Breckenridge. The script, however, was untouched. Certain shots were filmed in Estes Park, Colorado, at The Stanley Hotel.

[@eriknelson7077]

My favorite joke in the whole film is one that gets overlooked. When Harry and Mary on the the floating chair, she mentions that there’s family problems in her life but she didn’t want to bore Harry with those and his reply of “Thanks” made my father and I laugh our asses off. Even Mary’s reaction is funny

[@nellgwenn]

I like those small moments too. Pullover. No it's a cardigan, but thanks for noticing. Right out of the blue she sends me a John Deere letter.

[@silverdaleks1]

There was another alternative ending were the owner of the 5 star hotel they stayed in offers them a free room and a job saying they can look after his grandson who turns out to be the little blind boy they sold the dead bird to.

[@silverdaleks1]

What makes the toilet scene even funnier in the extended version on DVD is Harry resorting to remove the toilet off the floor and emptying it out of the window.

[@PetProjects2011]

I've never seen the DVD, but that sounds very familiar. I wonder if it was shown in a TV airing.

[@silverdaleks1]

​@@PetProjects2011 yeah I remember it being in a UK airing as well as the extended DVD version I mentioned

[@MrThemanofdoom]

I love the big gulp guys. Like, Jim just casually asks about their big gulps, gets no response, then he just says see ya! And leaves lol

[@BB13131313]

The most underrated joke for me is when Mary is watching Hard Copy and says "Who are these sick people?" and then you instantly hear the doorbell ring and you know it's Lloyd.. that is some genius stuff haha..

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Jeff Daniels once joked that the toilet scene is his Oscar clip.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Another fun fact: he thought the toilet scene was gonna end him. He told the Farrelly bros right before they shot it that this is either the beginning of his career or the end of it

[@thecunninlynguist]

A classic. 30 years...makes me feel old. 😂😢

[@kdusel1991]

Same!

[@alecbama1]

Just make sure you live up to that Hercules cliffhanger.

[@SgtTankDempsey]

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE VEGAS

[@USMC49er]

​@SgtTankDempsey WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE VEGAS

[@kdusel1991]

​@@SgtTankDempseyWHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE VEGAS? 😂😂😂

[@rckblzr]

He will at some point. Doug said he plans to do all the Disney Renaissance films eventually.

[@alecbama1]

But why tease a cliffhanger like that and not follow up with it soon enough? It’s been a while since such a genuine effort from him.

[@Cornyboa]

This movie is a masterpiece imo

[@joeykonyha2414]

Jeff Daniels was in this and Gettysburg in the same year. Wow.

[@Undertakerlover1306]

Me and a coworker of mine do the Harry and Lloyd high five at my work. The first snowball Harry throws at Mary's face is always hilarious to me.

[@tremorsfan]

Mr T once said "it takes someone smart to play someone so dumb".

[@zacharybartolo5111]

Yeah, I'm one of those people that's not a fan of this movie, but you are right there is at least one scene that always gets a laugh out of me. "You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?"

[@BroNovaGaming]

"It's so painful it feels good, yet it's so good it feels painful!" ...Pop...Tar- IT'S NOT POPTARTS!

[@BugsyFoga]

One of the big three hits from Carrey’s 94 films

[@chasehedges6775]

Films from the 90s are AWESOME

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 agreed! I was born in 1991 and we got so much good stuff back then!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Not only was Jim Carrey's "Big Gulps, huh?" in Dumb and Dumber improvised, the Big Gulpers weren't even extras. They were hanging out watching the filming and the director Peter Farrelly put them in a scene.

[@Almightygoat]

If Lloyd Christmas and Mary Swanson would have gotten married, her name would have been... Mary Christmas Kinda surprised that joke was missed.

[@randallflagg3700]

The directly reference it in the Director's cut (in the "Mary Christmas. This is Mary Christmas. Kinda catchy, heh?" deleted scene). Kinda glad they removed it, the joke was already super obvious without spelling it out for the audience.

[@tracethomas4498]

I called it! When I heard that it was a Jim Carrey movie, the first one I thought was Dumb and Dumber

[@TheTeletabis]

Me either

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: An early draft of the film had Mel Gibson as Mary's husband, playing himself in a cameo role. This was going to be a gag because at the time, Gibson was one of Hollywood's biggest heartthrobs, and somebody like Lloyd Christmas couldn't possibly hope to compete with him.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Really? Very interesting. Another fun fact: this movie was originally written by John Hughes, but he sold the script to the Farrelly bros and asked that his name not be credited

[@KingJaymo2k11]

30 years later and this movie is STILL TIMELESS…It’ll never lose its humor and charm

[@yosoyringodesanantonio8405]

12:55 - 12:58 the sound that he got for a defunct “Sequel Month”! It’s still everyone after Taco Bell

[@crazyjack66]

The joke that kills me for some reason is when Harry is freezing by the lake and he says he can’t feel his fingers anymore and Loyd confesses he has a second pair of gloves on and his hands are all sweaty and then Harry goes and strangle him to which Loyd lets out this weird holler and you think it’s because he’s shocked he’s been strangled but he just says “Harry!…. Your hands are freezing”

[@Outlaw88]

The line "Kick his ass Seabass!" has stuck with me ever since I saw this movie.

[@dolphincrescent54]

Guess what, Toy Story is gonna be 30 years old next year!

[@gryphonofmight]

damn, Im old

[@kdusel1991]

​@@gryphonofmight that movie blew my mind as a kid.

[@gryphonofmight]

@@kdusel1991 same

[@n.d.engleson6499]

12:55 Ah yes one of your classic Nostalgia Critic dead memes!

[@cuff2860]

Crowning achievement is somehow still an understatement. That laxative scene is still tear-inducing funny! I absolutely cracked up just from this review of that scene alone.

[@cherryquenchh]

The one joke that took me 25 years to realize is when they get to Aspen and they're trying remember Mary's last name, and Lloyd looks at the briefcase and realizes the last name is Samsonite. Never really got the humor there until I worked at a Best Buy about 5 years ago and they sold Samsonite laptop bags....This whole time he was just looking at the briefcase's logo and I still can't stop laughing about it

[@matthewhyman8795]

"Head on! - " NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

[@DanArnets1492]

That one's awful

[@alsybroth]

@@DanArnets1492That’s why it’s perfect for NC

[@Settee321]

@@alsybroth agreed. It's terrible, needs to be destroyed by the critic.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

​@@alsybrothwould also help accentuate why this one is held at much higher ground. What things were different ( besides actors lol) or same that were in one movie but not the other that succeeded or failed. Only have seen a bit of Harry met Loyd back on cable TV, so I still need to watch the movie fully myself. The 2nd movie I felt they just went to far on the dumb spectrum by the end which is what causes the movie to be bad.

[@Cowabungas]

I still refer to dollars as "doll hairs" to this day

[@takeshikujo2909]

15:50 - 16:00 NC: No, really. This might be the most demented character Carrey has ever played! That’s saying a lot considering that what’s looking to be his last role before retirement is a mad scientist wanting to rule the multiverse with a wicked mustache and constantly fighting a blue rodent.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: The hotel, bar and Lamborghini scenes were shot at The Historical Stanley Hotel in Estes Park CO. The "We landed on the moon" photo in the bar remains on the wall. The Stanley was the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining.

[@ckmondaviable]

Dumb and dumber is one of the smartest comedies of all time. Its sequels were the dumb and dumber ones!

[@kdusel1991]

Technically the first sequel was a prequel and it sucked.

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

That toilet scene is the single most iconic scene in movie history.

[@TheReviewingNetwork]

Funny enough Billy is played by the kid who voiced Christopher Robin in the late 90s Pooh movies

[@kdusel1991]

I knew he sounded familiar!

[@1nONLY_DRock]

I like how your latest reviews are less sketch comedy and more actual critiquing. Keep it up!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure Jeff Daniels might be thinking about right now is "The inside of the human body is more of a miracle than you'd first think since everything goes on in there in total darkness."

[@gryphonofmight]

RIP Norm

[@kdusel1991]

​@@gryphonofmightRIP. 😭😭

[@FanSeitz]

This is one of the few movies where the fart joke is actually funny.

[@kdusel1991]

It's so beautifully executed!

[@jimmylarson7856]

What was always amazing to me is Daniel’s had 2 big hits that year being this and Speed. 2 completely opposite characters and he played them both perfectly

[@ethanveda1271]

11:16 that's just the actress' natural reaction after reading the end of the script for 'Blank Check' realizing she has to kiss a child.

[@CaptainCat101]

I'm still trying to figure out how to imitate the most annoying sound in the world. I need to know.

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

A Screeching high vocal siren like sound

[@Morgil27]

Years ago, when my cousin got married, him and his best man wore the orange and blue tuxedos from this movie at the reception.

[@glennrollinson3806]

You didn’t bring it up, but I love the part where he sees the old newspaper headline and yells out “No Way, That’s Great, WE LANDED ON THE MOON!” which was completely improvised. I have no idea how any other actors could keep a straight face after that happened! 🤣

[@randallflagg3700]

It was very obviously not improvised...

[@reverendfawkes6138]

I think Carey's most demented character, by far, has to be from Cable Guy.

[@klimmr]

10:45 Clearly he's referencing Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. He's even wearing an orange suit.

[@matthewdekker6064]

I think calling it "dumb" is misunderstanding it. I think most of the humor is very smartly done. A lot of the biggest comedians consider it their favorite movie. I think people similarly misunderstand Tim & Eric as just "dumb" because they don't really "get" the anti-humor. I think most anti-humor doesn't work very well, but Tim & Eric have mastered it.

[@travisdelafuente1150]

11:13 And to think that Jeff Daniels also was in Speed (1994) as a cop also named Harry and also later played Atticus Finch in the Broadway version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Man he can do both serious roles and comic roles.

[@spikeoramathon]

30 years?!? sigh. Yeah, I hate time, too. Ah, well. Getting old isn't as bad as the alternative.

[@kdusel1991]

We've got no food. We've got no jobs. Our pets heads are FALLING OFF!!!

[@trevorfinley2327]

The photo of sly is unfair. The guys next to him are legitimately 6 foot 7 in height

[@micktheman6]

This film is dumb but somehow genius and one of the best buddy comedies

[@westaylor1489]

My favorite joke in the film is when Harry and Mary are on their 'date' and she playfully hits him with a snowball and in return he pegs her in the face with one

[@brodymuser2947]

Well, we all know the thumbnail will change 😂

[@Zacman1123]

They always do.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Following the release of this movie, Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly did get married in real life, but the marriage only lasted a year.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Not even that long. They were only married like 10 months approximately

[@Buzzbar94]

But they still get along which is good. Another fun fact; Lauren Holly auditioned for the role of Melissa in Ace Ventura Pet Detective but lost that role to Courteney Cox.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@Buzzbar94 no, She didn’t audition. She turned down the role I believe

[@basscountry2304]

I was just binge watching old nostalgia critic videos lol

[@americaroleplayer]

That "HEAD ON" joke fucking killed me.

[@Arcademan09]

I still quote this movie, i can recite the entire thing from memory. My favorite scene is when Lloyd loses his wallet to the old lady, goes home defeated and shouting "Our pet's HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!" gets me everytime. Honorable mention goes to the Extra Gloves scene, "...extra gloves? You've had this pair of extra gloves this whole time?" "...yeah! We're in the Rockies!"

[@Neurodiperfluouspolarific]

Same.. love both those scenes... & seem to also know every line.. 😂

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review Zoolander 2. It's a terrible sequel that shouldn't have been made. There was no point for one.

[@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh]

So was the sequel to dumb and dumber

[@kdusel1991]

​@@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh I kinda agree. But the most pointless was that awful prequel that they did.

[@MrFoolD]

@@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh Seriously Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd was a better movie than the Dumb and Dumber sequel...ya it's that bad.

[@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh]

@MrFoolD I kind of agree with that I was thinking about that not too long ago. Dumb and dumber too is so bad the prequel is structurally a better film

[@logantrimble006]

​@HardlyWorkin-kh5uh reviews said that it has its moments. And that is why I never saw it.

[@robertparker6280]

This movie was my first PG-13 movie I saw without my parents, with my friends.

[@OfficialJacksonGrimes]

12:59 😂😂😂 I haven't seen Nostalgia Critic laugh that hard in a while

[@aarondaguio7179]

Fun fact(s): Lauren Holly (Mary) actually married Jim Carrey in 1996. Also, Jeff Daniel’s agent begged him not to do the movie because they thought it would “ruin” his career. But several Golden Globes, Emmy, Tony Award nominations later…he seems to be doing alright.

[@robertcarldecker]

Can’t believe I predicted this week would be Dumb & Dumber…

[@benjackson7872]

Me too

[@louisduarte8763]

I predicted it would be this, Ace Ventura, or The Mask.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@louisduarte8763 he did a review of the mask already! I'd love to see him do both Ace Ventura movies myself!

[@DigiRangerScott]

No penguins today, Doug?

[@TwistedD85]

God I love that cane scene. Harry winding up a full backswing to crack Lloyd in the back of the knees. I love the whole movie, but that's the first thing that pops into my head when I think of it.

[@frostedicepharoah7723]

I forgot how many elite jokes this movie has. The one at the end probably tops them all.

[@wstine79]

"You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?"

[@chasehedges6775]

NOOOOOOO!

[@kdusel1991]

*Jim Carrey Scream*

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775Mock! Yeah! Ing! Yeah! Bird! Yeah!

[@chasehedges6775]

@@kdusel1991 Buy me mockingbird

[@chasehedges6775]

@@kdusel1991 Hey, there’s some people on the side of the road. PICK EM UP!

[@Necron00b]

Timothy Lovejoy - "Short answer, "yes" with an "if." Long answer, "no" with a "but." 😆

[@DragonslayerProd]

"Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" *Opens mouth* Hello! I'm the Nostalgia Critic! I remember it so you don't have to!

[@TheWesinatorvids]

I would’ve loved an edit where he goes, “You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?” And then it plays “A BAT CREDIT CAAAAAAARRRRDD!!!” Or really any Nostalgia Critic scream.

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!

[@EbenWatson]

Fun fact: Jeff Daniels was offered only $50,000 to appear in the film because the executives were trying to get him to turn down the role. Jim Carrey had asked for him personally so they were trying to get away without having him in the film, but to their dismay he accepted immediately and so they were stuck with him in the role. Turns out Carrey was right and Jeff was perfect for the role.

[@matthewdekker6064]

Harland Williams' "dolphin having a stroke" reaction to drinking the beer was actually improvised by him right before shooting. He mentioned it recently on a podcast (maybe his own podcast? I forget). He actually said it *was* a sort of "dolphin" noise that he had done as a random joke earlier on set, and I think one of the Farrellys randomly suggested he do something like that for the scene - they kinda just told him to do whatever, even though this was like his very first movie - I think they happened to notice him doing stand-up shortly before the movie shoot and immediately liked him. He talked about how he basically started getting steady work as soon as he got to Hollywood - people just really loved his stand-up immediately.

[@DanBrizuela]

Absolutely no mention of pointing out that wearing a vest wouldn't save you from a head shot? Shame