RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

srdjan_veljkovic First half of this movie is a pretty solid comedy that is not done by some usual formula. It goes for a non-extreme fun (and that is saying something when you have Jim Carrey on board), trying to do "smart humor", which mostly works.Second half, for whatever reason, descends into well known Hollywood formulas. It's not bad, just, it's a little let-down after the first half.It's both fun and funny, not very much so, but, quite enough. Tea Leoni is in her maybe best comedic role, and she looks better than ever (she was not a girl any more, but a very good looking woman). Her joy of being able to cook something when she quits her job, thus having time to actually do it right, is very genuine and funny. The general theme of the movie is also interesting, if, especially in the second half, not fully explored.About the only significant issue I found with the movie is that some supporting roles, like Angie Harmon's, were not explored more, as there was some fun to be had there. Some supporting roles, not all, mind you.It would have been interesting if a sequel of sorts was made after the financial markets crash in 2008., to see how these two would have handled that.

sddavis63 Jim Carrey isn't at the top of my list of favourite actors. He's funny, but way too often he simply goes overboard and it seems as though he's trying to be too funny - with the end result being that he isn't funny, he's just irritating. When he keeps himself more in check, though (and actually acts, rather than trying too hard to be funny) he can put on a pretty good performance, and in "Fun With Dick and Jane" he manages to do that, teamed very effectively with Tea Leoni.What really makes this movie work is not so much the comedy (although it is quite funny at times) but the sympathy you feel for the characters, which - because of the economic troubles in the modern world - is probably even greater today than it was in 2005 when this movie was made. Dick is a corporate executive on the rise, who as the movie opens gets his big promotion to Vice President of a big company, only to be left stammering incoherently in a television interview when the company goes under while he's on the air. He and Jane find themselves in desperate circumstances, unable to find work, having to sell everything they own, finally faced with the foreclosure of their house. This was funny and somewhat sad all at the same time. You could laugh at what was happening on screen and at the same time really understand their plight, while at the same time hoping you never have to face what they're facing. Finally, with literally no other options, Dick and Jane take up robbing stores and banks to try to save their home. Everything worked very well up to that point in the movie.I didn't like the revenge angle, though. Eventually, this turned into Dick and Jane finding a way to make Jack McAllister (Alec Baldwin) - who had been the president of the company Dick worked for - pay for his dishonesty. Somehow the movie lost its sense of fun with that, and the end result was a little too "feel-good," as their plot against McAllister worked perfectly and to the benefit not just of Dick and Jane, but of all the company's former employees. It was nice to see McAllister pay up, but to me it didn't really fit too well with what I was feeling about the movie up to that point.This is quite a fun ride for a little over an hour, then the remainder of the movie gets a bit bogged down with this plan directed against McAllister. What really makes this work, though, is that Dick and Jane are truly likable characters whose desperate circumstances you really do care about. They were fine performances from Carrey and Leoni. (7/10)

JasparLamarCrabb A wildly underrated remake of the Jane Fonda/George Segal classic --- proving that it's never a bad time to say f### y## to corporate America. Jim Carrey & Tea Leoni find themselves way over their heads after Carrey is run out of his job by greedy boss Alec Baldwin. They plot revenge after trying (in the most bizarre ways imaginable)to make ends meet. Attempting everything from bank robbery to migrant day labor, Carrey is brilliant and Leoni is a perfect match for his hyperactivity. Their Sonny & Cher bit is lunacy and Carrey's run in with some ruthless INS officers has to be seen to be believed. Baldwin, affecting a southern drawl, is suitably nasty and the supporting cast includes Michael Higgins, Angie Harmon, and Richard Jenkins, as the couple's boozy and very unlikely savior.

wes-connors "When Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) is terminated as Globodyne Corporation's VP of Communications, he assures his wife, Jane (Téa Leoni), he'll find another job in no time. Months later, their lawn is repossessed, Jane has sold her body to science, and Dick's career as a day laborer ends with his deportation to Mexico. Madder than ever and not going to take it anymore, Dick and Jane turn to the fastest-growing sector in the white-collar job market - armed robbery - as they become upscale suburban Robin Hoods, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor… namely themselves," according to the Columbia Pictures synopsis.This re-make of the 1977 film starring George Segal and Jane Fonda is surprisingly toned down. The original wasn't a classic - but it was pleasant and somewhat daring, with "politically incorrect" humor and a subversive subtext. Here, the latter is no longer subversive; the former is tamed. If you've seen both films, compare the leading man's botched robbery scene. They've altered Mr. Segal's struggle with the gun in his pants to Mr. Carrey's struggle with his hood - resulting in no "condom scene". And, nothing equals Ms. Fonda's trendy "toilet scene". We should have had more "Fun with Dick and Jane" than this trifle.**** Fun with Dick and Jane (12/21/05) Dean Parisot ~ Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Richard Jenkins, Alec Baldwin