I'll say it: this is one of the funniest films of all time. Few films can make me laugh each time I see them, but Dumb and Dumber manages to do just that. Yes, it's over the top and a little too crude at parts, but it really is, and will continue to be laugh out loud funny.

Certainly one of the funniest films of its time, "Dumb and Dumber" stars Jim Carrey as Lloyd and Jeff Daniels as Harry, two clueless fools who are friends. The story starts with both men losing their jobs, then becoming involved, unknowingly, in a high-stakes criminal matter.Carrey fills the scenes with his usual rubber-faced antics and impressions. Daniels is up to the challenge, portraying the one who is likely the "dumber" of the two. Laughs are plentiful, usually involving physical humor, visual humor, or the stupidity of characters.Lauren Holly plays Mary, the object of Lloyd's obsessions. (Holly and Carrey would later marry.)Much of the action involves a road trip, the setting for many other comedies. It doesn't disappoint. When they share the ride with a hitman, the results are hilarious.How dumb are these two? If you compare them to Steve Martin's "The Jerk", they are more juvenile. If you compare them to The Three Stooges, they are in the same ballpark, but they rely less on pratfalls and are less manic. If you are looking for laughs, this film definitely delivers.

The movie wasn't funny. It made me angry. So, why such polarized reviews? I think it's a statement about the state of affairs in the US.The US has always been full of bone-deep anti-intellectuals. Anyone with an education is suspect. We've got a joke of a President because a certain segment were fed up with people with educations telling them to be more respectful of everyone and get over out-dated behaviors. But this goes further. This movie is the cinematic equivalent of the kind of societal failure that whips out of a parking lot in front of you, forcing you to brake heavily to avoid an accident, then drives painfully slow. That's the kind of person that finds this movie funny. The kind of person that will never achieve anything...except they can keep you from getting something done!So, what's wrong with a movie for people like that? Well, like the aforementioned crowd that worships the orange one, it's cruel! It's not just that aggressive anti-intellectualism is cool, so is being rude and cruel. "What's wrong with pulling the wings off flies, you pointy headed intellectual!" Yeah. It's on that level.Does that whole phenomenon anger you as well? Well, that's the one useful thing about this movie. Those people like to lie about their feelings and keep their ugliness behind closed doors with their buddies. This movie is a good way to ferret them out. And you can see the denial/projection in the reviews. "Something wrong with you". Just what I said. So, when reviews say, "If you don't find this funny, there's something wrong with you", it's just like all the other things that 1/3 minority is angry about. Someone not being like them. Someone knowing something that they never will. Someone acting like humans aren't naturally cruel and insensitive.Isn't that hilarious?!? And if you think there can't be enough people like that to account for the positive reviews, just look at the reviews for any of Tarantino's travesties of cinema. Mindless tribalism and video game ethics rampant.

Of course the movie is a bit "dumb", but in a good and funny way. The two very likable characters do a journey through the united states to return a "forgotten" suitcase to it's owner, so in general it's a feel good road movie. But the story is very good with some twists and the most important thing in a comedy are the jokes. Most of them are very good and there are also some nice details you might discover only after you watched the move a multiple times (which I did). Also the humour does not rely on the "f-word" or constant toilet humour. One of my all time favorites (would take it to a lonely island), if you don't know this film, go for it!