"Me, Myself and Irene" doesn't deviate from the Farrellys' trademark scatological humor, but that works to a surprising degree here. It'd be unfair to say that Jim Carrey is the cog that makes this all work (seeing as there are so many other necessary pieces to this puzzle), but he's playing his physical comedy to the hilt, and it's some entertaining stuff. The guy even gets into a convincing brawl with himself. It's beautiful. But it's not just Carrey; Zellweger fits pretty well, his three sons steal every one of their scenes and it even has space enough for a persistent dildo. As a road movie, it's not nearly as focused as "Dumb and Dumber" (really tends to wander), but there's some genuinely funny material here.7/10 Oh, and the music that plays when Jim Carrey snaps is priceless!
... View MoreYou know... as hot as the Farrelly brothers started with Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary, I don't think this movie was nearly on par with those. I know I may be in the minority here, but Me, Myself and Irene didn't strike a chord with me quite like the two movies prior to that. Jim Carey was on top of his game at that time but maybe on the down slide. Bruce Almighty was the only real hit he did after Me, Myself and Irene. Could it be that MM&I started the downward slide? Or was it him taking a role of God that started it?Back to MM&I. The jokes just fell flat and I've never been a fan of Renee Zellweger. There were some funny scenes but nothing memorable. Hey, it could have just been me. I think that the late 90's-early 2000's was a transformation of tastes for me. At any rate, I wasn't impressed with MM&I.
... View MoreCharlie (Jim Carrey) is a meek Rhode Island state trooper. His wife cheats on him and he refuses to acknowledge it. Even when she leaves with her lover, Charlie still raise the kids as if they're his own. One day he just snaps, and a new alter ego named Hank emerges. Charlie is assigned to escort fugitive Irene (Renée Zellweger), but all kinds of chaos follow Charlie and his alter ego Hank.The Farrelly brothers are trying to merge multiple personality with their usual gross out humor. The multiple personality bit isn't that funny by itself. When Hank goes off at first, it was mostly stupid, inappropriate, but importantly unfunny. Jim Carrey does get a few workable jokes in when he's with Renée Zellweger. She's great reacting to Carrey's insanity.I'm tempted to say that it would better if Jim Carrey would just be Hank. If Irene was forced to rely on Hank, I think there's a funny movie in that. The multiple personality is really just forcing the stupidity onto the movie.
... View MoreJim Carrey does Jim Carrey, excessive as usual, and one may like it or not, but he carried forward this movie single-handedly.The main problem of Me, Myself and Irene, is the pace at which the story unfolds, very slow: a good 15-20 minute cut would have really improved the dynamism. There is no consistency whatsoever and you quickly get bored watching this muddled, interminable and totally uninteresting script, from where a particularly strange atmosphere comes out.The gags aren't that funny overall, of course a few ones are rather good and may crack you a smile, but they are too sporadic and lost in this almost 2 hour feature.
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