Dumb and Dumber - wikipedia Dumb and Dumber This article is about the film. For the animated series based on the film, see Dumb and Dumber ( TV series ). Dumb and Dumber Theatrical release poster, parodying Forrest Gump Directed by Peter Farrelly Produced by Charles B. Wessler Brad Krevoy Steve Stabler Aaron Meyerson Written by Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly Bennett Yellin Starring Jim Carrey Jeff Daniels Music by Todd Rundgren Cinematography Mark Irwin Edited by Christopher Greenbury Production companies Katja Motion Picture Corporation Krevoy / Stabler / Wessler Production Distributed by New Line Cinema Release date December 16, 1994 ( 1994 - 12 - 16 ) Running time 106 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $17 million Box office $247.3 million Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. Starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, it tells the story of Lloyd Christmas ( Carrey ) and Harry Dunne ( Daniels ), two unintelligent 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 but was actually left as ransom money. Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Charles Rocket, and Teri Garr play supporting roles. The film was released on December 16, 1994. It grossed $247 million at the box office and has developed a cult following in the years since its release. The success of Dumb and Dumber launched the career of the Farrelly brothers and solidified Carrey 's. The film also spawned an animated TV series, a 2003 prequel, and a 2014 sequel. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Location 4 Soundtrack 4.1 Track listing 4.2 Omissions 5 Reception 5.1 Critical response 5.2 Awards 5.3 Box office 6 Legacy 6.1 Animated series 6.2 Prequel 6.3 Sequel 7 References 8 External links Plot Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, two kindly but dimwitted men, are best friends and roommates living in Providence, Rhode Island. Lloyd, a chip - toothed limousine driver, immediately falls in love when he meets Mary Swanson a woman he is driving to the airport. She leaves a briefcase in the terminal ; Lloyd, unaware that it contains ransom money for her kidnapped husband, Bobby, and that she was supposed to leave it there for the kidnappers to pick up, retrieves it and tries to return it to her before the kidnappers can get it. Her Aspen - bound plane has already departed, leading to Lloyd running through and falling out of the jetway. Fired from his job, Lloyd returns to his apartment and learns that Harry has also been fired from his dog - grooming job after delivering dogs late to a show and accidentally getting them dirty. Bobby 's kidnappers, Joe `` Mental '' Mentalino and J.P. Shay, follow Lloyd home from the airport in pursuit of the briefcase. Mistaking the crooks for debt collectors, the duo flee the apartment and return later to find that Mental and Shay have decapitated Harry 's parakeet. Lloyd suggests they head to Aspen to find Mary and return the briefcase, hoping she can `` plug them into the social pipeline. '' At first, Harry opposes the idea, but he eventually agrees and the duo leaves the next day. Mental and Shay catch up to the duo at a motel that night. Posing as a hitchhiker, Mental is picked up by Harry and Lloyd while Shay secretly follows them. During a lunch stop, the duo prank Mental with chili peppers in his burger, not knowing of his ulcer. When Mental reacts adversely, they accidentally kill him with rat poison pills ( which he planned to use on them ) after mistaking it for his medication. Nearing Colorado, Lloyd takes a wrong turn and ends up driving all night through Nebraska, while the police waiting on the road to Colorado expect them to show up after finding out about Mental 's death. Upon waking up and realizing Lloyd 's mishap, Harry gives up on the journey and decides to walk home, but Lloyd later persuades him to continue after trading the van for a minibike. The two arrive in Aspen, but are unable to locate Mary. After a short scuffle over some gloves that night, the briefcase breaks open and they discover the money. They `` borrow '' it for a hotel suite, clothes and a Lamborghini Diablo. They learn that Mary and her family are hosting a gala and prepare to attend. At the gala, Harry, attempting to lure Mary over to Lloyd, reluctantly agrees to go skiing with her the next day and lies to Lloyd that he got him a date. The next day, Lloyd finds out Harry lied to him after waiting all day for Mary at the hotel bar. In retaliation, Lloyd pranks Harry with coffee laced with laxative, causing him to defecate in a broken toilet at Mary 's house. Lloyd arrives at Mary 's house and informs her that he has her briefcase. He takes her to the hotel, shows her the briefcase, and confesses his love after some initial struggle ; she rejects him, as she is already married. Nicholas Andre, an old friend of the Swansons and the mastermind behind Bobby 's kidnapping, arrives with Shay and, upon learning that Harry and Lloyd had spent all of the ransom money and replaced it with IOUs, takes Lloyd and Mary hostage, as well as Harry when he returns. An argument leads Nicholas to shoot Harry. Before Nicholas can kill them, an FBI team led by Beth Jordon ( whom Harry met earlier at a gas station ) raids the suite and arrests him and Shay and Harry is revealed to be alive thanks to a bulletproof vest that was strapped on him earlier. Mary and Bobby are reunited. Lloyd, jealous that he can never be with Mary because she is married, fantasizes about shooting Bobby dead. The next day, Harry and Lloyd begin walking home. All of the items they bought were confiscated and their moped has broken down. The two unknowingly decline the chance to be oil boys for a group of bikini girls, after which Harry tells Lloyd that they will get their `` break '' one day. Harry and Lloyd then play a friendly game of tag as they walk back home. Cast Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas A chip - toothed, deranged slacker who has been fired from several jobs. He has a crush on Mary Swanson, unaware that she is married. Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne Lloyd 's best friend and roommate. Though dim - witted, Harry is slightly more intelligent than Lloyd and can be said to be the `` Dumb '' of the title to Lloyd 's `` Dumber ''. Lauren Holly as Mary Swanson A wealthy but troubled heiress whose husband Bobby has been kidnapped. Karen Duffy as J.P. Shay A henchwoman of Nicholas Andre. Mike Starr as Joe `` Mental '' Mentalino A henchman for Nicholas Andre. He has a stomach ulcer and regularly takes medication for it. Charles Rocket as Nicholas Andre A greedy, wealthy resident of Aspen, Colorado and the mastermind behind Bobby 's kidnapping. Teri Garr as Helen Swanson Mary 's stepmother. Victoria Rowell as Beth Jordan ( credited as `` Athletic Beauty '' ) An FBI agent masquerading as a talkative young woman moving to Aspen to get away from her boyfriend. Cam Neely as Sea Bass A trucker who gets into frequent confrontations with Harry and Lloyd on their way to Aspen. Their first encounter was at a Pennsylvania diner. Joe Baker as Barnard Harland Williams as the motorcycle police officer Brad Lockerman as Bobby Swanson Mary 's kidnapped husband Lin Shaye as Mrs. Neugeboren ( referred to by Harry as `` Mrs. Noogieburger '' ) A dog owner and client of Harry 's. Hank Brandt as Karl Swanson Mary 's father Felton Perry as Detective Dale Brady Bluhm as Billy a blind and young boy who uses a wheelchair, to whom Lloyd sold some of his and Harry 's belongings, including Harry 's decapitated parakeet. Connie Sawyer as elderly lady Production The Farrelly Brothers had been trying for years to get their first movie made, and it was only when Director Peter Farrelly 's agent encouraged him to make a movie himself along with his brother Bobby. The Farrelly Brothers did n't know who Jim Carrey was, they were only told that he was known as `` The White Guy '' in In Living Color, it was only after when the Brothers were invited to watch the screening of Carrey 's first major acting role and the first of his 1994 hits Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, they realized they had struck gold, and based on the box - office success of Ace Ventura : Pet Detective ( 1994 ), received a salary of $7 million for this film. Jeff Daniels was only paid around $50,000. New Line Cinema originally did not want Daniels in the film, as he was known only for his dramatic work at the time. The Farrelly Brothers and Carrey fought to have him cast and won out, but the studio offered Daniels the low salary in the hopes it would discourage him from signing on to the film. Daniels ultimately accepted the role. Steve Martin and Martin Short both turned down the role of Lloyd. According to Splitsider, Nicolas Cage and Gary Oldman were the original choices for Harry and Lloyd. Chris Elliott and Rob Lowe were both considered for the role of Harry. Jim Carrey 's chipped tooth is genuine, resulting from a tussle with a schoolfellow in his boyhood, but he had since had it capped. He simply had the crown temporarily removed from that tooth to portray Lloyd. Location Scenes taking place in Aspen were filmed in Breckenridge, Colorado and Park City, Utah. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado was transformed into the `` Danbury Hotel '' for the filming of the movie. The `` Danbury Hotel '' bar scene and staircase shot were the shots filmed there. The scenes filmed in the snow were shot at Copper Mountain Resort, Colorado. The truck stop shots, salt shaker Sea Bass diner scene, leg on fire at the gas pump, restroom assault scene, and two - lane country road scenes were filmed in and around Fort Morgan, Colorado with a number of locals filling the extra roles. Some of the external street scenes were filmed in Salt Lake City, and the airport scene was filmed at Salt Lake City International Airport. Some scenes from the beginning of the film were shot on location in the Providence, Rhode Island, metropolitan area, including shots of the skyline and The Big Blue Bug ; scenes from the beginning of their road trip were shot in locations in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Parts of the film were also shot in Ogden, Utah and American Fork Canyon. Soundtrack Dumb and Dumber : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released November 22, 1994 Genre Soundtrack Length 46 : 51 Label RCA Records Producer Various Artists Singles from Dumb and Dumber : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack `` New Age Girl '' Released : June 6, 1994 `` The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead '' Released : January 1995 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Dumb and Dumber at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 - 28 - 2014. Dumb and Dumber : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original soundtrack to the film and was released by RCA Records on November 22, 1994. Track listing No. Title Artist Length 1. `` The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead '' ( featuring Ellen Reid ) Crash Test Dummies 3 : 46 2. `` New Age Girl '' Deadeye Dick 3 : 28 3. `` Insomniac '' Echobelly 4 : 15 4. `` If You Do n't Love Me ( I 'll Kill Myself ) '' Pete Droge 3 : 33 5. `` Crash ( The ' 95 Mix ) '' The Primitives 3 : 14 6. `` Whiney, Whiney ( What Really Drives Me Crazy ) '' Willi One Blood 3 : 36 7. `` Where I Find My Heaven '' Gigolo Aunts 3 : 25 8. `` Hurdy Gurdy Man '' Butthole Surfers 3 : 57 9. `` Too Much of a Good Thing '' ( featuring Bret Reilly ) The Sons 5 : 15 10. `` The Bear Song '' Green Jellÿ 2 : 41 11. `` Take '' The Lupins 3 : 01 12. `` You Sexy Thing '' Deee - Lite 4 : 07 13. `` Get Ready '' The Proclaimers 3 : 02 Total length : 46 : 51 Omissions `` Love Theme '' by Todd Rundgren, the track played during one of the earliest scenes when Lloyd Christmas falls in love for the first time with Mary Swanson, was omitted from the official release. The song `` The Rain, The Park & Other Things '' by The Cowsills was not on the soundtrack, although it was played quite prominently in the montage of Lloyd fantasizing about Mary, nor was `` Oh, Pretty Woman '' by Roy Orbison, though it was featured prominently in the make - over montage. Also missing are `` Can We Still Be Friends '' by Todd Rundgren ( who also wrote the original soundtrack ), `` Rollin ' Down the Hill '' by The Rembrandts, `` Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm '' by the Crash Test Dummies, `` Red Right Hand '' by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, `` Boom Shack - A-Lak '' by Apache Indian, and `` Make Love Now '' by Patrick Wilson. `` 2 Ft. 0 ' Butt Crack '' by Circle The Wagons ( ft. Bruce Greenwood ) was also omitted from the soundtrack. Reception Critical response Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 67 % of 52 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review ; the average rating is 5.9 / 10. The site 's consensus reads : `` A relentlessly stupid comedy elevated by its main actors : Jim Carrey goes bonkers and Jeff Daniels carries himself admirably in an against - type performance. '' On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, it has a score of 41 based on reviews from 14 critics, which indicates mixed or average reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film two of four stars ( despite praise for the performances of Carrey and Daniels, dubbing the former a `` true original '', and the dead parakeet joke ). Stephen Holden of The New York Times called Carrey `` the new Jerry Lewis '', and Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle called it `` riotous '', `` rib - splitting '', and gave the film praise for being both a crude and slapstick comedy and a `` smart comedy '' at the same time. Carrey was nominated for a Razzie Award for `` Worst New Star ''. It has since become a cult film. Awards Although the film did not secure any major American film awards, it was successful at the 1995 MTV Movie Awards. Carrey won for Best Comic Performance, Carrey and Holly ( a couple who would later endure a short - lived marriage ) won for Best Kiss, and Carrey and Daniels were nominated for Best On - Screen Duo. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Dumb and Dumber the fifth greatest comedy film of all time. The film ranks 445th on Empire Magazine 's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Box office The film opened at No. 1 in its opening weekend earning $16.4 million. It went on to gross $127,175,374 in the United States, and $247,275,374 worldwide, and topping the holiday season film gross. Legacy Animated series Main article : Dumb and Dumber ( TV series ) Title card for the cartoon In 1995, a Hanna - Barbera - produced animated series aired on ABC, as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup ; Matt Frewer provided the voice of Lloyd, while Bill Fagerbakke voiced Harry. In the cartoon, Harry and Lloyd have reacquired their van, now named `` Otto ''. The cartoon also features a new character, Kitty, a female pet purple beaver who appears to be smarter than both men. The animated series was written by Bennett Yellin, co-writer of the film. The show was short - lived and was shelved after one season. Prequel Main article : Dumb and Dumberer : When Harry Met Lloyd In 2003, a prequel was theatrically released, entitled Dumb and Dumberer : When Harry Met Lloyd. The film featured a cast and crew different from the previous film, and the Farrelly brothers had no involvement in the film 's production. It was heavily panned by critics, receiving a 10 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed approximately $39.2 million worldwide against a $19 million budget, as opposed to the original film 's far greater $247 million worldwide gross against a $17 million budget. Sequel Main article : Dumb and Dumber To In October 2011, the Farrelly brothers confirmed that they would make a sequel to Dumb and Dumber. The sequel, titled Dumb and Dumber To, was shot in the fall of 2013. Carrey and Daniels returned to lead the film, and Bobby and Peter Farrelly returned to direct along with original screenwriter Bennett Yellin, and actors reprising their roles from the first film include Brady Bluhm, who played Billy in ( Apartment ) 4C, and Cam Neely, who played Sea Bass. Dumb and Dumber To was released on November 14, 2014. Unlike the original film, Dumb and Dumber To was not released by Warner Bros. Pictures but rather by Universal Pictures. Despite Warner having no involvement in the film, its New Line Cinema division, which produced the first film and the prequel, was still given studio credit from Universal. References ^ Jump up to : `` Dumb and Dumber ( 1994 ) ''. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 24, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Dumb & Dumber ( 1994 ) ''. British Film Institute. Retrieved May 24, 2018. Jump up ^ Box Office Information for Dumb and Dumber. The Wrap. Retrieved April 4, 2013. ^ Jump up to : Dumb and Dumber at Box Office Mojo ^ Jump up to : Alexander, Brian ( November 16, 2014 ). `` ' Dumb and Dumber To ' is top of box office class ''. USA Today. Retrieved August 28, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Jim Carrey Biography ''. Bio. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013. Jump up ^ Cameron - Wilson, James ; Speed, F. Maurice ( 1994 ). Film Review 1994 - 5. Great Britain : Virgin Books. p. 146. 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