Popular 90's film lives up to it's hype a decade later

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2011)

If you lived in the 90's and rode the Jim Carrey train of comedy movies, you definitely loved this movie when it came out. It still plays regularly on TV and is probably regarded by a good number of teen-aimed comedies as a legendary duo/road trip film. It's chock full of childish, awkward, visual humor where catch phrases are key. Jeff Daniels' Harry is such a good pairing with Jim Carrey's cartoonish Lloyd that you can't go wrong. The soundtrack was an alt-rock hit in the 90's and featured a lot of one-hit wonders that were solely known for their music for this film. I recommend it you like the other screwball comedies of Carrey's earlier works (Ace Ventura, The Mask) or even other buddy comedies of the time, like Tommy Boy. I enjoyed this one much more than the later "prequel" made for back-stories of Harry and Lloyd.