I thought the Rockies were a lot less flat? -- Me too. That John Denver is full of sh*t, man!

Rating: 7/10 (5 August 2008)

I didn't like this one much when it came out, but I've changed my mind. It's a great, funny, very entertaining movie. That said, I'd still hold that it's not anywhere near being the "best comedy ever", as claimed by some fanboys here on IMDb, or even the best Farrelly Bros. movie. That would be asking too much, it being, after all, their first feature movie, and as a consequence still a bit rough around the edges. Namely the plot is a bit on the thin side in that it consists of little more than our two likable losers traveling halfway across the US of A (a nomial distance of 2,200 miles, which they manage to ratchet up to at least 3,000) to return a suitcase to a girl, because one of them has "that old-fashioned feeling, where I'd do anything to bone her", and then rampage through the city of Aspen.
This is because the culmination of the plot, an elaborate kidnapping story, was more or less dumped unceremoniously from the final cut. A very wise choice, as the movie is now essentially a showcase for the perfect comedic duo, the gentle and laid-back Jeff Daniels and the obnoxious-aggressive Jim Carey, in their hilarious quest to cast aspersions on the definition of humans as a sentient species.
Jim Carey went on to rise to greater comedic stardom, but Jeff Daniels is just as brilliant here, and a lot more likable.
Just as a side note, I always marveled at Carey's brilliant "chipped tooth prosthetic", until I read here on IMDb that those are his real pearly whites -- he does actually have a chipped tooth and just took the cap off.