One of the funniest films ever made..

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2000)

Picking a top ten list of the best comedy films ever made is a lot more difficult than, say, picking the best Science Fiction films, War films, Westerns, or many other genres. Comedy ain't easy to do. It's tough to sustain a level of hilarity for over an hour and a half, but Dumb and Dumber ranks right up there with the best comedies ever put on film. It is consistantly hilarious from beginning to end. A non-stop romp "buddy" film in which just as you think it couldn't possibly get any more absurd, it does.
Asked my favorite comedy of all time, it'd still probably be Planes, Trains and Automobiles, oddly enough, another buddy film. Dumb and Dumber would be in my top three. Why? Well, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are simply superb. Carrey has built his entire career on portraying rubber-faced idiots. Daniels, however, has a much more eclectic body of work, but as an idiot, this is absolutely his finest hour.
This film is rude, crude, obnoxious, loud, uproarious, and if you don't find yourself with tears of laughter streaming down your face at some point, then you're probably either unconscious or asleep.
Daniels graces us with what is the single best toilet scene ever put to film. In the grand scheme of things, that may not be saying a lot, but compare it to other similar scenes like the one in "American Pie" or the farting scene in "Blazing Saddles" and you'll get what I'm talking about. If his experience after unknowingly gulping down a bottle of "Turbo Lax" doesn't have you howling, then there's something seriously wrong with you.
A very very VERY funny film. One of the best comedies of all time. Highly recommended. Twelve thumbs up.