Jim Carrey right at home

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2003)

Jim Carrey is absolutely incredible at physical slapstick. I feel a bit more uneasy when Jim Carrey plays "smart" parts such as the Riddler or when he wears "The Mask" but in all out slapstick he is perfect and goes way beyond his "inspriation": Jerry Lewis.
Jeff Daniels did a wonderful job because he is usually cast as a mild mannered likeable guy. He reminds me a bit of Daniel Stern in the "Home alone" series. Of course in both cases the "likeable guy" comes out a bit. And then again: why not?
The parts involving the "pretty girl" are usually very painful to watch in these kind of movies. Something's just not right when we see romance and our "heroes" making fools of themselves at the same time. Maybe it's because many of us see themselves a bit in this situation. We can trace this problem back to "Laurel and Hardy: Way out West" and most likely even further back.

I like the attention to detail: How come these two dumb guys can drive a Lamborghini that smoothly? They both are seen having jobs as drivers at the start. I also like the fact that the movie doesn't fall into romance near the end or any "they have the heart of gold" routine.
I love the choice of clothes when they use up the money in the suitcase. Now that is really such a bad taste that it is way cool again :-)
Great movie, as has been said before not for all tastes, but a great movie anyway.