Toilet humour galore

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2005)

This is a great film, well worth seeing a few times and just as funny now as it was over a decade ago. It's essentially a vehicle for Jim Carrey to show off his array of face pulling and odd voice skills with Jeff Daniels starring as his retarded mate. The film is all about their journey across the States to deliver a briefcase to some chick that Carrey has the hots for. Naturally she doesn't feel the same! There are plenty of laugh out loud moments, especially when Carrey can't stop urinating into beer bottles whilst Daniels is driving. The subsequent stoppage by the Old Bill sees the cop make a poor choice when he decides to take a swig from one of Carrey's offerings... That pretty much sums up the film, toilet humour, but its all well done! The undoubted highlight of the film is Daniel's frantic attempts to find a toilet to relieve an urgency brought on by Turbolax! Ensconced on his bird's bog he's let it all out and then some before she utters the immortal line 'I hope you're not using the toilet, it doesn't flush'! Comedy gold! There are numerous other funny scenes, too many to mention really. When the focus switches to the serious characters the pace can be a tad slow, but thankfully these scenes are fairly short. The soundtrack features plenty of easy listening 90s and late 80s rock, all harmless enough. Dumb and Dumber is Carrey's best film by far, its a shame that we haven't seen anything of this calibre from him for so long. Another of those films best seen as a group.