Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Plot synopsis:
In 1986, Harry Dunne (Derek Richardson) finally gets his chance to go to regular school. At the same time, Lloyd Christmas (Eric Christian Olsen) has been adopted and exchanged several times until he is finally accepted by the school janitor, Ray (Luis Guzmán). Harry bumps into Lloyd on the way to school, in search for a treasure his mother (Mimi Rogers) asked him to find, and as if it were destiny, the two instantly became the best of friends. Lloyd introduces Harry to his "friend", Turk (Elden Henson), the school bully whose main function in life appears to be making Lloyd's life miserable. After putting Lloyd in a trash can, he hoists the two friends up a flagpole. Meanwhile, the corrupt Principal Collins (Eugene Levy) is searching for a way to get a large amount of money to get a condominium in Waikiki, Hawaii for him and his girlfriend, Ms. Heller (Cheri Oteri), the school's cafeteria lady. Seeing Harry and Lloyd getting hoisted on a flagpole, Principal Collins establishes a fake "special needs" class to swindle $100,000 from a former Special Needs student named Richard Moffit. Obviously, Harry and Lloyd are more than thrilled to help, unaware of the real reason, and thus find themselves signing up people who are "special" for the class. These include a reluctant Turk; a teen named Toby (Josh Braaten) who broke his leg and arm in a skateboarding accident—and whom Lloyd believes is a "little crippled boy"; Toby's gorgeous girlfriend, Terri (Teal Redmann); geeky Lewis (Shia LaBeouf), whom Harry and Lloyd believe is a centaur after seeing him half-dressed in his horse mascot uniform; Cindy (Michelle Krusiec), also known as "Ching-Chong," a Chinese exchange student who later becomes Turk's girlfriend; and Carl (William Lee Scott), a badly injured football player obsessed with his sport. Ms. Heller becomes the teacher of the fake class and holds it in Ray's tool shed.
Jessica Matthews (Rachel Nichols), a headstrong student and reporter for the school paper, is suspicious of Principal Collins' sudden contribution. Jessica invites Harry over to her house for dinner and asks Harry for information. Harry, who thinks that she is flirting with him, turns to Lloyd for courtship tips. A repulsive disaster involving Jessica's bathroom and a melted chocolate bar that looks like feces makes her father (Bob Saget) freak out, inadvertently directing her attention to Lloyd. Soon, Harry and Lloyd get into a fight over Jessica, without her knowing it. Inevitably, the two make amends when Harry and Lloyd realize that they were nothing without each other. They find Principal Collins' chest in his office which contains evidence of every scam he and Ms. Heller ever pulled. The next day, Principal Collins finds his evidence chest missing, and falsely accuses Jessica of taking it. It so happens that the Special Needs class was asked to build a float for President's Day at that time; instead of building a float with George Washington as the main attraction, they change it to look like Principal Collins as a pirate with repeated recordings of his evidence. Before bringing out the float, they call the police. During the parade, the superintendent of the school district has a police detective pose as Richard Moffit, so Principal Collins would fall for it. Eventually, the Special Needs class brings out their float to prove Principal Collins and Ms. Heller as thieves, exposing their plot. Principal Collins and Ms. Heller are arrested before they could get away with the money, and Jessica is grateful for Harry and Lloyd and regards them as heroes. However, just like in the original film, the duo's advances to Jessica were in vain, since it turned out that she had a boyfriend. As the couple rode off, Harry and Lloyd vowed never to fight and risk their friendship over a woman, again; that vow was repeatedly broken. As the guys head home, they are approached by Fraida Felcher (Julia Costello) and her twin sister, Rita (Chandra Costello) in a Ferrari, who offer to take them to a huge girls' party. Harry and Lloyd turn them down, and Harry gets covered in mud. Jessica's father accidentally hits him with his Mercedes, with Harry getting his windshield and hood covered with mud, leaving her father to think he got his car covered in feces, just like when Harry made a mess of Jessica's bathroom.

Tags: entertaining, stupid

Review:
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels were excellent in the first film and in a different league to the two actors in the roles as the young Harry and Lloyd (the guy cast as Lloyd does look like Carrey, except for the blue eyes).
Dumb and Dumber hardly had an Oscar winning story line but gave us some great characters and a hatful of ball bouncingly funny gags, in the 'prequel' the weak story collapses under the weight of even weaker jokes!
The only thing the movie had going for it was that the two guys who played Lloyd and Harry looked like Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels if you kinda squinted and turned your head at the right angle.
Instead of seeing this movie, just watch good old' Dumb and Dumber ONE a couple times..
If it seems unfair to review a movie based on only watching it 30 minutes, excuse me, but how about the unfairness of duping viewers into thinking they're gonna see the sequel to 'dumb and dumber' which was a FUNNY film, with this bait and switch trash?
You've got two (to me) unknown, and sadly, unfunny actors replacing the demented and dumb, yet humorous originals Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
The leading characters were shown like a couple of retards (very unlikable, since in original there aren't THAT slow), who were just trying to imitate Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels and failed miserably.
Stupid, inane prequel to Dumb and Dumber chronicles morons Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne during their early years in high school when they met for the first time and became inseparable best friends.
After all, the first one was pretty funny, right?Before I continue, it should be noted that this movie had none of the original cast members, writers, directors, etc from the first film.No one, at least, worth noting.Now, back to the story.
Nay, I COULDN'T finish it.A friend of mine that had the misfortune of being in the room with me at the time said it best when he said: "At one point I laughed at how painfully unfunny it was and I realized that it (the movie) had pulled me down to it's level."Of course he also said: "Another reason dumb and dumbrererererrer sucked is that both guys were trying to cop Betty White's "Rose" character from the Golden Girls but neither of them possesses her panache or supple buttocks."Verily, it is a thing of evil.Having said that, it's not the worst movie I've ever seen.
well, that's it actually.Oh yeah, Mimi Rogers made out with a little hottie named Rachel Nichols.The most notable thing about Nichols, other than her being very attractive, is that she's in the new Bruce Campbell film "The Woods" which is currently in post production.Apart from that "Dumb and Dumberer" can be summed up by the fact that I actually got up off my couch to remove this ultra-boring, ultra-unfunny piece of cinematic spam from the DVD player.PS: I did put it back in to check the not-so 'Special Features', but I did not find the apology I was looking for.Maybe it's an 'Easter Egg'.I don't recommend checking yourselves, but if someone finds it, please let me know.
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is really just a dumb comedy, the only problem is that it isn't funny.
The movie talks upon the adventures and misfortunes of two no brain teenagers from the beginning their acquaintance , when Harry (Derek Richardson) and Lloyd (Eric Christian Olsen) meet themselves at high school .
The previous film (Dumb and dumber) is much better ; plus , there were Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey who are greatest actors , here the protagonists are unknown .
I entered the theater with a highly skeptical attitude toward this prequel to a classic movie that I love for its total randomness, stupid hilarity and countless other details Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels brought to the part.
The actors sincerely looked and acted like teenage versions of they're predecessors, and as such a great on screen team the laughs never subsided when Lloyd and Harry were in the scene.I found only a few faults that would irritate the average movie-goer and criticizer of this movie, as they bugged me ever since I left the theater.
One is that Lloyd, Jim Carrey's old part, is very controlling of Harry and is a 'jerk' the majority of the way through the movie, which really got on my nerves.
In Dumb and Dumber, every place the characters went, several funny things happened there that the viewer remembered later as the 'Cafe scene' or the 'beer scene'...In Dumb and DumberER, each clipping was significantly shorter, leaving the audience to figure out later what happened or why something occured, which is, in truth, an insanely poor movie-making technique that irritates.Besides those problems, however, and despite this movie being very different than its well-loved predecessor,it's hilarious!
This is a movie you'll want to take your crew of friends to and laugh at all the sickening stupidity and overall dumbererness of the first adventures, when Harry met Lloyd.
It is bad, but I'm sure there are many films far above it that deserve its place at the bottom much, much more.Dumb and Dumberer could never hope to compete with its predecessor but its no worse really than any other teen-comedy-high-school nonsense.
But, alas, it was not to be, and so this film will slip into obscurity like many ill-conceived sequels, destined to be forgotten, or talked about with ill-disguised scorn when reminiscing over the original movie.The best way to watch this film (if you have to at all) is to try and forget the characters Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels made their own, and view it as if that first film had never happened.
This should have been rated the Worst movie of all time, bar none (including Gigli)!Perhaps if they starred the original cast, maybe it would have brought justice to the whole prequel idea.
But they don't fit in at all.Again, i repeat, AVOID AT ALL COSTS!Good thing i didn't waste much of my time watching this movie neither did i waste my money on it.
The guys who played Harry and Lloyd did a good job with their characters, but the movie just wasn't good and not all that funny.
While this film's predecessor is not exactly the height of cinematic achievement, it blows Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd right out of the water.
Sure, they were able to find some guy who looks like Jim Carrey to play Lloyd, but they weren't able to make any semblance of a movie out of this mess.Bob Saget steals the show in this movie, and he only has a maximum of two minutes of screen time.
A poor dialogue in this prequel.The actors did a good job imitating Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels, but the story itself is really bad.Some laughs but for a limited time.
Before you consider renting this horrific sequel to the classic movie "Dumb and Dumber", please, by all means, think again.I call this the worst film of all time because, well, it just is.
so here it is, the people cast in the roles of Harry and Lloyd (I forget their names) do actually mimic some elements of the great Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels; and for the first ten minutes or so you could be forgiven for thinking the film might get better.OK now for the bad, i'll keep it simple.
The majority of the cast are awful, and the title of the movie describes the director and producer more than it links this rubbish to the original Dumb and Dumber.Nuff SaidUnless your younger than 8 years old, avoid this movieA lame 3/10 (it only scored this high because my son enjoyed it, he's out grown it now though at age 9).
I did laugh at the mascot guy, and some of the interactions between the characters were original.But again, my expectations were very, very low when I watched it and I also watched it at 4 AM so I might be biased.But I know a horribly unoriginal movie when I see one and they definitely tried to add an original flair to this, which is funny at times.I would say it's about 25% as engaging as the original..
I laughed at "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd." In fact, at about four scenes I was rolling over in laughter.
In its essence, it is quite easy to watch and -- perhaps -- just a little bit fun.I say this not out of prior prejudice, as much as I may have enjoyed the first installment, but out of surprise, because I expected it to give a bad name to the first film, "Dumb and Dumber" (1994).
So it's just a sappy little 90-minute movie with a few good gags and a notably convincing portrayal of a younger Jim Carrey (or Lloyd Christmas) from Eric Christian Olsen.
DUMB AND DUMBERER : WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD (2003) *1/2 Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Eugene Levy, Cheri Oteri, Rachel Nichols,  Mimi Rogers, Luis Guzman, Bob Saget, Julia Duffy.
Pale prequel imitation of the far superior `Dumb and Dumber' comedic hit  with doppelgangers Olsen and Richardson channeling Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels eerily as their teenage alter egos first becoming friends in high school circa 1986 as they partake of a special needs' class and thwarting Nixonian principal Levy and his mistress lunch lady Oteri from pilfering grant issued monies while hottie Nichols, the school journalist ace smells a story.
I'd like to start out by saying that I don't know that the prequel to the brilliant Dumb and Dumber (easily one of the most hilarious comedies to come along in decades) really deserves all of the vicious reviews that it has received from professional and amateur critics alike.
I don't know that this prequel to Dumb and Dumber was done for revenge at all, but I can't say that it's all that mysterious as to why the original cast and crew had little to nothing to do with it.That being said, I have to say that I'm impressed with the actors they found to play the younger Harry and Lloyd, especially Lloyd, because this guy, without the bowl-cut and the chipped tooth, looks NOTHING like Jim Carrey's Lloyd, but in the movie he's the spitting image.
Granted, I barely remember him in Full House at all and I saw his one spoken line in Half Baked as the official end of his acting career, but I loved his cheesy jokes on America's Funniest Home Videos (the ORIGINAL show) so much that seeing him on screen again was almost like a trip back to my childhood.And then Harry had a little incident involving chocolate, and I started to squirm in my seat, as I'm sure many other people started to do, given the reviews I've read.
It is expected that some memorable scene from the original film would be almost duplicated in a sequel like this, but Harry getting diarrhea in the original movie was funny because it was there for a reason.
And when a movie isn't good enough to deserve a title like Dumb & Dumberer, it's a bad, bad sign..
The reason for this is that I felt that "Dumb and Dumber", the original, was the absolute hands-down funniest movie I have EVER seen in my life.
FIrst of all, if you watch Dumb and Dumber, the amazing original, you would realize Lloyd and Harry have known each other since elementary school, NOT high school.
The genius of the Farrelly Brothers' characters is that, while not particularly bright (and who doesn't know people like that?), Harry & Lloyd's friendship is both touching and funny.
I just think trying to make another film connecting to the original (Dumb & Dumber) which I have to admit was a lot funnier than this.
After the hilarious "dumb and dumber" featuring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, this can only be described as disastrous!Olsen and Richardson do not fit the characters they play and bring no new characteristics into them.
Well, I'd like to take a moment to say why I didn't, and in better detail than most, hopefully, enjoy the movie.Dumb and Dumberer is a prequel, which if the word "sequel" is of any indication, means it is a continuation from the first.
The idea in this movie is that the principal, played by the legendary Eugene Levy (Jim's Dad in American Pie and most of its sequels) is trying to find a get rich quick scheme, so he develops a special needs class to make the money, but he needs students.If that part of the plot doesn't offend you, don't worry, the rest will.Harry and Lloyd go on a search to find kids who are just like them, (although its so insulting to think special needs kids can't tell an Asian girl from a mentally handicapped child) and needless to say, a class is formed.Jessica, a very smart teenage girl (which only implies the entire school isn't smart enough to recognize this plot) sees the ruse, and uses our heroes to dig up the dirt on the principal.To be honest, if the movie didn't have the "Dumb and Dumber" moniker or even a mentioning of Harry and Lloyd, this movie probably would have faded into obscurity, nary, even been made, and if it did, it might have been a cult classic if it had been better written and not as relying on the first movie's jokes.The movie has some references to the original picture, but the problem is that references aren't usually funny.
The creators probably thought watching enough of the original was a good idea to create a sequel, but what it does is insult anyone who tries really hard to write good comedy with insulting retreads from classic movies.Harry and Lloyd aren't some kind of smart, they are all kinds of moron.
Only problem is, the guys in that movie looked pretty dumb but at the same time sympathetic, and you wanted good things to happen to them.
The only good thing I can think about this movie would be the fact that the actors portraying Daniel's and Carey's characters actually looked like them (had they been 15 years younger).
It almost makes you want to hurt yourself over how dumb they are.The only good thing about this movie was Eugene Levy.
I liked the original too.What you get with this movie is a script that is not funny and young actors doing impressions of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.I was really tested to make it threw the movie.
They even went as far as to delete a musical number and scenes from Lloyd's childhood (i.e. how he eventually came to live with Ray).But, despite being historically incorrect and having major editing issues, the film was still full of laughs and ends up being an enjoyable way to spend an hour and twenty minutes..
They even went as far as to delete a musical number and scenes from Lloyd's childhood (i.e. how he eventually came to live with Ray).But, despite being historically incorrect and having major editing issues, the film was still full of laughs and ends up being an enjoyable way to spend an hour and twenty minutes..
I loved Dumb and Dumber, I own it, gave it a 10 in the imdb database and have probably watched it 15 times or more.When I first saw the trailer for Dumb and Dumberer, I raised my hands in the air and said "YES!"Unfortunately, after my viewing today, all I could say was "Well, that wasn't very good now was it?"There are so many things wrong with this film, I can't even start to list them, but the one that bugged me the most was probably the way that they took many of the lines from the first movie and tried to incorporate them in the prequel.
All the performances are really great, especially Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson both a very good and pull off a young Harry and Lloyd very well, i found Richardson to get annoying after a while, but Olsen was dead on the entire movie, he is exactly how Jim Carrey used to be (before he left wacky comedies to do more dramas)This kid could be Carrey's son, and could probably pull off young versions of Ace Ventura and The Mask.
Anyway, this movie isn't going to make you think, or do anything more than make you glad you have a better IQ that Harry and Lloyd, but it is one of those movies that is so funny and simple that I, at least, want to watch it over and over again.
i think the reason people don't like this movie is that first, they expected or wanted to see jim and jeff reprising their roles.
The prequel to the 1994 comedy hit Dumb & Dumber is set in 1986 when Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas (Derek Richardson and Eric Christian Olsen) were in high school.
The shady actions of the principal are being investigated by a smart but good-looking student named Jessica (Rachel Nichols), who also evokes feelings in both Harry and Lloyd.As Dumb and Dumberer is a prequel, it's only natural that neither Jim Carrey nor Jeff Daniels of the original movie reprises their roles.
You might think I'm crazy for saying this, but watching "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" wasn't a completely laugh-free experience for me.
I wouldn't say I like "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" too much, my 5/10 rating makes that clear, but the fact that it has gotten more 1/10 votes than any others still makes me feel that I mustn't have seen the same movie.
While "Dumb and Dumber" sits atop my all-time movie list, its sequel finds its way to the bottom.
After the huge success of "Dumb & Dumber" (which i liked very much!!)with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels..