Me, Myself & Irene

Plot synopsis:
Charlie Baileygates (Jim Carrey) is a veteran Rhode Island State Police trooper who has been taken advantage of by others, starting with his former wife Layla (Traylor Howard). Despite his friends warning him of Layla's infidelity, Charlie refused to accept she was in an affair, even after she gave birth to triplet black boys, until she ran off with her midget genius black lover, Shonté, abandoning her children. In the present, Charlie has raised the triplets as his own , Jamal, Lee Harvey, and Shonté Jr (Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon, Mongo Brownlee), likewise geniuses, but huge in size as compared to their biological father. Charlie is continually abused by others. As a result of years of such treatment, Charlie develops a split personality named Hank to deal with the confrontations Charlie avoids. Emerging whenever Charlie is under extreme stress, Hank is an over-the-top, rude, and violent persona reminiscent of characters played by Clint Eastwood. A psychiatrist prescribes medication to keep Charlie's Hank personality at bay.
Believing that Charlie needs a vacation, his commanding officer (Robert Forster) orders him to escort Irene Waters (Renée Zellweger) from Rhode Island to Massena, New York, because she reportedly committed a hit-and-run. Irene insists the hit-and-run accusation is a lie told by Dickie (Daniel Greene), her mob-connected ex-boyfriend, and by corrupt police officers in his employ, to keep her from revealing Dickie's illegal activities to the proper authorities. In Massena, Charlie prepares to turn over Irene to two United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agents, when a hitman with a contract on Irene's life attempts to assassinate her, killing one of the EPA agents. Charlie keeps Irene safe, and they flee, accidentally leaving his medication behind, allowing the Hank personality to emerge frequently. Meanwhile, the FBI suspects that Charlie is responsible for the murder of the EPA agent. FBI agents begin pursuing him and Irene, as do crooked police officers in Dickie's pay, Boshane (Richard Jenkins) and Gerke (Chris Cooper). The chase becomes a media spectacle, alerting Charlie's sons to his predicament.
Charlie and Irene decide to return to Rhode Island, developing a bond along the way. Though Irene is taken by Charlie's personality, the frequent emergences by Hank worry her, though his more aggressive personality keeps them out of trouble. Along the way they pick up Casper aka "Whitey" (Michael Bowman), an albino waiter from a restaurant who claims he killed his entire family in the past. While stopping at a motel, Charlie discovers how he might be able to suppress Hank and goes to have a conversation with Irene about it, and they sleep together. The next morning, Hank reveals that actually it was he who slept with Irene. In the confusion, they are almost ambushed by Boshane and Gerke, but Charlie's sons, having found them, create a distraction, stealing a police helicopter, they call in a false report, stating Charlie and Irene have been spotted in the woods nearby, allowing Charlie and Irene to leave without knowing about the police who had left before they exited their room, leaving Casper behind.
They board a train back to Rhode Island. Dickie boards the same train, unable to rely on his henchmen to stop Charlie and Irene. He kidnaps her, and Charlie gives chase, working together with Hank to save her. Hank then appears to try to stop Charlie from rescuing her, but Charlie finally stands up for himself against his own fears, thus permanently nullifying Hank. As Charlie tries to wrestle her back and disarm Dickie on a bridge, Dickie shoots off his thumb. Dickie is then hit from behind by a lawn dart thrown by Casper, killing him. Charlie and Irene fall from the bridge into a river below, where Charlie's sons arrive to help rescue them. Regrouping with Casper, Charlie apologizes for making him kill again, but Casper reveals he made up his backstory due to the fact that Charlie talked too much at the motel and scared him. The police arrive but quickly learn of Irene's plight and the corrupt cops working for Dickie. Gerke is arrested, Charlie is congratulated for bringing him to justice, and Irene is cleared of the charges against her.
Irene prepares to leave Rhode Island when she is pulled over by the police, but this proves only to be a diversion to allow Charlie to propose marriage to her, which she happily accepts.
The post-credits scene sees everyone looking for Charlie's thumb in the river, Whitey finds it but a fish eats it.

Tags: comedy, cult, flashback, absurd, humor, romantic

Review:
This is a Farrelly Brothers film with Jim Carrey in the lead role, what were they expecting?
And Me, Myself and Irene is one of the most gut bustingly funny films I've watched in months.The story concentrates on a Rhode Island police officer named Charlie Bailey-Gates (Carrey), a downtrodden member of the community who everyone else in the town regularly takes advantage of and who hasn't been the same since his wife left him for a midget limo driver.
Shortly after this happens, he meets a down on her luck woman called Irene (Renee Zellweger) who is in serious trouble with the law and events conspire to send the duo on a wild cross country journey to clear their names of murder.To say this lends itself to some painfully low brow humour would be an understatement and whether or not you will enjoy the movie rests largely on what your reaction to the phrase "Jim Carrey being hit with nun-chucks by an angry black midget" is.
Carrey, fresh off playing more restrained roles in the previously mentioned films looks to be having a total riot letting himself loose and his rubbery faced contortions are hilarious.
Throw in some very, very funny scenarios involving rubber dildos, albino waiters who may secretly be serial murderers and tarantulas and you have a highly entertaining turn.Its not all about Carrey though and some of the best moments come from his three sons.
It also leads to the immortal line "no bitches after eleven." So before you all start complaining about this being crude, offensive, low brow trash and how we should all be watching Aguirre: Wrath of God or The Seventh Seal to really get the best out of cinema, consider this: not all movies have to be po-faced musings on the fates of man.
Sometimes, all you really want is crude, offensive, low brow trash and this one was so hilarious, I had to stop the DVD three times because I was laughing so much I kept missing half the jokes..
One day, I was at the video rental place and I decided to rent this because I like most of the Farrely brothers movies, and I also think Jim Carrey is hilarious.
What I got was a big surprise, a hilarious movie that looks dumb on the surface, but really makes you laugh out loud.In the movie, Jim Carrey plays a man with a split personality named Hank.
There were so many funny moments in this movie, from when Jim Carrey nurses on the lovely young mother to the very end when the three boys leave us with "Thank you for watching our **** movie!" I actually got all of my friends to watch this movie with me because I was so excited about it and it's already almost 7 years old.
This movie is made by the famous Farrelly brothers and then you can of course expect how it is,funny from beginning to end.
This movie like all the other Farrelly movies,take up issues which most people would find shocking.They joke about things that is so embarrassing and funny.
Jim Carrey is brilliant in his role as both "Hank" and "Charlie." The problem with rating any comedy is that what's funny for one person is repulsive, boring or stupid to the next.
(And, for the record, I'm also not too fond of Carrey's over-the-top style, but I pick and choose to make sure I see him in roles I would like.) The Farrelly brothers, known for their irreverent comedy, made this movie enjoyable and hilarious.
(If you've never seen a Farrelly movie, you'll need to know this!) This is not laden with "Oscar-quality" performances at all, but just something to watch when you want to laugh and not think.
Watch it with good friends who love to laugh -- I think we can all find something like Charlie in all of us..
There were easily enough laughs throughout the movie to keep me entertained, and Jim Carrey was his usual talented self.
Jim Carrey's comedy antics (not seen this good in 3 years) makes a come back thanks to the Farrelly brothers (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary) who make their 2nd collaboration.
Here, Carrey plays a gentle police officer who gets screwed in life so many times, he grows a new personality that is incredibly bad.
Carrey plays 2 characters here- 1 (Charlie Baileygates) is a little funny, but the second (Hank) brings out one of Carrey's best performances yet.
It'd be unfair to say that Jim Carrey is the cog that makes this all work (seeing as there are so many other necessary pieces to this puzzle), but he's playing his physical comedy to the hilt, and it's some entertaining stuff.
As a road movie, it's not nearly as focused as "Dumb and Dumber" (really tends to wander), but there's some genuinely funny material here.7/10 Oh, and the music that plays when Jim Carrey snaps is priceless!.
The people who made this film are known for their sleazy comedies.That overall sleazy feel to this dark-slapstick comedy makes me hesitate to recommend it, but if a lot of "language" doesn't bother you - or dildo jokes, believe-it-or-not, this will entertain you..
Let me start off by saying I really liked There's Something About Mary, and I also liked Jim Carrey in all of his movies that I've seen (The Mask, Ace Ventura, Truman Show, Man in the Moon).
However, this movie just doesn't do it for me.On paper, the casting of Jim Carrey as a man with split personalities is great - the second coming of Jerry Lewis ought to be perfectly able to play two different characters merely by changing facial expressions.
jim carrey is a great physical comedian, but this movie is a dog.
I could not think of the ingredients which would be required to top this movie's combination of poor story line and plot, senseless message and tasteless gags directed toward blacks, little people, Albino's, the ENTIRE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, people with mental diseases, and trivializing acts of violence.
But the only part I don't like about it is there is no need for all the swearing, there is a sware word every 1 minute, but Jim Carrey plays well as Charley Bailygates, it's an eye boggling laugh a minute roller-coaster and I almost had a wee in my pants it was so funny, the cast did well to finish the film without doing mistakes and I just want to congratulate all the crew and actors, publishers, directors, for all they have done to make this film...
It's good to see Jim Carrey back with the brothers that really made his career, however this isn't Dumb and Dumber.
Carrey does show a lot of talent as the film progresses, especially when Hank and Charlie are both fighting over the body at the same time.
At times the film would have you laughing hysterically at it's substance and take it a step further, only making everyone in the audiences laughter change to disgust - in There's Something About Mary the joke would still stay hysterical even if it got too carried away with itself.
There is a lot of funny stuff in here (Jim Carrey's enormous genius African-American sons are a riot), but most of it is not very well timed or directed.
Warning alarms start off for "Me, Myself & Irene": can I get into the Farrelly brothers frame of mind and enjoy a movie I anticipate will be mostly low-brow but, hopefully, amusing?
Jim Carrey triumphs in this movie in which he is reteamed with the directors of Dumb and Dumber.
Unfortunately, the intended picture for the evening was sold out, so we decided to go with the last-minute, spur-of-the-moment decision of "Me, Myself and Irene" (as I had already seen most of the other movies out).I must say, as much as I like Jim Carrey's movies, and as funny as I think he is, I was apalled at the quality of this film.
A few of the gags could be found funny, but all in all, it's almost one of those movies you don't want to tell anyone you actually saw.I, personally, didn't like it, but some people go with it, soooo....
But if you want to laugh like you may have at the other popular Farrelly brothers movies ("There's something about Mary," "Dumb and Dumber," and "Kingpin"), then this movie is definitely for you..
Me, Myself, and Irene is one funny film directed by The Farrelly Brothers and starring one of my favorite comedians, Jim Carrey.
I don't know but this is probably Jim Carrey's best role he has ever had in any film or tied with Dumb & Dumber.
I can't decide but how Jim Carrey portrays his character as that cool Hank dude, it just makes me die laughing.
The best moments of this movie include Carreys' considerable physical humour, which is occasionally let run a bit too long a la Jerry Lewis.
The crudely intellectual humour of his 3 "sons" is fun; make sure you see this flick with a few good friends so you can chorttel through the nastier parts and on to the gems.The squeaky-clean Disney voiceover is an amusing counterpoint to some of Jim Carreys' stunts like beating himself up or trying to pee straight into a toilet after a night of sex with Rene; the best part of our night was when the female population of our audience demanded, but did not get, and explanation for this last biological happenstance.The "rescue" of Carreys thumb, released at the end of the movie, was not worth the wait through all the credits.Duval.26.
In the Farrelly Brothers' `Me, Myself & Irene,' Jim Carrey gets to run through his considerable bag of tricks playing a Jekyll and Hyde-type character who, as a Rhode Island state trooper, finds himself escorting a young woman back to the authorities in Upstate New York.
No movie written and directed by the Farrellys and starring Carrey and Renee Zellweger can fail to elicit its fair share of laughs.
Regrettably, for all its moments of inspired zaniness and silliness, `Me, Myself & Irene' finds both Carrey and the Farrelly Brothers marking time and resting on their laurels.
I rented this flick along with Blue Streak to watch with my girlfriend.I like Jim Carrey and his performances in The Mask, Liar Liar and others.
I was expecting more from Carrey/Zellweger and the Farrelly brothers (their previous effort There's something about Mary was great).As a big Carrey fan I thought this would be worth a watch but how wrong I was !
I did not like this movie mainly because it was so off base compared to what Jim Carrey has done before.
(Mind you, I've voted for hundreds of films on IMDb and only a few of them have got a 1 so far) The beginning of the movie actually has some funny moments, and I even laughed at a few points which is exceptional for a Jim Carrey movie.
"Pull my finger" is a classy joke compared to most of this film.It's amazing Jim Carrey agreed to participate in this movie at this point in his career.
There also was a very racist suggestion in this movie that black people will use "F" every other word and act like hoodlums no matter how intelligent they are, even if they are raised by an upstanding white state trooper.I can only recommend this film to teenagers and street hoodlums who think that the more shockingly disgusting, the funnier.
OK, Jim Carrey has been in a number of funny kid movies ("The Mask", "Ace Ventura", "Batman Forever", "Liar, Liar", and "Dumb and Dumber").
So we decided to take the kids to see another funny Jim Carrey movie.
In Me, Myself & Irene, he plays a cop named Charlie that has been singled out throughout his life, to the point where he forms a split personality disorder, and his alter ego, Hank, comes alive.
He then meets Renee Zellweger's character and he goes with her across country to escort her.This is another great Jim Carrey flick.
But nonetheless, the movie offers very funny lines, great chemistry of Carrey and Zellweger, and has a clever concept behind it.Bottom line, hilarious movie from the directors of Dumb and Dumber..
As others have pointed out, the film is a little like 'Dumb & Dumber' but with Jim Carrey playing off himself (his other personality) rather than Jeff Daniels, and fans of the Golden Globe winning actor are likely to enjoy him strutting his stuff here.
It's, just like Dumb and Dumber but not as great as Dumb and Dumber, a movie entirely created for the purpose of making people laugh.
Irene and Charlie (and Hank of course) end up on the run from corrupt cops.It's a fun movie.
Charlie's three sons have an obviously favourite word (let's say it starts with "mother" and includes two more syllables and it occurs over and over and over.) Basically, it's neither Carrey's best movie, nor is it his worst.
Carrey has reunited with the Farrely brothers in a film, with a more misfire of laughs than successful ones, though still it's adequately funny, the setting of story, that being in Rhode Island, is interesting.
Meanwhile Charlie's three black sons get involved in finding him.The film works because Carrey gives the schizophrenic role all his heart and the Farrelly brothers (the directors/writers) go to extremes with the gags, as usual.
Also Working on its advantage, this Farrelly brothers directed comedy delivers some really memorable & funny moments in the goings-on.
On the whole, The Farrelly brothers deliver another good comedy, that rides high on Carrey's impeccable talent..
Me,Myself and Irene is a great movie with a well written storyline and a terrific comedic cast.Its another hilarious comedy from the Farrelly brothers,while it is certainly no Dumb & Dumber or There's Something About Mary,it is still a very fun film with their usual style of offensive comedy,sugar coated with pure laughs.Jim Carrey is fantastic as Charlie/Hank, he was able to play both characters very well despite the little time he was given to jump from Charlie to Hank,and that just shows what a great character actor Carrey really is,and there was also surprisingly great chemistry between him and Renee Zellweger.Its not hilarious all the way through,and I think at times it got a bit more serious than it needed to be,the parts revolving around Irene's ex-boyfriend and any of his associates were very dark and contained little to no moments of comic relief,which I found unnecessary.
Certainly not the Farrelly brothers or Jim Carreys finest work,but Me,Myself and Irene is still a very enjoyable movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good comedy.
Jim Carrey portrays a "schizophrenic" Charlie / Hank who develops two personalities as a result of his ruined marriage.While, this comedy is funny at nearly every turn, it's actually inaccurate about what condition, it's trying to play off.
Carrey shines in the spotlight, but second to him is definitely the sons to his character.There's a lot of jokes that can really make you laugh and a condition like D.I.D. is not usually seen as funny, but this movie can make it happen.
My first big surprise was that Jim Carrey starred in this film, which later turned out to be hilarious.
I knew from that point on that this film was going to awesome because the duo have created lots of funny movies, such as Dumb and Dumber, Osmosis Jones, and The Heartbreak Kid, which were amazing.
Jim Carrey really hasn't changed from what he does best, and that is making people laugh, but sometimes he goes too over-the-top with his acting.
If you like Jim Carrey as an actor then this film will appeal to you.
Me,Myself and Irene is another funny Farrely Brothers movie made purely for 2 hours of comedy.
The movie has many laughs that may be in bad taste but in the good way.
I can't describe it but when I first saw this movie I thought it was horrible and something Jim Carrey never should have touched.
people should realize that the Farrellys do this kind of stuff in their movies.This is definitely work watching if you want a good laugh!
Have not watched very many films of Jim Carrey and this particular film had me laughing through out the entire film.
Renee Zellweger,(Irene Waters) meets up with Officer Bailey Gates/Hank Evans) played by Jim Carrey who has a split personality and is constantly fighting with himself and Hank Evans.
This movie is replete with stereotypical clichés one after the other, but it was still fun to watch...when you're not uncomfortable, or feeling sorry for Charlie (Jim Carrey), that is.The problem with this one is that Charlie is so pathetic, that you really find it difficult to view him as a hero in this situation.
This is the kind of movie Jim Carrey was born to play.
And then there's Me, Myself and Irene.Carrey plays Charlie Bailygates, a Long Island cop.
And as he himself puts it, unless Charlie learns to deal with his life on his own, Hank is going to have to move in for good.Carrey plays polar opposites in this movie, and it rocks.
This movie simply is hilarious, and a must see for any Jim Carrey fan..
People say Jim Carrey is an over-actor.Well, he pretty much overacted in Ace Ventura, but in this movie god, he is GOOD!
He played both guys as if he were two people and I almost believed that there were two of Jim Carrey.
Jim Carrey delivers tons of laughs once again, is there a movie where he doesn't make us laugh?
Knowing it's a Farrelly brothers movie you have to be prepared for some low-brow humor, and this film provides it.
Well I personally do not like such movies, particularly such dumb 'sexual' oriented comedies.There are a plenty of disgusting scenes & moments.Pathetic !4/10