Claim: Jim Carrey has worked with people.

Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 American comedy film -- a remake of the 1977 comedy film of the same name -- that was directed by Dean Parisot , and written by Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller . It stars Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni as Dick and Jane Harper , an upper-middle-class couple who resort to robbery after the company for which Dick works goes bankrupt . Alec Baldwin , Richard Jenkins , Angie Harmon , John Michael Higgins , Richard Burgi , Carlos Jacott , Gloria Garayua and Stephnie Weir also star . James Whitmore appears in an uncredited cameo ; his final film appearance .   It was released by Columbia Pictures on December 21 , 2005 . Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics , the film grossed over $ 202 million at the global box office .