Dumb and Dumber
PG-13
1994
Comedy · Nearly two hours of relentless stupidity that somehow doesn't overstay its welcome.
Cult classic
7.3/10
IMDb
69%
Fresh
41
41/100
Metacritic
🎬
6.6/10
TMDB
The brief
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels commit so completely to playing absolute morons that watching them feels like witnessing a beautiful disaster in slow motion. The Farrelly Brothers lean hard into crude physical comedy and cringe humor, creating something genuinely stupid yet weirdly endearing as these two idiots bumble across the country with zero self-awareness. It's aggressively dumb in the best possible way, with Carrey's manic energy perfectly balanced by Daniels playing against type as an equally clueless buffoon. Perfect if you loved There's Something About Mary or need a comedy that asks absolutely nothing of your brain.
absurdist comedy
buddy road trip
lovably stupid
90s slapstick
cringe humor
manic energy
The verdict
If you're willing to turn your brain off and surrender to relentlessly stupid humor, this is comedy gold with Carrey and Daniels delivering pitch-perfect performances as lovable idiots. If you prefer clever wordplay over crude physical gags or need your comedy to have any intellectual substance, you'll find this painfully dumb rather than endearingly so.
Watch with
- 👥 Perfect for friends who love stupid humor
- 👫 Great for couples wanting mindless laughs
- ⚠️ Skip if you hate crude or toilet humor
Heads up
- Crude sexual humor and innuendo (frequent)
- Toilet humor and gross-out gags (moderate)
- Brief crude language (moderate)
Credits
- Director
- Peter Farrelly
- Cast
- Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Teri Garr, Charles Rocket, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr
Official synopsis
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an
