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Dumb and Dumber To (15)

Comedy

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

More information on this production is available at www.dumbanddumberto.co.uk.

The critical consensus

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels resume their slapstick double-act 20 years on, but despite some inspired work with a hot dog, this half-assed sequel leaves you feeling numb and number.

***(*)(*)Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian, 13/11/2014

Without overinflating the original film, it possesses a certain squirmy charm, especially with Carrey at the peak of his physical comic powers and Daniels gleefully cutting loose to keep him company. On the other hand, the strained, farcical antics of Dumb And Dumber To are as bracingly joyous as a torn testicle – which also gets a scene in this movie.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 14/12/2014

Disappointingly limp, with precious few belly laughs, despite a try-hard attitude.

**(*)(*)(*)James Mottram, Total Film, 15/12/2014

Overlong and underpopulated with gags that really land, there's still moments of mirth for devotees of the original.

**(*)(*)(*)Nick de Semlyen, Empire Online, 15/12/2014

While Dumb and Dumber To has as good a laugh count as the original, the plot about mistaken paternity and complex schemes of Penny's adoptive family offer too much contrivance for not enough pay-off.

***(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 15/12/2014

The dumbest, most wasteful thing here is that so much energy is being expended for so few laughs.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 17/12/2014

It’s a rental, rather than a visit to the cinema.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 18/12/2014

Scrappy and crappy but knowingly so.

***(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 19/12/2014

Verdict: Feeble-minded, and feeble to.

**(*)(*)(*)Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 19/12/2014

Throw in a murder plot into which Harry and Lloyd unwittingly find themselves drawn and there’s enough comic complication to keep things fizzing dementedly along, even if you’ll groan as often as you guffaw. Carrey and Daniels perform with impressive energy and commitment to the cause of stupid.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 21/12/2014

The Farrellys, who once had a genuinely anarchic edge, demonstrate a fatal lack of timing – missing the film’s comic beat by around 20 years.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 21/12/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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