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Dumb and Dumber (dvd):

Amazon.com video review: Delivering exactly what its title promises, this celebration of stupidity was Jim Carrey's 1994 follow-up to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask. The film pairs the rubber- faced wacky man with Jeff Daniels as the not-so-dynamic duo of Lloyd and Harry, dunderheads who come into the possession of a briefcase containing ransom money that is intended for Mob-connected kidnappers. Lauren Holly costars as the woman who lost the briefcase, and with whom Carrey falls in love (both in real life and as his moronic on-screen character). As Lloyd and Harry make a mad dash to return the briefcase (never aware of its contents), the bumbling buddies attract Mobsters, cops, and trouble galore. This lowbrow laugh-a-thon scores some solid hits for hilarity, but with gags involving ill-fated parakeets, buxom bimbos, and an overdose of laxatives, be prepared to put your brain--and good taste--on hold. --Jeff Shannon

Duh-Lux Collector's Giftset (The Mask/Dumb & Dumber) (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: This double set of Jim Carrey movies includes The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. It would be easy to think of this one as a no-brainer--and that's probably only half right. Actually, The Mask is one of Carrey's more intriguing movies, a showcase of the latest (at that time) in computer-generated special effects, with Carrey playing a nebbish bank clerk who is transformed into a green-faced superhero with cartoon powers when he puts on a mystical mask. Dumb and Dumber teams Carrey with Jeff Daniels as two of the most intelligence-challenged human beings ever to walk erect, in the first film by the Farrelly brothers (who went on to direct Kingpin and There's Something About Mary). Dumb and Dumber is gross-out comedy taken to its extreme and played to the hilt by its stars. --Marshall Fine