Dumb and Dumber (1994)

With Jim Carrey there are no half measures; you'll either love this as one of his finest moments or loathe it as mind-numbing Hollywood cinema. Even the harshest critic will find chuckles in this cheerfully moronic mix of slapstick, sight gags and toilet humour.

The review calls it a good-natured celebration of stupidity and bodily functions that delivers high-gloss lowbrow laughs for general audiences. Strong performances, especially from Jeff Daniels, and slick production help it escape the gutter and point to commercial success.

The critic describes the film as a heap of dumb gags heavy on bathroom humor and gross-out moments that works best when the stars fully commit to the ridiculousness. It has a love of silliness and more laughs than some contemporaries despite misfired staging.

The critic finds the film mostly silly with uneven gags but praises one standout laugh and Jim Carrey's growing appeal as a comic original. The relationship between the two leads provides some of the fun amid the formulaic road-trip plot.

The two dumbest guys in the world drive across America to return a lady's briefcase containing a ransom. Carrey mugs too hard but the force is with him, like a less recherché Jerry Lewis, and the film avoids romanticising its no-hoper protagonists.

The review sees the movie as a crude, scatological comedy that lives up to its title, with Jim Carrey channeling a Jerry Lewis-like manic energy. It notes the humor's reliance on bodily functions and misspellings but acknowledges some effective comic moments.

The critic finds the film a delight of non-stop, toilet-fixated, daft humour that will cause laugh-induced incontinence among UK audiences. She singles out the cast's gusto, comic timing and Jeff Daniels' unexpected comic talent for praise.

The critic finds the film a step backward from Jim Carrey's prior work like The Mask, with repetitive gags centered on the leads' extreme stupidity, though a high percentage of jokes land. Daniels provides effective laconic contrast to Carrey, and the gross-out humor is noted as likely to appeal to kids.

The critic finds the film has a timeless quality with goofy brilliance that transcends its 1990s origins. The incredible physical performances by Carrey and Daniels ensure the crude humor never feels nasty.