Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Expected more

Dreadfully Boring

The first must-see film of the year.

After seeing both the original and the third Dumb and Dumber film, I've decided to look back at the prequel. All I do have to say though is that at times it does get pretty stupid even for Dumb and Dumberer and it just doesn't work.Okay, the plot is that Harry and Lloyd meet up for the first time in High School and The Principal there wants to exploit a lot of money going into the school by building a special needs class and run away with the lunch lady, now teacher of the class (Which wouldn't it be investigated whether she has had any experience in teaching in order to get the money?) So who are they going to get?... Harry and Lloyd, who have to pick the rest of the class under the impression that Special means... Well, special. While this is going on the love interest tries to expose the principal for what's going on, but it's up to Harry and Lloyd to unintentionally find it out.Here's my big problem with the movie. These kids are meant to be 16 years old, or thereabouts. Let me ask a question - How many stupid ideas did you have at that age? How many times did you do something stupid? Part of what made the first and third one funny is that these people can't read and yet they're somehow functioning in society, and with teenagers they do not have the responsibilities that adults do, so having idiot teenagers being the one and only shtick doesn't work.Here's another problem, it's borderline offensive. when recruiting for the special needs class there's one scene where Harry and Lloyd try and sign up a foreign exchange student. How? by saying "Ching-Chong" over and over. That and they try and make out that although the person giving the special needs grant has a lot of money, he doesn't function as anything above a child when an FBI agent tries to pursue the principal. Okay, I saw what went on in a couple of special needs classes during High School and even in there, while there was some huge childishness that went on, it wasn't anything like they're saying here - and you're telling me that someone operating on the same level as someone who's 6 can be millionaires or something?... HA-HA! I wish.Well, the humour itself is not funny either on any level. There's a point in the movie where Harry sits on a radiator while talking with the love interest and melts the chocolate bar he was going to give her. Then when going to the bathroom after burning his ass he accidentally messes up the bathroom by accidentally getting the chocolate on everything... which makes me question whether a Hershey's bar has that much chocolate in it. And the father, who's a clean freak decides to walk in on it after they leave... What happens? He screams "There's sh!t everywhere! There's sh!t all over the walls" and goes on and on. What's that? It's not funny? Well the writers thought it was being that the father also says the same thing at the ending when Harry gets run over by him while drenched in mud. I must be missing something but How is that funny? Are you telling me it was so good to have it done twice? I don't think so because on both times I didn't laugh once, that really sums up the humour of this movie, whether I take the age of the characters into consideration or not.I'll be fair in saying that in some ways the people they got to do the younger versions of these characters do okay jobs and while I trivialized the humour by talking about one joke, there was about one laugh in the movie and some of the set-ups are actually quite good. The problem is that it had little idea if at all of what made the original Dumb and Dumber work. Dumb and Dumber To fares better but I would say just place it down as a thankfully forgotten piece of history.

There's a number of jokes that are funny in this movie and I don't know why people criticize it. I mean like what the heck did you expect a masterpiece? For what it was the film is at least loyal to the characters who are both stupid and you don't know who's stupider. This is way better than that terrible sequel made last year, where all the jokes were based on how gross it could be. I never liked the idea of prequels but this film I think did it fine. The only thing I think would of been a wiser idea is had Harry take Lloyd's role of being the one to tell him what to do. I mean Harry is a leader in the original but here he is more of like a sidekick. I really liked the scene, "There's Sh.t everywhere!" The only things I wish they changed were Harry and Lloyd's roles and also maybe add a funnier climax but it's overall alright! I can't believe people hate this but the sequel made last year is rated higher! I think these rating should be switched! I give it a 6.5 out of 10.

This movie flat out sucks. There's no other, smart guy way to put it. Its horrible. Its the worst prequel I've ever seen, the jokes are pure, raw slapstick in it's lowest possible form, and the two leads may look like Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, but there's no way in hell they could pull it off like they did in 1994. Also, if you're going to make a prequel, set in 1986, use stuff in 1986. We see new dollar bills and the most fatal flaw is the song "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. The song came out in 1990 and this is set in 1986. Sense? Nada. This movie was clearly rushed, not thought over properly, and serves no purpose.Lets begin with the cover for the DVD. If you closely at Lloyds tooth it is clear that the left corner is just drawn with Sharpie marker or some dry erase marker to look as if it was missing. Nothing says a movie is worse than when the cover doesn't even look believable. A poor entrance to a poor movie. Fits perfectly.Before Harry and Lloyd where the best of dumb buddies, they were in high school struggling to make the grade. Now we get to the moment they first met by bumping heads. Harry was homeschooled and is now attending regular school. Upon meeting Lloyd whom gives him a half assed tour of the school, they now become the best of friends and are inseparable. After a class opens called "The Special Needs" class, Harry and Lloyd are asked to get people to attend. A good girl Jessica finds out why the lunch lady would be teaching a class and she soon discovers that the principal and the teacher for the fake Specials class are stealing money from the school and it's now up to Harry, Lloyd, and Jessica to stop them.Since the movie is supposed to be focused on the stupid characters of Harry and Lloyd, I shouldn't say this, but need to. It gets incredibly aggravating because the stupidity of the characters makes the movie move in a slow pace and even though its a mere 86 minutes it feels way longer. Harry and Lloyd are portrayed as stupid beyond belief. There's no way anyone in the world could be this stupid and not be mentally challenged. Its an insult.I too find it absolutely hilarious that the cameo appearance by Bob Saget is funnier than the two leads in the movie. Bob Saget's cameo is nowhere near as funny to earn this movie an extra star, but its damn sure funny to earn it probably the most memorable thing about this movie. Julia Duffy doesn't do much in the movie, but I remember her as Mrs. Hayfer in Drake & Josh. Those will be the only two people who I cite as a "decent job done" in this movie. Eugene Levy is awful in this movie and so are the actors who portray Harry and Lloyd. Luis Guzmán also does a poor job in this as well.I thought I'd approach this film with an open mind and have a decent attitude and relate it to something me and my friend do. I like a lot of stupid movies like Bio-Dome, but this just completely blew my mind. From the DVD menu gags to the "Dont press this button" joke on there as well I knew this movie was going to be no more than two stars if they found burping and farting to be the most hilarious joke on the planet. Sure enough I was right. Worst prequel to any movie and awful movie all together.Starring: Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Rachel Nichols, Bob Saget, Luis Guzmán, Eugene Levy, and Mimi Rogers.

This movie is hilarious. Yes, it's goofy, immature humor, but it's done so well in this film. If you like anything that Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler does, then you'll love this movie. The constant subtle idiocy is what makes this film great. The two main actors that play Harry and Lloyd are perfect for their roles. They work amazingly together and they are great younger versions of the original two actors from the first film. I personally liked this one better than the original. this movie does a nice job of showing just how Harry and Lloyd met and became the ultimate duo that you know from the original. I actually wouldn't mind seeing another film made to make this a trilogy. Don't listen to the people that say this movie is dumb and pointless. See it for yourself and then make your decision.