Rated PG-13
Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle,
Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly
The Story:
Harry (Daniels) and Lloyd (Carrey) return after 20 years. It seems that Harry needs a transplant or he will die, but luckily he had a daughter about 20 years earlier that he is just now finding out about, so hopefully she will be a match. The boys set off on a road trip filled with hijinks and cases of mistaken identity.
There's a joke in the film about how waiting 20 years for the punchline is the great payoff to a joke.
So was this sequel, often mentioned, never happened, really worth the weight?
Meh.
Hard to say.
I have to admit, I haven't seen the original since it first came out, so I have no idea how well it has aged. I do remember laughing, hysterically in a few spots, throughout that film.
This one tries to recapture and repeat the magic, but a lot of the gags have been there, done that in the two decades since we first met this duo.
The Farrelly Brothers infuse the film with their signature touch of crude/touch of heart filmmaking, and that helps keep the movie moving along.
Carrey and Daniels easily revive their roles, and it's hard to not imagine "what if?" they had simply done this a decade earlier. This could be the final act of a trilogy instead with a film every 10 years.
Rob Riggle is a welcome addition to the film as the heavy, and he is quickly turning into one of those character actors that shows up in many of this screwball comedies and makes the film that much better, at least when he's on screen.
While this film is worth a viewing, at least for the sake of nostalgia, if you didn't like the first one, I doubt there is anything here that would change your mind.
Final Grade: C+
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