Released: 1994
Directed By: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Written By: Peter Farrelly, Bennett Yellin
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Charles Rocket
Rating: PG-13
Rent or Buy?: Rent THEN Buy
Story:
�For Harry and Lloyd, Every Day is a No-Brainer�
While driving Mary Swanson to the airport, limo driver Lloyd Christmas falls in love. As Mary disembarks to Aspen, Lloyd notices she leaves a briefcase behind her. He scrambles to catch it. Little does he know is that two other people are supposed to pick up the mysterious briefcase. He catches it before they do and attempts to run it to Mary, but ends up falling off the jetway for his trouble and is fired. His friend Harry Dunne is also fired from Mutt Cutts for ruining a dog show. Lloyd takes his briefcase home, but the two who were supposed to pick up the case� Shay and Mental come to their apartment. Lloyd and Harry bail. After being robbed by sweet old lady on a
motorized cart, Lloyd decides he�s had enough and the two decide to drive to Aspen to return the briefcase to Mary. Hilarity ensues as Lloyd and Harry trick a bunch of imposing hicks to pay for their dinner tab, Harry setting his foot on fire while talking to a woman at a gas station and more. Mental, impersonating a hitchhiker gets a ride to find out about them. He plans to poison them with rat poison, but he chokes on his hamburger. Lloyd and Harry give him his �pills� (the poison by accident) and Mental dies.
Lloyd accidentally takes a wrong turn, but doesn�t realize it for five hours. When they finally realize their mistake, they break up. As Harry begins to walk back to Providence, Rhode Island, Lloyd drives up from behind on a moped. Harry decides the Lloyd has redeemed himself and the two continue to Aspen. They finally arrive, but are unable to find Mary�s name in the phone book. During an argument in the park, the briefcase is cracked open to reveal lots of money. Harry and Lloyd use it to check into a presidential suite, buy a car, and fabulous clothing. While watching TV, they see Mary�s picture promoting an animal benefit. They attend where Harry meets Mary and ends up with a ski date with her. Harry lies to Lloyd and tells him that Lloyd has the date with Mary. Lloyd, seemingly stood up, goes to Mary�s and sees her with Harry. Lloyd in revenge serves Harry some coffee pumped full of laxative. Lloyd goes to Mary�s place and takes her back to the hotel room to get it.
Once there, Mr. Andre (the man behind all the problems in the movie) arrives with a gun. The briefcase money turns out be ransom for Mary�s husband to which Lloyd is shocked. Harry arrives and is also taken hostage. Andre finds that Lloyd and Harry have used his money and decides to kill them. He shoots Harry dead. Just as he is about to kill Lloyd, Harry rises up and shoots, but misses. But the distraction allows police to arrive and arrest Andre. It is then revealed that Harry had been filled in by the police in the lobby and was given a bullet proof vest. With Andre in jail and Mary�s husband set free, Lloyd and Harry begin their long walk back to Rhode Island.
My Review:
Pretty funny movie. There�s jokes, slap-stick, observational, everything. Sometimes you may think that the humour goes to far, but then they kick it up a few notches more. Jim Carrey steals the show as Lloyd. (�Dumber�) His infatuation with a woman he knows all of 10 minutes is comical to that of a schoolboy with a crush on a girl. Jeff Daniels also gets some classic scenes like the �tongue-frost� scene and the �laxative scene.� This is definitely laugh out loud material. Not for everybody though. But I think you�ll enjoy it. Better than Jim Carrey�s second go with the Farrelly Brothers: �Me, Myself & Irene.�
***1/4-4 stars
Hilarious/Memorable Quotes:
Lloyd Christmas: That�s a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?
Street Girl: Austria.
Lloyd Christmas: Austria? Well. . .g�day mate! Let�s put another shrimp on the barbie!
Street Girl: Let�s not.
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Airport Official: Sir, you can�t go in there!
Lloyd Christmas: It�s okay! I�m a limo driver!
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Harry Dunne: So you got fired again?
Lloyd Christmas: Oh, yeah. They always freak out when you leave the scene of an accident.
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Lloyd Christmas: We�ve got no food! We�ve got no jobs! Our pets HEADS ARE FALLIN� OFF!
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Beth Jordan: I said to myself �Run Beth. Run before this man kills you both.� And then do you know what the klutz did?
Lloyd Christmas: No, and I DON�T CARE!!
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Lloyd Christmas: What are the odds of us ending up together?
Mary Swanson: Not good.
Lloyd Christmas: You mean not good like 1 out 100?
Mary Swanson: I�d say. . .more like 1 out of a million.
Lloyd Christmas: So you�re telling me there�s a chance? YEAH!!!
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Harry Dunne: One time, we successfully mated a bulldog with a shih-tzu.
Mary Swanson: Really? That�s unusual.
Harry Dunne: Yeah. We called it a �bullshit.�
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Very Attractive Swim-Suit Babe: Hey, guys. We�re looking for two oil boys who can grease us up before every competition.
Harry Dunne: You are in luck! There�s a town about three miles that way I�m sure you�ll find a couple of guys there.