Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Let's see...no Jim Carrey...no Jeff Daniels...no Farrelly Brothers...sure, make a prequel. And that's exactly what they've done in detailing Harry and Lloyd's first encounter. It was Harry's (Derek Richardson) first day of high school and his mother (Mimi Rogers?!?) gave him a map and the instruction to make a new friend. In comes Lloyd (Eric Christian Olsen) who comes crashing into him while chasing the school bus even though he lives with his father at school. They soon become best pals. Meanwhile, the principal and lunchlady (Eugene Levy and Cheri Oteri) scheme to start a special needs class to get $100,000 and buy themselves a condo in Hawaii. Of course, their first two students are Harry and Lloyd. A beautiful reporter, Jessica (Rachel Nichols), seems to have figured things out and enlists Harry and Lloyd to help.

I probably laughed twice and chuckled a few times more. Other than that, the result is a poorly made film that embarrasses its two actors with no real punchline. I guess I don't really see the humor in smearing chocolate all over a bathroom or seeing the effects of a brain freeze. It becomes more stupid than it is funny. Veteran comedians Levy and Oteri are wasted in this film, possibly literally when they signed the contract to be in the film. And the three-man script with a director with 2 films to his credit does not come close in quality to its earlier incarnation. At least Olsen and Richardson kinda look like Carrey and Daniels. Half a star.