Fun With Dick and Jane

Fun With Dick and Jane

Oh, boy. This movie has a lot of problems. For one, it isn’t very funny. Like the rest of Hollywood, this movie is a remake of an older movie of the same name, starring Jane Fonda. In the remake, Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni play a couple living in the suburbs. They’ve had a turn a bad luck, thanks to some ENRON type scandals. So in return, they begin to rob stores to make ends meet. We’re supposed to laugh at all the misadventures that go on in each robbery, but I didn’t laugh once. Neither will you.

The movie truly feels hacked together with no real central plot to carry the movie through to the end. It looks like a test screen gave this movie a score and someone hacked the film to pieces trying to save money. I have never been a fan of Tea Leoni. I think she is the plainest woman in Hollywood, and her acting is so dull, that watching paint dry would be better entertainment for you. She definitely hurt the movie more than it needed to be hurt. Without good writing as backup, Jim Carrey’s goofy bits can only go so far before you get bored with the movie. Avoid this film if you can.

Grade D+