Me, Myself & Irene
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
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- Cast:
- Jim Carrey , Renée Zellweger , Anthony Anderson , Robert Forster , Richard Jenkins , Zen Gesner , Mongo Brownlee
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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Diagnosed with a split personality disorder, problems arise for a milquetoast cop when he forgets his medication while escorting a state witness in this road trip comedy from the Farrelly Brothers. As others have pointed out, the film is a little like 'Dumb & Dumber' but with Jim Carrey playing off himself (his other personality) rather than Jeff Daniels, and fans of the Golden Globe winning actor are likely to enjoy him strutting his stuff here. For the general film-goer though, this is a movie to approach with some caution. The film throws around some interesting ideas regarding assertiveness and expressing one's feelings, but with an overload of exposition and such childish gags like uncontrolled urination and a chicken stuck where the sun does not shine, this is very much a mixed bag of a movie. The antagonists in the tale are not particularly menacing or memorable either, though as usual, the Farrellys get several memorable turns from the rest of their supporting cast. Michael Bowman shines in particular as a social misfit albino man who befriends Carrey. In a unique and interesting touch, the end credits also include stills of all bit players in the cast with arrows to identifying actors they are.
Jim Carrey at the top of his prime. Farrelly Bros again. In this one Carrey develops an entirely separate schizophrenic identity within him. Lots of good laughs, some very good. You'll find yourself at least entertained even if you don't like Carrey particularly because this film contains so many gags, it's got a lot in its repertoire. The film is constant comedic material, it just lever lets out. It's, just like Dumb and Dumber but not as great as Dumb and Dumber, a movie entirely created for the purpose of making people laugh. This is what you would call: a pure comedy. Yes there is a romantic element in the plot but it's only a part of the ride and helps contribute to the laughter. This film is full to burst with various wacky characters, scenes, jokes, just a bunch of different angles to hit the viewer with. It's certainly at least a very fun ride, and if you're looking for something purely entertaining that's silly, GO FOR IT. Oh and Zellweger looks SMOKING in this one.
"Me, Myself and Irene" doesn't deviate from the Farrellys' trademark scatological humor, but that works to a surprising degree here. It'd be unfair to say that Jim Carrey is the cog that makes this all work (seeing as there are so many other necessary pieces to this puzzle), but he's playing his physical comedy to the hilt, and it's some entertaining stuff. The guy even gets into a convincing brawl with himself. It's beautiful. But it's not just Carrey; Zellweger fits pretty well, his three sons steal every one of their scenes and it even has space enough for a persistent dildo. As a road movie, it's not nearly as focused as "Dumb and Dumber" (really tends to wander), but there's some genuinely funny material here.7/10 Oh, and the music that plays when Jim Carrey snaps is priceless!
If you watch "Me, Myself and Irene" without any expectations, then the movie delivers well enough, because this is certainly no milestone in American movie history. That being said, then this is a fairly average Jim Carrey movie, that have several similarities to "The Mask" in ways.The movie itself is entertaining for what it is worth. The storyline is good, consistent and has a good flow to it. And it is the type of movie that requires no brain activity from the audience - so just sit back, switch to autopilot and be mildly amused for about an hour and a half.Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger do have good on screen chemistry and they make the movie work.The characters in the movie were unique and well portrayed on the screen, most of them being eccentric and quite out there. Which worked out nicely, because their oddities and eccentricities were a main driving force to the movie.The jokes in the movie are straight and to the point, and the comedy is often bizarre and semi dark humor. It is a movie that will have you smiling and put you in a good mood, but hardly the type of comedy to have you in tears from laughing so hard."Me, Myself and Irene" is a movie that you will thoroughly enjoy if you also enjoyed "Dumb and Dumber".