Rating: 2/5

Three-Word Summary: Original legacy tarnished

I guess it could have been worse.

Twenty-years after the release of the original Dumb and Dumber, a comedy classic, we get the unnecessary sequel. For some unexplained reason, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels decided to reprise their roles as moronic friends Harry and Lloyd.

But this time, they forgot to be funny. Sure, there were a few mildly-humorous moments, but they were because of the ineptness of the filmmakers as much as the characters.

Which is somewhat surprising considering the movie was written and directed by the famous Farrelly brothers who created the original and several other comedy hits two decades ago. Perhaps this just means that their unique brand of gross-out dim-witted humor has lost its touch.

Also consider that the brilliance of the first film was the simplicity of the plot; it got out of its own way and let the characters be funny. Back then, they understood that the one way to kill a comedy is to make your audience think too much.

The sequel tries too hard to recapture the success of the original. It tried to hard to play off jokes from the original that most people forgot. Even Carrey and Daniels appeared to be over-reaching while attempting to revive the main characters.

At least we all saw this coming. No one, least of all me, expected this movie to be anything like the old Dumb and Dumber. Keeping expectations low is the key to never being dissapointed.

The one redeeming quality to me was that several scenes were filmed near where I live in Marietta, Ga. It was interesting to see several familiar settings, including the Cobb Energy Center, on the big screen, even if it was supposed to be in El Paso, Texas.

It could always have been worse.