It seems the Jim Carrey everyone loved back in the Nineties has returned but I was more stoked about Jeff Daniels. I probably went with my expectations set too high given this was a Farrelly Brothers movie and the original surprised me, it was actually funny. However, To is a repeat sequel. Harry and Lloyd engage in another cross-country misadventure with Lloyd having an ulterior romantic intention. Maybe the Farrellys did this on purpose. If so, it’s a let down since we still remember what the moronic duo is capable of doing after 20 years. Just insert Harry’s lost daughter for the ransom money and Mary Samsonite; El Paso for the ski resort; and throw in the disgusting reality star from Honey Boo Boo having a cameo.
Was it funny? The malapropisms often were. Rob Riggle’s vengeance moves were. KEN being a surrogate for TED (or as my brother calls it, Totally Enthralled Demagogues). Some gross bits involving beer, farts, fireworks, shrimping and naiveté about sex. The Farrellys excelled at getting a good soundtrack again, especially when Franz Ferdinand was employed for the travel sequences. I also noticed Lloyd’s character was meaner than usual. In the original, he could be selfish yet he came through for Harry. Here, he’s a dick which destroyed the point. These two are incredibly stupid but underneath their low-brow exteriors, they did mean well.
Alamo Extras: Wrestling, Jackass stuff, Weird Al’s “Dare to be Stupid” video, Beavis & Butt-head’s “Frog Baseball,” idiots burning a pizza, the Ace Ventura 2 trailer, a Dana Carvey Show bit with an unknown Steve Carell, a guy hand farting to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a music video by David Unger using the first movie (see below, it’s a good song) and a scene from The Dead Pool, a Dirty Harry movie in which Carrey appeared briefly as a music-video star being directed by Liam Neeson. Minus the context, you’d think it was a comedy bit.