Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Dumb and Dumberer:
When Harry Met Lloyd
Harry and Lloyd are crouched in at the start of line of people that parodies the image March of Progress representing the evolution of man
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Troy Miller
Produced by Troy Miller
Brad Krevoy
Mark Burg
Oren Koules
Toby Emmerich
Screenplay by Troy Miller
Robert Brener
Story by Robert Brener
Based on Characters
by Peter Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly
Bennett Yellin
Starring Derek Richardson
Eric Christian Olsen
Music by Eban Schletter
Cinematography Anthony B. Richmond
Edited by Lawrence Jordan
Production
company
Burg/Koules Productions
Dakota Pictures
Avery Pix
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date
  • June 13, 2003 (2003-06-13)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $19 million
Box office $39.3 million[1]

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is a 2003 American comedy film. It is the second film in the Dumb and Dumber film series and a prequel to the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber. The film was directed by Troy Miller and based on the characters created by the Farrelly brothers from the original film. The film was poorly received by critics; however, it was a modest domestic box office success considering its budget, taking in just under $40 million. The subtitle is inspired by the film When Harry Met Sally....

Plot

In 1986, Harry Dunne (Derek Richardson) finally gets his chance to go to regular school. At the same time, Lloyd Christmas (Eric Christian Olsen) has been adopted and exchanged several times until he is finally accepted by the school janitor, Ray (Luis Guzmán). Harry bumps into Lloyd on the way to school, in search for a treasure his mother (Mimi Rogers) asked him to find, and as if it were destiny, the two instantly became the best of friends. Lloyd introduces Harry to his "friend", Turk (Elden Henson), the school bully whose main function in life appears to be making Lloyd's life miserable. After putting Lloyd in a trash can, he hoists the two friends up a flagpole.

Meanwhile, the corrupt Principal Collins (Eugene Levy) is searching for a way to get a large amount of money to get a condominium in Waikiki, Hawaii for him and his girlfriend, Ms. Heller (Cheri Oteri), the school's cafeteria lady. Seeing Harry and Lloyd getting hoisted on a flagpole, Principal Collins establishes a fake "special needs" class to swindle $100,000 from a former Special Needs student named Richard Moffit. Obviously, Harry and Lloyd are more than thrilled to help, unaware of the real reason, and thus find themselves signing up people who are "special" enough for the class. These include a reluctant Turk; a teen named Toby (Josh Braaten) who broke his leg and arm in a skateboarding accident—and whom Lloyd believes is a "little crippled boy"; Toby's gorgeous girlfriend, Terri (Teal Redmann); geeky Lewis (Shia LaBeouf), whom Harry and Lloyd believe is a centaur after seeing him half-dressed in his horse mascot uniform; Cindy (Michelle Krusiec), also known as "Ching-Chong," a Chinese exchange student who later becomes Turk's girlfriend; and Carl (William Lee Scott), a badly injured football player obsessed with his sport. Ms. Heller becomes the teacher of the fake class and holds it in Ray's tool shed.

Jessica Matthews (Rachel Nichols), a headstrong student and reporter for the school paper, is suspicious of Principal Collins' sudden contribution. Jessica invites Harry over to her house for dinner and asks Harry for information. Harry, who thinks that she is flirting with him, turns to Lloyd for courtship tips. A repulsive disaster involving Jessica's bathroom and a melted chocolate bar that looks like feces makes her father (Bob Saget) freak out, inadvertently directing her attention to Lloyd. Soon, Harry and Lloyd get into a fight over Jessica, without her knowing it, which causes the duo's friendship to split. Inevitably, the two make amends when Harry and Lloyd realize that they were nothing without each other. They find Principal Collins' chest in his office which contains evidence of every scam he and Ms. Heller ever pulled.

The next day, Principal Collins finds his evidence chest missing, and Ms. Heller falsely accuses Jessica of taking it. Meanwhile, the Special Needs class builds a float of George Washington for the Thanksgiving Parade. However, after Lloyd and Harry discover the evidence in the chest, they change the float to look like Principal Collins instead. After the class discovers his evidence, they agree to use him as the float instead. They also plan on having it pulled by the class's special bus. Before bringing out the float, they call the police. During the parade, the superintendent of the school district has a police detective pose as Richard Moffit, so Principal Collins would take the grant. Eventually, the Special Needs class brings out their float and proves Principal Collins and Ms. Heller as thieves by putting their recordings over loudspeakers, therefore exposing their plot. Before Principal Collins and Ms. Heller escape with the money, they are arrested. Jessica is grateful for Harry and Lloyd and regards them as heroes. However, just like in the original film, the duo's advances to Jessica are in vain, as it turns out that Jessica had a boyfriend. He commends Harry and Lloyd for exposing Collins' and Heller's plot and rides off with Jessica.

Harry and Lloyd vow never to fight and risk their friendship over a woman, but as they head home, they are approached by Fraida Felcher (Julia Costello) and her twin sister, Rita (Chandra Costello) in a red Ferrari 308 GTS, who offer to take them to a huge girls' party. After another debate over which girl they want, Harry and Lloyd reject them and Fraida and Rita furiously drive off, splattering Harry with mud in the process. Jessica's father accidentally hits Harry with his Mercedes, resulting in Harry getting the windshield and hood covered with mud. Jessica's father recognizes Harry and as he frantically thinks his car is covered in feces, Harry and Lloyd casually walk away.

Cast

Production

Much of the film was filmed in Atlanta. Many of the school scenes were filmed at Walton High School in Marietta and at the Atlanta International School in Fulton County. The Farrelly brothers, who co-wrote and directed the original Dumb and Dumber, had no involvement in this film whatsoever, nor did Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels, who played Lloyd and Harry in the original film. Although Peter Farrelly has never seen the prequel, he went on record as saying that he holds no ill-will against the movie and wished the filmmakers well on it.[2]

Reception

Critical response

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd was panned by critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 10% rating based on reviews from 119 critics, with an average score of 2.8/10. The site's critical consensus state: "This lame prequel induces more groans than laughs. Rent the original instead."[3] Metacritic gives the film a score of 19 out of 100, based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[4]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result
Golden Raspberry Awards[5] February 28, 2004 Worst Remake or Sequel Nominated
Worst Screenplay Robert Brener and Troy Miller Nominated
Worst Screen Couple Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd at Box Office Mojo
  2. ↑ Ryan, Mike (April 12, 2012). "Peter Farrelly, 'The Three Stooges' Director, On What We'll See in 'Dumb & Dumber 2'". Moviefone.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd". Metacritic. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ "GIGLI's a Really Big Hit...with RAZZIE Voters!". Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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