Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Dean Parisot

Writers (WGA):

Judd Apatow (screenplay) &
Nicholas Stoller (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

See Dick Run

Plot:

An update of the 1977 comedy, Dick and Jane are living the good life. That is until Dick (Jim Carrey) loses his job shortly after getting a promotion that convinced his wife Jane (Téa Leoni) to quit her job. The money is gone, and the house ends up in foreclosure. Dick decides to turn to a hilarious life of crime to pay the bills with his lovely wife by his side. Then together they decide it's time to steal back what Former CEO Jack McCallister (Alec Baldwin) had stolen from them.

Plot Keywords:

Ceo | Animal Abuse | Humiliation | Remake | Car Crash

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Dick Harper
Téa Leoni	...	Jane Harper
Alec Baldwin	...	Jack McCallister
Richard Jenkins	...	Frank Bascombe
Angie Harmon	...	Veronica Cleeman
John Michael Higgins	...	Garth
Richard Burgi	...	Joe Cleeman
Carlos Jacott	...	Oz Peterson
Aaron Michael Drozin	...	Billy Harper
Gloria Garayua	...	Blanca
Michelle Arthur	...	Dick's Secretary
Stacey Travis	...	Jack's Receptionist
Timm Sharp	...	Jack's Assistant
David Herman	...	Angry Caller (voice)
Dempsey Pappion	...	Production Assistant

Also Known As:

Alternative Career (Philippines: English title)
Fun with Dick & Jane (USA) (poster title)
As Loucuras de Dick & Jane (Brazil) [pt]
Braqueurs amateurs (France) [fr]
Dick e Jane - operazione furto (Italy) [it]
Dick und Jane (Germany) [de]
Dick und Jane - Zu allem bereit, zu nichts zu gebrauchen (Germany) (TV title) [de]
Dick ve Jane Isbasinda (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Dick y Jane - Ladrones de risa (Spain) [es]
Fun with Dick and Jane: Ola ta lefta! (Greece) [el]
Las locuras de Dick y Jane (Argentina) [es]
Les folies de Dick et Jane (Canada: French title) [fr]
Taalat taskuun, Dick & Jane (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief language, some sexual humor and occasional humorous drug references.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:12 | Norway:11 | Argentina:Atp | Malaysia:U | Sweden:7 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | France:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40126) | Hungary:14 | Iceland:L | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:M | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

City of Industry, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The end credits feature "Special Thanks" to corporations or persons who were responsible/involved in some of the greatest financial collapses in American business history, like Enron, Arthur Andersen, Worldcom or that company's former CEO Bernie Ebbers.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the Grand Cayman Bank scene there is a brief shot of the Client Relations Cooridinator's business card. On it are two numbers, one of them a phone number, and the other for facimile. It should say facsimile.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dick Harper: Globodyne is a consolidator of media properties. Globodyne is a consolidator of media properties. Consolidator. Consolidator.
[traffic light turns]
Dick Harper: Oh, no!
Title card: Run, Dick, Run
Dick Harper: Globodyne's a consolidator of media properties and data retrieval with a focus in fiber-optic content provision. It's basically a synergy of Web-based and platform-based UNIX-driven delivery systems. OK, I made that last part up.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Blues Brothers (1980)

Soundtrack:

I Believe I Can Fly

Light comedy with some good laughs

In previews and early reviews this movie was called "one of the funniest movies ever" and I was eager to see it. But after a while it began to get called "the worst Jim Carrey movie ever". I still thought I should see it, being a big Jim Carrey fan, plus I haven't always agreed with the critics. After seeing it I can't say it's the funniest movie ever, but it definitely isn't the worst.

I have not seen the original version, but I'm sure there are some modern plot twists and of course original jokes. There are plenty of gags and funny situations that kept me entertained throughout and some really good ones that made me laugh hysterically. Many comedies are very silly which makes them so funny, but people have said that this movie is just silly and not funny at all, I can't agree. While there are some small parts that are just silly, the rest are not.

Acting wise it is quite good. Jim Carrey does his trademark craziness well in this one. The rest of the cast do well too.

Overall it's a funny, entertaining movie. If you feel like a light comedy with some good laughs, ignore the harsh critics and go and see it.