"Me, Myself and Irene"

110 minutes | Rated: R
Opened: Friday, June 23, 2000
Video Release Date: TBD
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Directed by: Peter & Bobby Farrelly Starring: Jim Carrey, Renee Zellweger, Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Traylor Howard, Anthony Anderson, Mongo Brownlee & Jerod Mixon

 

"Me, Myself and Irene" I loved it, no I hated it, I loved it, I hated it, I loved it...

By Ted Pfeifer

Give Jim Carrey another Golden Globe. Carrey delivers an amazing two sided performance as a Rhode Island state trooper with two personalities. Carrey plays Charlie Baileygates, a mild-mannered guy whose wife has triplets. The problem is the triplets are African-American. Then his wife runs off with the father of the kids, a limousine driving dwarf, who happens to be a genius.

Charlie keeps the kids and raises them as if they were his own. After years of keeping his feelings inside they finally come out in the personality change from Charlie to Hank the angry and aggressive side.

The movie written and directed by the Farrelly brothers who brought us such distasteful yet extremely funny films, "Dumb and Dumber", "Kingpin" and "There's Something About Mary" have added to their destruction of the taste barrier. They walk up to the line of bad taste and instead of tip-toeing over it they jump with both feet. There are scenes that will make you cry because you are laughing so hard. It is not a good idea to be drinking a pop during the film for fear that it may shoot out your nose.

Renee' Zellwegger, Chris Cooper and Robert Forster round out a strong supporting cast, but this is Carrey's film. And Carrey carries the film with ease. He shows how talented he is by an extended fight sequence between Hank and Charlie, he pulls no punches and bends and twists his body in shapes that are unthinkable. For a million laughs go see this movie. You may need to see it more than once because you will miss some jokes while you are laughing at a previous one. And for more Jim Carrey rent the Golden Globe winning performances of "The Truman Show" and "Man on the Moon" and compare it to "Me, Myself and Irene" and you will see what an incredible talent Jim Carrey is.




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