Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
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 Eugene Levy
Music by	Eban Schletter
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Editing by	Lawrence Jordan
Studio	Burg/Koules Productions Dakota Pictures Avery Pix
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	June 13, 2003 (2003-06-13)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$19 million
Box office	$39,267,515[1]

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (commonly known as Dumb and Dumber: When Harry Met Lloyd, Dumb and Dumberer and Dumb and Dumber 2) is a 2003 comedy film and prequel to 1994's hit comedy Dumb and Dumber, and stars Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Rachel Nichols, Bob Saget, Luis Guzmán, Eugene Levy and Mimi Rogers. The film was poorly received by critics; however, it was a mild domestic box office success considering its budget, taking in just under $40 million.

Plot

Harry Dunne (Derek Richardson), homeschooled all his life, finally gets his chance to go to regular school. At the same time, another guy named Lloyd Christmas (Eric Christian Olsen) - who has been adopted and exchanged several times until he was accepted by Ray (Luis Guzman), the school janitor, as shown in the deleted scenes - becomes overeager, and gets out of school to get into school. Harry bumps into Lloyd on the way, 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 hell (despite the latter enjoying it). After putting Lloyd in a dustbin, he hoists the two friends up a flagpole. Meanwhile, corrupt Principal Collins (Eugene Levy) is searching for a way to get a large amount of money to get a condominium in Waikiki. Seeing two guys getting hoisted on a flagpole makes him establish a 'special needs' class to swindle $100,000 from the local community. Obviously, Lloyd and Harry are more than thrilled to help, and thus find themselves signing up people who are 'different' for the class. These include a reluctant Turk; a teen named Toby (Josh Braaten) who broke his leg 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 costume; Cindy (Michelle Krusiec), also known as Ching-Chong, an Asian exchange student who later becomes Turk's girlfriend; and Carl (William Lee Scott), a badly injured football player obsessed with his sport.

Jessica (Rachel Nichols), a headstrong student, is suspicious of Collins' sudden contribution. She 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 scares her father (who freaks out, thinking that it's "shit") and directs her attention to Lloyd. Soon, the two friends get into a fight over Jessica, without her knowing it. Inevitably, the two make amends when Lloyd and Harry realize that they were nothing without each other (that, and the fact that Lloyd stole a stuffed polar bear from a field-trip they had, plus the principal's "evil scheme" evidence he stashed in his office, thinking it was Harry's supposed treasure).

It so happens that the Special Needs class was asked to build a float for President's Day at that time; instead of building a float with George Washington as the main attraction, they change it to look like Collins (as a pirate) with repeated recordings of his evidence. Collins is arrested before he can get away, and Lloyd and Harry are regarded as heroes. However, like the first film, the duo's advances to Jessica were in vain, since it turned out that she had a boyfriend. As the couple rode off, Lloyd and Harry vowed never to fight and risk their friendship over a woman, again; that vow was repeatedly broken. As the guys head home, they are approached by the Felcher Twins (Julia and Chandra Costello) in a sports car, who offer to take them to a huge party. The two friends turn them down, and Harry gets covered in mud and dirties Jessica's father's car (who again thinks it's "shit").

Cast

• Derek Richardson as Harry Dunne
• Eric Christian Olsen as Lloyd Christmas
• Rachel Nichols as Jessica
• Eugene Levy as Principal Collins
• Mimi Rogers as Mrs. Dunne
• Luis Guzman as Ray the Janitor
• Cheri Oteri as Ms. Heller
• Julia Duffy and Bob Saget as Jessica's parents
• Elden Henson as Turk
• Shia LaBeouf as Lewis
• William Lee Scott as Carl
• Michelle Krusiec as Cindy "Ching-Chong"
• Josh Braaten as Toby
• Teal Redmann as Terri
• Lin Shaye as Margie
• Julia and Chandra Costello as the Felcher twins
• Timothy Stack as Doctor

Production

Much of the film was filmed in the Metro Atlanta area. Many of the school scenes were filmed at Walton High School in Marietta and at the Atlanta International School in Fulton County.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Critical response

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd was reviewed very negatively by critics, receiving a rating of 10% on Rotten Tomatoes. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Couple (Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson), and Worst Remake or Sequel.

Anachronisms

The film is set in 1986; however, Lloyd is seen on his first day of school dancing to Vanilla Ice's Ice, Ice Baby, which was actually released in 1990.

There are many others, including two scenes where more recent five-dollar bills are visible, and the convenience store carrying merchandise which shows label designs that are not of the time.

There are also many times when vehicles newer than 1986 are seen.

References

1. ^ Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd at Box Office Mojo

External links

• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd at the Internet Movie Database
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd at AllRovi
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd at Box Office Mojo
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd at Rotten Tomatoes