Dumb and Dumber is probably THE movie that I've seen THE most times. I followed the exploits of Harry and Lloyd from the theaters to the VCR, never wearing myself out (though maybe I wore out the tape). Endlessly quotable to me, I'd be willing to bet that I could perform a live reading of the film, straight from memory. My repetitive viewings were never obsessive, but always affectionate. There's something cute about two hapless dopes, "eking their way through life", then going on a friendship affirming trip/adventure. This gem didn't work because the characters were buffoons who got into shenanigans, but because of their dimwitted/oblivious resolve and childlike innocence; they aren't man children in arrested development but rather heightened versions of Tom Hanks' dilemma from
Big. It's really a sweet movie.
Growing up, I had many an idea for a potential sequel, the main one being that Harry and Lloyd come across a fortune and open up their worm store, possibly in a leased building from a scheming villain, and have to do something that unknowingly stops him. As the years turned into decades, I kinda cooled on anything to do with a follow up, and even came to the conclusion that our heroes walking down the road was the perfect conclusion.
Too bad Bobby and Peter Farrelly disagreed.
