Dumb and Dumber To 2014

Wesley Morris, Grantland: The directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly cram the movie with puns and those kinds of sight gags. Almost none of them work. Read more

Sara Stewart, New York Post: You know the way some mawkish dramas make you tear up unwittingly? This movie is the opposite of that: It's a laugh-jerker. Read more

Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: The whole thing feels like a product of desperation and creative exhaustion. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: I wish I could put as little thought into writing about Dumb and Dumber To as the Farrelly brothers did in making it. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: Sporadically funny and mostly tedious, this 18-years-too-late sequel nonetheless exhibits a puerile purity of purpose. Read more

A.A. Dowd, AV Club: A sequel as desperate, in its own "official" way, as the knockoff-brand origin story that previously besmirched the franchise name. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Whatever was fresh about Carrey and Daniels' descent into stupidity the first time around just isn't the same in the sequel. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Everyone has piled into this dumber, sillier, more consistently funny reprise with an enthusiasm that's infectious, and not in a low-grade medical way. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Seeing the two fiftysomething stars in their idiot haircuts again is a little disconcerting, like watching your favorite old band on a desperate reunion tour, but this sequel to Dumb & Dumber maintains a respectable laugh quotient. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: In a world of ISIS, Ebola, dwindling retirement funds and severe drought, somehow this film seems needed. Read more

Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly: The ultimate sad realization is not that Dumb & Dumber To doesn't match the original's good-time quotient, but that it might not even be as good as-yikes-Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: What felt fresh in Peter and Bobby Farrelly's original "Dumb and Dumber," with the Carrey-Daniels dense duo channeling the Stooges and Jerry Lewis and something else entirely, feels strangely old-fashioned two decades later. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Die-hard fans may be pleased. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The majority of it isn't just dumb and dumber, or even crude and cruder. At nearly two hours, it's just dull - and duller. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: From junky production values to the parade of unfunny supporting characters to its lazy energy, "Dumb and Dumber To" falls on its face. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: The Farrellys are still not much interested in film as a visual medium, and when Lloyd and Harry aren't smacking each other or dropping their pants, you might as well be listening to a radio play. Read more

David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer: The film clearly aspires to (three) stoogery with these lojinks. And it still aims too low. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The lengthy gestation period hasn't resulted in an appreciably upgraded experience. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Time can be cruel, especially to sequels. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Is this worse for Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels? That's the sort of question that comes to mind while not laughing at "Dumb and Dumber To." Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The result is simply stupid. This embarrassing revival plays as if the script were written in Comic Sans. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Over all, the movie is just funny enough to make you wish it were much better than it is. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: I laughed a lot at this movie, possibly even more than I did at the original film, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Read more

Inkoo Kang, TheWrap: "As admirably cohesive as the story is, it's far surpassed by the wonderfully committed lead performances. Harking back to the rubber-face zaniness of his breakthrough years, Carrey elicits childlike wonder at his hyperactive expressions and movements." Read more

David Ehrlich, Time Out: Dumb and Dumber To may not be quite as funny as the first one, but it's the funniest thing the Farrellys have made since. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: If there was any doubt that most things in society have been dumbed down in the last couple of decades, Dumb and Dumber To could be exhibit A. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: Dumb and Dumber To is mostly just a kick in the nuts, and not the good kind -- provided there is a good kind. Read more

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: I reckon four out of every five jokes played to silence at the preview screening. If Dumb and Dumber To were a live comedian, he'd have said, "Is this an audience or an oil painting?" He'd have left the stage in tears. Read more

Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press: What may have been subversive and irreverent in 1994, now just seems vulgar, hateful and tone-deaf ... Read more