Release Date: December 21, 2005 Studio: Columbia Pictures Director: Dean Parisot
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Nick Stoller Starring: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Richard Jenkins, Angie Harmon,
Vincent Curatola, Jacob Davich, Alec Baldwin, Stacey Travis Genre: Adventure, Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for brief language, some sexual humor and occasional
humorous drug references) Official Website:
SonyPictures.com
Plot Summary: In Columbia Pictures' larcenous
romantic comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane," Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Téa Leoni)
are in love and living the American dream - until one day it becomes an American
nightmare. When the company Dick works for becomes involved in an Enron-like
scandal and he is confronted with the prospect of losing everything, Dick and
Jane are forced to bag, borrow and steal to get it all back.
Inventive
and sophisticated is the laugh-out-loud update of the Jane Fonda-George
Segal 1977 comedy Fun with Dick and Jane, a counter piece to that era’s
Bonnie and Clyde. The title is ironic when a happy suburban couple, Dick
(Jim Carey) and Jane (Tea Leoni), get screwed by the system.
The first half is infectiously funny. Carey is at his best, but it is not
all Carey. Leoni offers able complimentary support, they work together
well, and the script, by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year Old Virgin), Peter
Tolan (T.V’s Rescue Me) and Nicholas Stoller, works a charm with good
jokes, gags and ideas.
Dick is promoted at his company and takes the elevator to the legendary
51st floor (itself made into a joke). Jane quits her job to look after
their only child. Then Dick loses his job when the company’s shares nose
dive to oblivion. Dick tries to get another job, and the results are
hilarious, but they take to crime to survive. Who could see basically
decent people pull this off - and this is the butt of the humour from
then on. The second half is more plot than laughs. It never takes itself
seriously and keeps that tone up till the end. The ideas crunch towards
an understated climax, a takeaway parable about dodgy corporations in an
age of so-called prosperity, and the human propensity to want a free
lunch, packaged with technical aplomb.
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Release Date: December 21, 2005
- Who said they don't make 'em like they used to?