Dumb & Dumber To (2014)

Dumb & Dumber To (R)

The Farrelly brothers' Harry and Lloyd return with another dumb adventure set on the road to a tech conference in search of a replacement kidney from a long-lost daughter.  Laughs are fewer and farther between, as the leads (Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels) now classic characters have lost their characterizations in favor of just acting like 10 year olds.  The troubled production can only be compared to the original, and yes it is dumber than the first, but the aging cast and the creaking dialog can't outrun the few puns (and nutshots) that hit home, not to mention the sequelitis of the plot (hit men, bird boys and *yawn* road trip).  You'll soon zip by the prerequisite nods to the original and find some genuine chuckles here, but the fresh/manic energy of the original (wheres the improv?) has not lasted these 20 years and has instead dried up like yesterday's diapers.

5 Appropriate Usage of the Mutt Cut Mobile out of 10 (MEDIOCRE)