Fun with Dick and Jane

PG-13

12/21/20051h 30m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Giving big businesses a run for their money! ~

Overview:

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

Director:

Dean Parisot

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$100,000,000.00

Revenue:

$202,026,112.00

Key words:

husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
robber
hold-up robbery
suburbia
remake
loss of job
humiliation
unemployment
bankruptcy
travel agent
riches to rags
bearer bonds
comeuppance

Cast

Jim Carrey

~ as ~

Dick Harper

Téa Leoni

~ as ~

Jane Harper

Alec Baldwin

~ as ~

Jack McCallister

Richard Jenkins

~ as ~

Frank Bascombe

John Michael Higgins

~ as ~

Garth

Angie Harmon

~ as ~

Veronica Cleeman

Richard Burgi

~ as ~

Joe Cleeman

Carlos Jacott

~ as ~

Oz Peterson

Aaron Michael Drozin

~ as ~

Billy Harper

Gloria Garayua

~ as ~

Blanca

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Reviews (2)

Reno
Written 9 year(s) ago
7
A guide on how to get through during unemployment.

I thought I have seen almost all the films of Jim Carrey, but then I found that's not true, so I decided to start with this. This is a remake of the 70s film or you could say the second screen adaptation of the novel of the same name. I haven't seen the other version, but I must admit that I enjoyed it thoroughly. This is not the greatest comedy I have ever seen, but still so good with great performances, particularly Jim Carrey's.

A simple storyline, a couple loses their jobs and they find hard to get another. They begin to lose one by one, everything that belongs to them and finally the house is the last thing they want to lose. So they plan to do something very serious thing to tackle their situation and seems its working out so well, but for how long. Then comes their masterplan to the permanent solution and how they accomplish it is what leads to the conclusion.

The film was so fast, feels too short or like a TV episode. That means makes us to feel to have more, but it ends very nice way. The story might feel silly, but the comedies are so good. And if you like Jim Carrey and his trademark jokes, then you would have a great time. Truly, I haven't seen a good comedy from the recent time releases, so I'm happy I saw this, even though it is a decade old. There's no serious negative stuffs in it like drugs, sex or nudity, so I think it is okay for family viewing.

7/10
Andre Gonzales
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Interesting movie. It's a shame that there's lives got ruined. This what they resorted to. Different type of roll to see Jim Carey in.