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Fun with Dick and Jane

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DVD - 11 April, 2006
Sony Pictures
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Director: Dean Parisot

Number of Media: 1
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DVD Description

Remakes are always a gamble, so it's a pleasant surprise that Fun with Dick and Jane pays off with unexpected dividends. It's as entertaining as the 1977 original starring George Segal and Jane Fonda, and the teaming of Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni makes this a safe bet for comedy fans, in spite of a slapstick screenplay that fails to achieve its fullest potential. Rather than attempt a darkly comedic send-up of the Enron scandal that left thousands of stockholders in financial ruin, director Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) opts for a lighter, more accessible (read: commercial) satire of corporate greed and cynicism, beginning in the year 2000 when Dick (Carrey) gets a plum promotion as a mega-corporate communications director just as his boss (Alec Baldwin) is preparing to bail out before stock prices plummet. Dick's wife Jane (Leoni) has quit her job as a travel agent, so the corporate bombshell leaves them penniless and desperate, resorting to petty thievery and, eventually, plotting high-stakes revenge against the greedy executives who ruined their lives. As a send-up of financial distress in a ravaged post-Enron economy, Fun with Dick and Jane delivers laughs with just enough pointed humor to give it a strong satirical edge, and Carrey's reliable brand of zaniness is controlled enough to balance nicely with Leoni's more subtle (and woefully underrated) skills as a screen comedienne. And while the "special thanks" end-credits hint at the sharper, more biting satire this might have been, there’s enough fun with Dick and Jane to make this recycled comedy worth a look. --Jeff Shannon


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fun for all carrey fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is not one of jim carrey`s best...but its enjoable since carrey is not doing many comedies after bruce almighty.....it has some very funny scenes and garanteed fun!!!


Amusing, not great but enjoyable

If a remake was to be done I would haveliked to see more changes. Except for the corrupt business executive plot, the film is very much like the original. There are no big laughs but it isn't long and it's okay to pass the time with. I found the original a bit better although it was not the best Seagal nor Fonda comedy. I can see this movie as an episode of a current sitcom as the characters are not well formed. In fact it may make a better tv sitcom since tv emphasizes characterization.


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Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni play Dick and Jane. When Dick gets promoted to a VP for Telecommunications he tells his wife to quit her job, which she does. But his timing is bad as his company is found to be out of money because of the President of the company selling all his shares, and the stock tanks. Dick along with the rest the company find themselve unemployed without severence or pensions. Dick and Jane try to manage the best they can at first, but once all the household items are repossessed they decide it is time to make crime pay. They start small with a quicky shop hold up but soon they are tackling banks and anything else. Once they have all their possessions back and things look up it becomes a question of how to get even with the President of his former company and help the employees. A running joke throughout the movie has one of his co-workers always missing out as Dick benefits. Fairly amusing movie but not quite on the scale of some of Carrey's other works. I still highly recommend it for at least a rental.

 

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