Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 American
comedy film starring
Jim Carrey and
Jeff Daniels. It was written and directed by the
Farrelly brothers, featuring
slapstick comedy and
gross-out humor.
Dumb and Dumber contributed to the launch of a successful career for them and set the foundation for many Farrelly Brothers movies to come. It has a devoted
cult following.
A
prequel,
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd – which contained none of the original film's cast – was released in 2003 to extremely poor reviews and bombed at the box office.