Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Troy Miller

Writers (WGA):

Peter Farrelly (characters) &
Bennett Yellin (characters) ...

Release Date:

13 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Before the first movie, there was high school. They missed the bus.

Plot:

Set back in the 80s when Harry met Lloyd in high school where they cross paths with a mean principal and a bunch of other outcasts much like themselves.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Teenager | 1980s | Foolishness | Unlikely Hero

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Timothy Stack	...	Doctor
Mimi Rogers	...	Mrs. Dunne
Wayne Federman	...	Officer Dave
Lucas Gregory	...	8-year-old Harry
Derek Richardson	...	Harry Dunne
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Lloyd Christmas
Luis Guzmán	...	Ray
Rachel Nichols	...	Jessica
Elden Henson	...	Turk
Eugene Levy	...	Principal Collins
Cheri Oteri	...	Ms. Heller
Holly Towne	...	Preppy Student
Josh Braaten	...	Toby
Vahe Manoukian	...	Security Guard
William Lee Scott	...	Carl

Also Known As:

Dumb & Dumber 2 (USA) (working title)
Dumb & Dumberer (USA) (working title)
Dumber & Dumbest (USA) (working title)
When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb and Dumberer (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language.

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 (nf) | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39988)

Filming Locations:

Atlanta International School - 2890 N. Fulton Drive, Buckhead, Georgia, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Early on, South Park creators 'Trey Parker' and 'Matt Stone' were lined up to write the prequel for $1.5 million. They later decided to not work on the project and returned all of the money to New Line.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harry and Loyd ask Turk to join the special needs class, he writes his name quite neatly, but in the next shot of the clipboard, the writing is very messy.

Quotes:

Principal Collins: You know, Honey... I think I've finally figured out a way to bilk this school out of enough money to get us that condo in Waikiki.
Ms. Heller: How, Sweet Baby? You've done it all.
Principal Collins: Small potatoes. This is the big one. This is visionary. This idea is genius.
[Ms. Heller giggles]
Principal Collins: Look at this. The "Richard Moffitt Special Needs Grant".
Ms. Heller: Mm-hmm.
Principal Collins: This Moffitt guy used to be in a Special Needs program, & then he learns to string a couple of sentences together and now he's some big hotshot. Anyway, the State is giving 100 Grand in his name to every school that has a Special Needs Class.
Ms. Heller: This is fantastic!
Principal Collins: Mm-hmm.
Ms. Heller: All we have to do is *kill* this Moffitt guy, & we get all the money.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Ice Ice Baby

The Most Unnecessary Movie Of 2003

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is really just a dumb comedy, the only problem is that it isn't funny. It's the first day of high school and Harry, who previously has been home schooled by his mother, needs someone to show him the ropes. Lloyd, who lives in the school's basement with his adoptive dad/school custodian Ray, turns out to be just the guy. They unknowingly fall into the web of the corrupt Principal Collins and his girlfriend, head lunch lady Ms. Heller, who want them to be the first students in a phony "special needs" class in order to bilk $100,000 in grant money for themselves. Harry and Lloyd go out to look for more students for this new class, they catch the attention of Jessica Matthews, a hard-hitting reporter for the school's newspaper, who suspects foul play. The plot sounds like it has some potential but the execution is very bad. This has to be the most pointless film of 2003 and one of the least funniest as well. Most of the jokes just fall flat and apparently the filmmakers weren't trying at all. I can see now why Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels backed out of this one. They are replaced by Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson. Derek and Eric both play their roles dumb, they just try to hard most of the time and aren't funny. Eugene Levy is embarrassingly bad and this has to be his worst film ever. Mimi Roger's role is small but its nice to see her on screen. She is also one of the few saving graces in this film. The rest of the cast is mostly unfunny except for Bob Saget who does have some funny moments. Troy Miller does a poor job of directing and writing as he didn't seem to really put a lot effort in. People are defending this film, saying that you can't take every film seriously. I wasn't taking this film seriously and it still wasn't very funny. There might had been a laugh here or there but that's it. The original was fine and didn't need a prequel to explain what happened before and this film just ruins the original. The running time is also a good thing as its only 82 minutes long though sometimes it feels longer. Is this film better then the original? No, not even close and this comedy should be forgotten. In the end, this film is not worth the time or money to watch and its better if you just skip this. Rating 3.3/10, rent the original instead.