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67-497: Peter John Farrelly (born December 17, 1956) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist. Along with his brother Bobby , the Farrelly brothers are mostly famous for directing and producing quirky comedy and romantic comedy films such as Dumb and Dumber ; Shallow Hal ; Me, Myself and Irene ; There's Something About Mary ; and the 2007 remake of The Heartbreak Kid . Farrelly solo-directed and co-wrote

134-491: A 300-pound woman after being hypnotized into only seeing a person's inner beauty. Written and directed by the Farrelly brothers, Stuck on You is a comedy film starring Matt Damon , Greg Kinnear , Eva Mendes and Meryl Streep about conjoined twins who move to Hollywood so one can pursue a career as an actor. In 2005, Farrelly co-directed Fever Pitch , a romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon about

201-421: A Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Awardee. This article about an American film producer is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1950s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dumb and Dumber To Dumb and Dumber To is a 2014 American buddy comedy film co-written and directed by the Farrelly brothers . It

268-573: A bit. —Peter Howell, Toronto Star J. R. Jones of the Chicago Reader gave the film a positive review: "Seeing the two fiftysomething stars in their idiot haircuts again is a little disconcerting, like watching your favorite old band on a desperate reunion tour, but this sequel to Dumb & Dumber maintains a respectable laugh quotient". Colin Covert of the Star Tribune of Minnesota gave

335-628: A camouflaged Captain Lippincott appearing from the advert and walking off-screen. After months of speculation, the Farrelly brothers confirmed in October 2011 that they would make a sequel to Dumb and Dumber . The script was completed the following year in October and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels were expected to reprise their roles, despite Carrey having temporarily withdrawn his involvement in June due to concerns that Warner Bros. had shown little enthusiasm for

402-415: A conversation with a writing professor from UMass Amherst , who encouraged Farrelly to apply to graduate school. Farrelly said he did not think his chances were good, considering he did poorly in college but the professor said not everything is judged by grades. With what would later be Outside Providence , Farrelly submitted the work and was pleasantly surprised that he was accepted. He studied writing for

469-438: A counter claim, the producers of Dumb and Dumber accused the producers and Red Granite Pictures of racketeering. On July 18, 2014, a request for dismissal was filed in a Los Angeles Superior Court and the case was officially settled. The announcement of the settlement listed the plaintiffs as executive producers, and all claims against Red Granite, Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland of racketeering were withdrawn. The plaintiffs said in

536-469: A cross-country road trip to locate Harry's daughter, who has been adopted. First announced in October 2011, Dumb and Dumber To underwent a turbulent pre-production phase which included, at one point, Carrey withdrawing from the project, and Warner Bros. Pictures refusing to distribute the film. The project was eventually taken on in 2013 by Red Granite Pictures and the film was shot later that year. Released on November 14, 2014, by Universal Pictures ,

603-417: A cross-country road trip to return it to her. Kingpin , 1996 Farrelly co-directed Kingpin , starring Woody Harrelson , Randy Quaid and Bill Murray . The 1996 sports comedy chronicles competitors in the world of professional bowlers as they compete in a high-stakes tournament. There's Something About Mary , 1998 Among Farrelly's most successful films, There's Something About Mary became

670-426: A joke. Those who had been tricked into seeing Farrelly's genitals include film executive Tom Rothman and actress Cameron Diaz . In 2019 after the story resurfaced, Farrelly stated: "I did this decades ago, and I thought I was being funny, and the truth is I'm embarrassed, and it makes me cringe now. I'm deeply sorry." Farrelly is a long-time supporter of disability rights . In 2020, he and his brother Bobby received

737-470: A letter, only for it to be returned and instructed to never contact her again. Hoping Fanny can provide a kidney, Lloyd and Harry drive to Oxford, Maryland , where she now lives. Dr. Bernard Pinchelow and his wife Adele are Fanny's adoptive parents. Fanny, who has taken the name Penny, is going to a KEN Convention in El Paso, Texas to give a speech on her father's life work. Bernard had wanted Penny to deliver

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804-401: A lot of laughs. It's at Warner Bros., and right now it's being financed outside the studio, but it will be released by Warner Bros. And that's all being worked out right now. If you liked Dumb and Dumber , you'll like this because it's the same and more. It's really fun. It's being made through Warner Bros. but now we have several financiers that are negotiating with the studio and trying to make

871-651: A low-grade medical way". Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a B+. Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "What felt fresh in Peter and Bobby Farrelly's original Dumb and Dumber , with the Carrey-Daniels dense duo channeling the Stooges and Jerry Lewis and something else entirely, feels strangely old-fashioned two decades later". Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice wrote that " Dumb and Dumber To

938-629: A new half-hour scripted comedy co-created by Farrelly and Bobby Mort, would receive a straight-to-series order. In 2018, the show was renewed for season 2, and in 2021 a third season was aired on Amazon Prime Video . In 2018, Farrelly directed Green Book , which won the Toronto International Film Festival's People Choice Award . At the 91st Academy Awards , he won the Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture . In 2020, Farrelly directed alongside his brother, and co-wrote

1005-516: A package to one of the convention heads but, being dim-witted, she ends up forgetting the package and her cellphone. Adele is secretly trying to poison Bernard to have his fortune, with the help of her secret lover, family housekeeper Travis Lippincott. Harry and Lloyd arrive to inform the Pinchelows of their situation. Bernard realizes Penny forgot the package, which he says contains an invention worth billions. Adele suggests that Harry and Lloyd deliver

1072-406: A pork chop, indicating that Lloyd was scammed. Fraida reveals that Penny's actual biological father is not Harry or Lloyd but their deceased high school friend, Peter "Pee-Stain" Stainer. She also points out they couldn't have been Penny's father as she never had sex with either of them. As the duo leave El Paso, they spot two gorgeous young women walking in their direction. The dimwitted duo then push

1139-418: A psychotic break and split personality. The film also stars Renée Zellweger and Chris Cooper . In 2001, Farrelly co-directed Osmosis Jones , a blend of live-action and animation, starring Bill Murray. The film presents an inventive spin on the buddy-cop film trope. The Farrelly brothers wrote, directed and produced romantic comedy Shallow Hal , a film about a superficial man who falls in love with

1206-400: A schoolteacher and Red Sox fanatic who falls in love with a business consultant. The film is an American remake of an eponymous British movie based on a novel by Nick Hornby . Directed, written and produced by the Farrelly brothers, Hall Pass tells the story of two friends, played by Jason Sudeikis and Owen Wilson , whose wives give them the titular hall pass from their marriage for

1273-640: A serious time in movies, we had great marketing, mindless humor, and we broadened the audience". In its first weekend outside of North America, Dumb and Dumber To made over 13 million dollars. It opened number one in Brazil, Slovenia, Norway, Lebanon, South Africa, Iceland, Croatia, UAE, Uruguay. It opened number two in Poland, Austria, Colombia, Serbia, Spain, Finland, Sweden. It opened number three in Singapore, Germany, Nigeria, Netherlands, Mexico, Egypt. The largest opening

1340-460: A statement: "We apologize for naming Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland as individual defendants rather than just Red Granite". Besides Daniels and Carrey reprising their roles, Kathleen Turner was cast in the role of Fraida Felcher. Brady Bluhm reprised his role as Billy in 4C for the sequel. Farrelly brothers frequent collaborators Bennett Yellin and Mike Cerrone co-wrote the script. Screenwriting duo Sean Anders and John Morris did work on

1407-797: A time at UMass Amherst, but was ultimately dissatisfied with the program, and transferred to Columbia University in New York City, which Farrelly said he found very satisfying. He later became interested in screenwriting, which led him to directing. He made this career decision after many of his screenplays sold but were not produced. He is a published novelist, with works including Outside Providence (1988) and The Comedy Writer (1998) . Together with his brother, Bobby Farrelly , he has written, directed, and produced several comedy films including There's Something About Mary , Dumb and Dumber , Kingpin , Shallow Hal , Me, Myself & Irene , Stuck on You , and Fever Pitch . They also conceived

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1474-400: A week. Dumb and Dumber To , 2014 In 2014, Bobby and Peter wrote and directed Dumb and Dumber To , the sequel to Dumb and Dumber . Set 20 years after the events of the first film, the sequel follows Jim Carrey 's Lloyd and Jeff Daniels ' Harry on a cross-country road trip to find Harry's adopted daughter. Champions , 2023 In 2023, he made his solo directorial debut with

1541-596: A worldwide total of $ 169.8 million, against a budget of $ 50 million. Early analysts predicted that the film could gross around $ 30–32 million in its opening weekend and as high as $ 36–40 million in North America. The film earned $ 1.6 million from Thursday night previews and $ 14.2 million on its opening day in Friday. The film topped the box office in its opening weekend earning $ 38,053,000 from 3,154 theatres at an average of $ 12,065 per theatre. The opening weekend gross

1608-626: Is Penny's father. Adele arrives at the convention with Lippincott and exposes Harry as a fraud, telling the convention heads that he stole the package. Fraida also arrives and triggers the fire alarm to create a diversion after she and Penny are denied entry. As the building is evacuated, Harry runs into Fraida and Penny, only to have Lippincott and Adele corner them with guns. Lloyd returns, having been to Mexico to have one of his own kidneys removed for Harry. FBI agents also bust in with Bernard, who reveals that he has been aware of Adele's plot and that his package only contains cupcakes. Fraida learns that it

1675-436: Is higher than the $ 16.1 million debut of the original film ($ 31 million adjusted for inflation), and is Carrey's biggest debut weekend since Bruce Almighty in 2003 ($ 67.9 million). The film played 47% under the age of 25 and 55% male. Universal distribution chief Nikki Rocco commented about the opening performance: "This was tricky to market. A lot of these kids weren't born when the first [film] came out. But it has been such

1742-594: Is mostly just a kick in the nuts, and not the good kind -- provided there is a good kind". Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film two out of four stars and concluded: "Over all, the movie is just funny enough to make you wish it were much better than it is". The Star-Ledger 's Stephen Whitty gave the film one and a half out of four stars: "The majority of it isn't just dumb and dumber, or even crude and cruder. At nearly two hours, it's just dull - and duller". David Edelstein of New York magazine wrote: "I reckon four out of every five jokes played to silence at

1809-507: Is the third film in the Dumb and Dumber franchise and a sequel to the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber . The film stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprising their roles 20 years after the events of the first film as well as Rob Riggle (in a dual role), Laurie Holden , Rachel Melvin , and Kathleen Turner . The film tells the story of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne (played by Carrey and Daniels, respectively), two dimwitted friends who set out on

1876-574: The Farrelly brothers . Together they have written, directed and produced several comedy films including Dumb and Dumber , There's Something About Mary , Kingpin , Shallow Hal , Me, Myself & Irene and Stuck on You , and Fever Pitch . Dumb and Dumber , 1994 Farrelly co-directed this iconic comedy, in which a business woman, played by Lauren Holly , accidentally leaves her briefcase at an airport terminal. Hilarity ensues when her limousine driver Harry, played by Jeff Daniels , and his friend Lloyd, played by Jim Carrey , embark on

1943-477: The Morton E. Ruderman Award for Inclusion of People with Disabilities. Past winners include Michael Phelps and Marlee Matlin . He won the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by Media Access Awards. Farrelly won or was nominated for awards for his work in film and television, including winning two Academy Awards and winning two Golden Globe Awards out of five nominations for Green Book in 2019. He also won or

2010-757: The Quibi comedy series The Now , starring Bill Murray , Dave Franco , O'Shea Jackson Jr. , Daryl Hannah , and Jimmy Tatro . Farrelly is a board member of Direct Sports Network (formerly DeskSite). Farrelly is married to Melinda Kocsis and has a son, Bob, and a daughter, Apple. He has two sisters, Beth and Cindy, and a third sister, Kathy, who died in 2017. Peter lives in California, while brother Bobby lives in Massachusetts . In 1998, Farrelly's colleagues told Newsweek magazine that he and his brother Bobby "liked to use ruses to get people to look at Farrelly's penis" as

2077-515: The 1992 Seinfeld episode " The Virgin " (Season 4.Episode:10). In 2006, Farrelly directed the Man Laws series of television commercials for the Miller Lite beer brand, which featured actor Burt Reynolds , American football player Jerome Bettis , climber Aron Ralston , and professional wrestler Triple H . Peter worked on a film entitled, Movie 43 , which was released in 2013 and produced by

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2144-537: The 2007 remake of The Heartbreak Kid . He made his solo directorial debut in 2023 with Champions . Farrelly was raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island , to Mariann, a nurse practitioner, and Dr. Robert Leo Farrelly. His grandparents were Irish immigrants, and he also has Polish ancestry. Farrelly is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , where he entered the school on a hockey scholarship. Bobby and his brother Peter Farrelly are known collectively as

2211-418: The Farrelly brothers' brand of humor is nowhere near as refreshingly transgressive as it once seemed". On Metacritic , the film has a score of 36 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B−" on scale of A to F. I laughed a lot at this movie, possibly even more than I did at the original film, which I enjoyed quite

2278-609: The Pinchelow family. Jennifer Lawrence was rumored to be filming a cameo in the film as a younger Fraida Felcher which was not included in the final cut. Lawrence has said in past interviews that she is a big fan of the original film. Some sources indicate that the scene was filmed, but cut from the film after Lawrence vetoed it, a claim denied by both the Lawrence and Farrelly camps. Bobby Farrelly explained that they tried to work around her schedule, but they were unable to do it. The film

2345-484: The best deal. Whichever one does will make the movie. It's going to be made through Warner Bros. and released by Warner Bros. but financed by an outside financer. Australian band Empire of the Sun composed the score for the film. In June 2013, Warner Bros. decided not to move forward with the sequel but allowed the film to be pitched to other studios. Soon after, an independent company, Red Granite Pictures , agreed to finance

2412-501: The brain " premise of Lucy to imply Harry and Lloyd only used one percent, were made public via Tweets from the Twitter accounts of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels . An official TV spot was released on September 25. Dumb and Dumber To was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 17, 2015. At the end of its box office run, Dumb and Dumber To accumulated a gross of $ 86.2 million in North America and $ 83.6 million in other territories for

2479-681: The comedy-drama Green Book (2018), which won the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay , and the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay . Farrelly was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania , to Mariann (née Neary), a nurse practitioner, and Robert Leo Farrelly, a doctor. His grandparents were Irish immigrants, and he also has Polish ancestry. He

2546-434: The convention, where Harry impersonates Bernard. They are invited to a seminar, but get into an argument when Harry discovers that Lloyd has developed a romantic attraction to Penny, having seen her photo earlier. Lloyd is escorted out of the convention due to not being on the attendance list. He gets a call from Penny and informs her that he is in town with her dad. Lloyd meets her at a restaurant and deduces that he, not Harry,

2613-453: The entire time. Harry reveals he needs a kidney transplant, and learns he cannot get one from his parents because he was adopted as a baby. Harry's dad gives him his mail that has been piling up since he moved out. It includes a 1991 postcard from ex-girlfriend Fraida Felcher, stating she is pregnant and needs Harry to call. Upon contacting her, Fraida reveals that she had a daughter named Fanny, who she gave up for adoption. She once wrote Fanny

2680-506: The film one out of four stars and wrote: "The result is simply stupid. This embarrassing revival plays as if the script were written in Comic Sans". Andrew Barker of Variety gave the film a negative review, noting: "Sporadically funny and mostly tedious, this 18-years-too-late sequel nonetheless exhibits a puerile purity of purpose". Joe Neumaier of New York Daily News gave the film zero out of five stars: "From junky production values to

2747-436: The film one out of four stars: "If there was any doubt that most things in society have been dumbed down in the last couple of decades, Dumb and Dumber To could be exhibit A". The lengthy gestation period hasn't resulted in an appreciably upgraded experience. — James Berardinelli , ReelViews David Ehrlich of Time Out New York gave the film three out of five stars: " Dumb and Dumber To may not be quite as funny as

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2814-496: The film received negative reviews from critics. It grossed $ 36.1 million on its opening weekend and over $ 169 million worldwide. On June 15, 2017, the United States Department of Justice charged that money used to produce the film was stolen from a Malaysian government investment fund . Red Granite Pictures denied knowingly accepting stolen money. Prosecutors also filed a Forfeiture Complaint in federal court to seize

2881-530: The film, and used the song " Alive " from their 2013 album Ice on the Dune . The rest of the soundtrack consists of previously recorded tracks, including a song by The Jane Carrey Band, a group led by Carrey's daughter Jane Carrey. Another song by The Jane Carrey Band included in the film, "Breathing Without You", was not included on the album itself. The theatrical trailer premiered on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 10 , 2014. In its first week,

2948-474: The first one, but it's the funniest thing the Farrellys have made since". A.A. Dowd of The A.V. Club , gave the film D+ and wrote: "A sequel as desperate, in its own "official" way, as the knockoff-brand origin story that previously besmirched the franchise name". Critic Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle scored the film one out of four stars, asking: "Is this worse for Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels? That's

3015-535: The forthcoming Christmas comedy, Dear Santa , reuniting with the star of his 2001 movie Shallow Hal , Jack Black. In 1992, the Farrelly brothers conceived the Seinfeld episode " The Virgin " (4.10), in which Jerry dates a woman, played by Jane Leeves , who has not lost her virginity. In 2016, Farrelly directed several episodes of Season 10 of the Canadian cult mockumentary TV series Trailer Park Boys . He created

3082-528: The fourth highest-grossing film in 1998. Film critic Roger Ebert called the film, which stars Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz , "explosively funny." Outside Providence , 1999 Farrelly co-produced and co-wrote Outside Providence , which was an adaptation of Peter Farrelly's 1988 novel of the same name. Farrelly co-directed this slapstick dark comedy about a state trooper in Rhode Island , played by Jim Carrey, whose years of suppressed rage results in

3149-423: The joke is spent ... Here, as throughout the film, every punchline is followed by a quiet pause for audience laughter, the lengths of which might kindly be described as optimistic. ... There are scattered moments of inspiration ... But far more often, the comedy's just spiteful, sour or sloppily executed—or, in the case of a running joke about the hideous middle-agedness of Kathleen Turner 's character,

3216-467: The mother of Harry's daughter, all three at once. Mark Kermode , writing in The Observer , "counted a mere three chuckles (one of which I'm fairly sure was unintentional), leaving this several smiles shy of even the widely panned 2003 prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd ". The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw found "the movie does deliver some laughs, and the climactic scene in which

3283-422: The package to Penny. Travis accompanies them, hoping to get the box for himself and Adele. He becomes increasingly annoyed with the duo, and attempts to kill them after they pull a near death-causing prank on him, although he ends up dying in a train collision. Adele hears of the death from Travis's twin brother Captain Lippincott, a former military man who agrees to help her kill Harry and Lloyd. The duo arrives at

3350-410: The parade of unfunny supporting characters to its lazy energy, Dumb and Dumber To falls on its face". Jason Clark of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C−: "The ultimate sad realization is not that Dumb & Dumber To doesn't match the original's good-time quotient, but that it might not even be as good as - yikes - Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd ". Claudia Puig of USA Today gave

3417-580: The preview screening. If Dumb and Dumber To were a live comedian, he'd have said, 'Is this an audience or an oil painting?' He'd have left the stage in tears". Wesley Morris of Grantland observed that "the directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly cram the movie with puns and those kinds of sight gags. Almost none of them work". Critic Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four. For Robbie Collin in The Daily Telegraph it started promisingly: Within moments,

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3484-484: The rights of ownership to Dumb and Dumber To as well as the rights to the 2015 film Daddy's Home . Red Granite later made a $ 60 million settlement. For 20 years a catatonic Lloyd Christmas has been committed to a mental institution ever since he discovered Mary Swanson was already married at the end of the first film . During a visit, Lloyd's best friend Harry Dunne pleads with him to snap out of it, then discovers that Lloyd has pranked him by faking his condition

3551-403: The script as well. Although Cam Neely and Boston Bruins left winger Milan Lucic were rumored to appear in the film as Sea Bass and his son respectively, they said that they did not sign on to the film, but they were open to do so. Neely ultimately shot a scene for the film, which appears after the credits. Laurie Holden , Steve Tom , and Rachel Melvin joined the cast of the film as

3618-456: The sequel with a $ 35 million budget. Universal Pictures distributed the film in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and Spain, while Red Granite sold the film to independent distributors. Even though Warner Bros. had no involvement in making the sequel, its New Line Cinema division, which produced the first film and its prequel, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd ,

3685-429: The sequel. In response to these developments, Daniels said he would not do the sequel without Carrey. Regarding the progress of the sequel, Peter Farrelly explained: It's going well. We have a great script and now we are just trying to get it made. I love the script. It's exactly like the first one. We pick up 20 years later. We explain what they've done for the last 17 or 18 years. We take off from that and it's just

3752-715: The series Loudermilk for Amazon Prime , which ran from 2017 to 2020 and starred Ron Livingston . In 2020, Bobby and Peter directed the Quibi comedy series The Now . In 1999, the Farrelly brothers won the MTV Movie of the Year award for There's Something About Mary . In 2020, the Farrelly brothers received the Morton E. Ruderman Award for their sensitive and inclusive depictions of people with differing abilities in Champions . In 2023, Global Down Syndrome Foundation honored Farrelly as

3819-455: The siblings' long-time producer Charles B. Wessler . He produced the anthology film and directed two of its segments. In 2011, the Farrellys produced and directed Hall Pass . The brothers produced and directed The Three Stooges in 2012. In 2012, Peter and his brother announced that the filming of Dumb and Dumber To would begin in 2013. The film was released on November 14, 2014. In 2016, Audience announced that Loudermilk ,

3886-555: The sort of question that comes to mind while not laughing at Dumb and Dumber To ". Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that "the Farrellys are still not much interested in film as a visual medium, and when Lloyd and Harry aren't smacking each other or dropping their pants, you might as well be listening to a radio play". The Boston Globe 's critic Ty Burr gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four: "Everyone has piled into this dumber, sillier, more consistently funny reprise with an enthusiasm that's infectious, and not in

3953-423: The sports comedy-drama film Champions . Woody Harrelson , the feature actor of the film who worked on Kingpin with Farrelly in 1996, personally picked Farrelly to direct the film, saying "He’s a deep person and he’s got the most amazing sense of humor". Just like the original Campeones (2018) film, Champions was filmed with actors with intellectual disabilities. Dear Santa , 2024 Farrelly directed

4020-430: The trailer had 23.5 million views on YouTube , outpacing nine other trailers, whose combined views numbered 23 million . The international trailer was released on June 25. On August 15, Universal released two advance posters that spoofed the theatrical release poster for Lucy , another Universal-distributed release that was then in theaters. The two spoof posters, that reversed the "using more than ten percent of

4087-402: The two beauties into a bush as a joke and holler "Bush Club". Harry and Lloyd run off and high-five each other. In a post-credits scene, Harry and Lloyd inadvertently toss milkshakes onto the windshield of Sea Bass, the trucker whom the duo had scammed in the first film , leading to him angrily bearing down on them in his truck. A false advertisement for "Dumb and Dumber For" is then shown, with

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4154-418: Was Adele, not Penny, who wrote "do not contact again" on Fraida's letter. Angered by the unraveling of her scheme, Adele attempts to shoot Penny, but Harry takes the bullet for her and is injured. Adele and Lippincott are arrested. Harry is rushed to a hospital where he reveals that he was pranking Lloyd about needing a kidney. During that moment, the doctor revealed inside Lloyd's cooler was not his kidney, but

4221-457: Was given studio credit from Universal. Although Peter Farrelly confirmed the sequel was moving forward, a lawsuit filed by Red Granite Pictures in July sought a declaration that Red Granite owes no contractual obligation to Dumb and Dumber producers Steve Stabler and Brad Krevoy and that the duo are not entitled to any producer fees or credits they claim they're contractually owed on the sequel. In

4288-405: Was in Brazil with $ 3,497,325. Outside North America, Dumb and Dumber To earned $ 3.2 million from four markets. The highest debut came from Germany ($ 1.4 million). On Rotten Tomatoes , Dumb and Dumber To has an approval rating of 30% based on 154 reviews, with an average rating of 4.50/10. The general consensus states, " Dumb and Dumber To does have its moments, but not enough of them—and

4355-466: Was nominated for several film festival awards. Bobby Farrelly Robert Farrelly (born June 17, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is one of the Farrelly brothers , alongside his brother Peter , who together are known for directing and producing successful box-office comedy films, including Dumb and Dumber (1994), There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself and Irene (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), and

4422-428: Was raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island . He graduated from Kent School in 1975 and from Providence College where he studied accounting. In 1986 he earned a master's in fine arts from Columbia University. Farrelly decided to pursue writing full-time, which prompted him to quit his sales job and relocate to Cape Cod, Massachusetts , where he got a job as a waiter. On one of the tables he was waiting, Farrelly struck up

4489-456: Was released on November 14, 2014. Filming for the sequel began on September 24, 2013. Principal photography began in Atlanta and was completed on November 25. The opening credits are set to Apache Indian 's song " Boom Shack-A-Lak ", just like in the first film . The soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on November 11, 2014. Empire of the Sun recorded two new tracks for

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