Genre: Crime, Comedy, Capers, Marriage
Tagline: See Dick Run
Plot: Dick Harper’s (Carrey) years of hard work finally pay off when he is promoted to vice president at Globodyne, a worldwide leader in the consolidation of media properties.But after exactly one day in his new job, Globodyne is destroyed by an Enron-like calamity — and he is left holding the bag. Dick’s sudden reversal of fortune has left him little time to set money aside for a rainy day. Now it’s raining buckets as Dick and his loving wife Jane (Leoni), watch in horror as their deluxe suburban home, their luxury cars and their status-conscious friends quickly vanish into thin air. After playing by the rules and working single-mindedly to build a comfortable life for his family, Dick is utterly unprepared to give up the American dream. Taking a lesson from his corrupt employer, however, Dick hits on a brilliant idea: If stealing was good enough for his boss, then it’s good enough for him. Using his newfound skills, he and Jane exact hilarious revenge and teach big business a
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 The script (Judd Apatow) is tight and funny. Dean Parisot keeps the action well paced so that there is not one minute that drags. This is a comedy of ultimate revenge. At 90 minutes, it’s silly and enjoyable. 7/10--Tony Medley (TonyMedley.com)
A lot of talented, successful people were involved in the making of this movie, and the high laugh-count in the film's first act attests to their abilities. But, as with so many big comedies, these same folks just can't keep the whole thing afloat from start to finish. It's too bad, because there was potential here...Fun With Dick and Jane is a rip-off—in more ways than one.  --GARY GOLDSTEIN (Reel.com)
The comedy works on some levels, the satire works on some levels and the drama works on some levels. The problem is they all don't work on the same level.  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
The original version of FUN WITH DICK AND JANE from 1977 was a sharp social satire with the advertised fun, and a wicked kind of fun at that. This version ain’t.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
Even though it clocks in at a relatively brief 90 minutes, “Fun with Dick and Jane” is as excruciating to watch as it is depressing to contemplate afterwards. This is smug and condescending filmmaking at its worst and its tirades against greed and wastefulness ring especially hollow when they are asking audiences to pay $10 a head for a film without a single funny joke to speak of. --Peter Sobczynski (eFilmCritic.com)
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| Written by |
Judd Apatow
Celtic Pride, Heavyweights, The 40 Year Old Virgin | |
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| Cast |
Jim Carrey
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, Dumb & Dumber |
 | Téa Leoni
Jurassic Park III, Deep Impact, Bad Boys |
 | Alec Baldwin
The Departed, Pearl Harbor, The Royal Tenenbaums |
 | Richard Jenkins
Me, Myself & Irene, The Man Who Wasn't There, Changing Lanes |
 | Angie Harmon
Agent Cody Banks, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Lawn Dogs |
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| Music By |
Theodore Shapiro
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Starsky & Hutch, The Devil Wears Prada |
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“Fun with Dick and Jane” isn’t a taxing motion picture, and provides no-frills entertainment to those easy to please. The film coasts on Carrey’s enthusiasm alone and without him, I can only imagine how lackluster this remake would be.  --Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
Yet it's hard to find too much fault with a movie as cheerfully twisted as this one, with giddy jokes like young Billy, having been raised mostly by the immigrant maid, speaking with a Mexican accent, or the general delight in hearing yuppies use terms like "caper" and "vault job" even though they have no legitimate experience in either. B--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
The film’s simplistic overview of the corporate scams still plaguing the U.S. today also took a bunch of liberties, but at least attempted something inventive in terms of the film’s plotline. Most comedies will resort to sitcom stories, so kudos to the filmmakers for – at the very least – attempting to jazz things up. That said…this is a rental at best. 5/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
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