Siskel & Ebert - Dumb and Dumber
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- The first time I watched Dumb and Dumber, I could swear I was going to break my ribs from laughing so hard. Gene Siskel thought the movie was hilarious and gave the film a thumbs up. Roger Ebert thought the film was funny, but gave the film a thumbs down because he felt it was a very sloppy movie. I have to agree with Siskel on this one.
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I love the smug grin on Gene’s face. He knows Ebert likes it but won’t admit it 😂
I noticed the same thing haha. It's that look of "Come on... You liked it ;)"
🤣🤣
Roger mentions something like that on their Billy Madison video.
Yep, you got it. One of the reasons I loved this show.
“I can’t recommend the movie.”
“So you’re telling me there’s a chance…”
(Long awkward silence) YEAH!
Classic Ebert- he knows deep down that he loves it, he just can't admit it lol
I love these two...I been watching a lot of S&E videos and they gave thumbs down to some CLASSICS!!! these two are so off the mark...yet I love them both. Ebert sat there and admitted he laughed so hard he almost had to be taken to a hospital but yet still calls the movie sloppy and gives it a thumbs down...I MISS THESE 2 BIG TIME.
That's not what Ebert said. He said there were a few scenes (probably the snowball scene) that made him laugh, but overall it was a sloppy movie. Laughing at 2 or 3 scenes over the course of an hour and a half wasn't enough to carry the movie. My time could have been better spent doing something else like washing my car and reading.
@@michaelwainscott2633 Roger Ebert is my go-to when it comes to film criticism; I love his print reviews and I loved Siskel and Ebert. but Roger could be a tad snooty at times, and this is clearly one of those cases. He attended a comedy and admittedly laughed his ass off... Yes it’s juvenile but it doesn’t pretend it isn’t.
Admittedly Dumb and Dumber is one of my favorite movies of all time lol.
@@michaelwainscott2633 You only laughed at 2 or 3 scenes the course of the entire movie? And why would you predict that the snowball scene was the one he was referring to? Was that the 1 of 3 scenes you laughed at? The majority of us laughed THROUGHOUT the entirety of the movie. Have fun washing your car and reading while we enjoy a hilarious movie.
@@rd24life Siskel put kingpin on his top 10
An underrated gag is when Harry is trying to get that girls number whilst his trousers are on fire and she doesn’t know. “FOR GOD SAKES JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN NUMBER”
One gag that I never noticed until recently is when Harry is introduced to Mary's mother at the Owl event. Her mother holds out her hand for him to kiss it. He takes her hand, kinda looks at it, and does nothing because he's completely clueless of what to do. A worse movie would have probably completely focused on this bit but it's played so subtly, there's even dialogue over it, that it's absolutely perfect. Ebert is insane.
Dude... 100%... I legit think about that line a couple times a year. So good.
Yeah it was interesting that Jim wanted an actor, not a comedian to play opposite him. Jeff Daniels was great!
It's a comedy. You laughed. Give it a thumbs up. C'mon.
He laughed a few times, doesn't necessarily mean he thought the movie was good enough for a positive review. A comedy that makes you laugh 3 times in 90 minutes of sloppiness and misfired jokes doesn't make a movie good by any means.
@@WoahLookAtThatFreak what sloppiness? Which jokes misfired?
They are WAY too high-brow and pretentious to do that!
@@matthewbyrd398 gene gave it thumbs up though
@@WoahLookAtThatFreak Agreed. Step Brothers made me laugh a couple of times, especially when they make "bunk beds" and crash on each other. But nearly the entire time, I felt brain cells leave and just loathed the overall experience. Laughing a few times does NOT mean the comedy was overall GOOD.
PS, I like Dumb and Dumber.
Jim Carrey is not everyone's cup of tea but his talent is undeniable.
@Bold One No doubt, he'd probably hate the rest of the movie tho. Jim's performance is it's only saving grace
Tommy Lee Jones couldn’t sanction his buffoonery. 😂😅
@MarkyPS1 When Jim Carrey told that story I said "Damn... that wasn't even directed at me and that hurt."
@@MarkGarza94
I couldn't stand him either. It's like the annoying kid back in school that would do the silliest, most outrageous things to _"be included"._ (but yes, in his own teeth-grating way the guy is talented)
“This has one of the funniest moments in comedies I’ve ever seen. Thumbs down.”
I don’t get it either...
one moment
This and Blazing Saddles are the best comdies ever peroid
I wanted to know what was the moments that had him laughing!
Dumb and Dumber is one of the greatest comedies ever made
I would’ve like to have known what scene he was talking about. There were so many funny moments!
A bunch of critics missed the mark on this one when it was released in theaters. Nearly 3 decades later, its still widely regarded as one of the best comedies of the 90s.
That’s a pretty low bar then.
It was funny but was far from great comedy. It was mostly just a bunch of skits rather than a movie. I did like it though.
One of the? 90's? Dude this film is top 10 comedy film of all time! Most funny comedy film of all time!
I respect Ebert's opinion here. He admitted that he laughed really hard a handful of times, but the rest of the movie just didn't do it for him. If I watched a comedy that only got a few of laughs from me, I probably wouldn't like it much either.
I agree, it's a fair shake.
That being said, Dumb and Dumber actually came up a couple of more times through the years and Ebert seemed to like it a bit more each and every time and said it deserved a second look.
Ebert: There is one moment that has to be the funniest moment I've seen in 5 years.
Siskel: What moment?
Ebert: It's such a funny moment I almost had to be hospitalized.
Siskel: What was the moment?
Ebert: Ok moving on to the next picture.
Jeff Daniels' bathroom scene.
@@ScottMartinD Find a happy place.
In his review, Ebert said it was the taped-up parakeet scene.
And in his written review, he expands on what he says here--there are great moments, but in his mind there were too many good set-ups that didn't stick to landing. He specifically pointed out the scene where the highway patrolman drinks the bottle of Jim Carrey's piss--the payoff, to him, just wasn't funny despite the scene's initial promise.
@@pronkb000 I love the taped up parakeet scene.
Customer: I just bought this parakeet and its taped up! Its a dead parakeet.
Pet store Owner: No it isn't. It's just resting.
Customer: This is a dead parakeet! It's passed on! It's an ex-parakeet!
Owner: Just give it a minute.
Customer!: It's not resting! (Bangs the parakeet on the counter)
This is the absolute gold standard of comedy. I've seen it millions of times and it's a laugh a minute or more than one laugh. The stars aligned and God himself slapped his mighty knee upon the birth of this piece of genius, man's zenith, this feat of comedic engineering, this miraculous accomplishment. All hail Harry and Lloyd. Oh you know I got gas.
When the guys started to realize Carrey is a genius. Too bad Gene didn' t live to see the eternal sunshine
He saw the Truman Show
Or Man On The Moon. He would've loved that one too.
This movie had some of everything. There are even little laughs that work. Like when Harry was on the chair lift with the girl and she starts to go on about the difficulty she's having with her family but stops herself and says "but I don't want to bore you with that". And Harry just goes "Thanks". You know, what everyone wished they could say but can't.
I think that Ebert rates movies on how well he thinks they're made from a technical side, whereas Siskel rates movies more from an enjoyment side. This is where it gets tricky. Bad movies can be enjoyable and great movies can have little to no rewatchablility.
Usually the other way around! Siskel was more cerebral guy who was into artsy movies while Ebert usually gave it thumbs up when he was entertained. Surprised he gave this movie a thumbs down!
@@ricomajestic I agree. That's usually how it plays out. Ebert usually doesn't have a problem suspending his belief for a moment to allow himself to enjoy a film, whereas Siskel will often nitpick minor things.
ebert: "I almost had to be hospitilized from laughing... funniest moment I've seen in 5 years of comedies, maybe longer."
also ebert: thumbs down
wtf is wrong with these reviewers. it's a comedy. if it makes you laugh your ass of it has to be thumbs up.
Yes, but that was it
One huge laugh doesn't make a funny movie
In this movie I had 2 huge laughs and the rest...meh
I wonder what scene Ebert is referring to? The headless bird?
Obviously the chili scene...
@@chipco5150 Maybe. Yes. Maybe. But the “one in a million” line is Shakespearean.
They wanted to see Godfather.
When Roger said that there was one moment in this movie that was probably the funniest moment in any movie comedy that he has seen, I think we all know that he's referring to the parakeet scene.
it is.
@@nikosvault Yes it is, he says that in his written review:
"The purpose of a comedy is to make you laugh, and there is a moment in "Dumb and Dumber" that made me laugh so loudly I embarrassed myself. I just couldn't stop. It's the moment involving the kid who gets the parakeet."
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dumb-and-dumber-1994
I figured.
He never said that, listen more closely.
Its funny, but come on...there were so many funny scenes...this comedy is a 5/5 stars. And since 2005 its a 10/5 stars, since new comedies are just awful.
I would love for Ebert to point to one moment in this masterpiece where a joke doesn't pay off or one buildup that's "left hanging in midair." Not to be disrespectful, but it's quite possible the jokes went over his head. But all-in-all, he just won't admit that he loved this movie. If a comedy almost hospitalizes you because you were laughing so hard, that's an automatic thumbs up because it did its job.
Siskel & Ebert’s star ratings for Dumb and Dumber:
Gene - 👍 3/4
Roger - 👎 2/4
2 1/2 average between the two is generous. A couple of laughs over the course of an hour and a half of them hammering you with schtick isn't very much. If you laugh at someone slipping on a banana peel, then you probably like this movie.
lol indecisive nerd syndrome
The two funniest scenes for me were when Harry flips out at Lloyd because he accidentally drove the wrong way to Nebraska instead of Colorado while Harry was asleep, and Harry decides to "walk" home. And the other funniest scene for me was when Lloyd gets revenge on Harry by dumping powerful laxatives into Harry's tea which causes him to take a massive diarrhea dump in a broken toilet that won't flush.
Good choices! My favorites scene was the burger restaurant when Harry & Lloyd try the hot peppers! 🌶
My favorite was the dream 🤣
"come on flush you bastard" XD
When I was young and saw Lloyd chew on a guy's sack in the dream scene it broke me
It's the... pretty bird, pretty bird scene with tape around its neck that rodger laughed so hard
Haha thanks
To Ebert's credits he gave retrospective praise to Dumb and Dumber after Kingpin.
Miss these guy's wish thay were still alive doing the show still
All those people who chastise Ebert for having his own opinion: if you felt secure enough in yours, you wouldn’t care what anybody thinks.
Who chastised him for his opinion? That's literally the entire point of what Siskel and Ebert, and many others, did for a living...they gave their opinion! The entire basis of the show is to watch and listen to both Siskel and Ebert's opinions.
Ebert is the one who is insecure with his own opinion. He himself says he almost had to be hospitalized from laughing and that this movie contains the funniest moment he's watched in five years.. and he gives it a thumbs down.
@@stevenpyron3406 See comment below
@@spaceguy564 Highly doubt that
One of the best laugh out loud movies I have ever seen!
"How you felt about Jim Carrey" was a real topic back in 1994. Like people had ten minute conversations about him. There was no real middle ground when it came to how you felt about him either. All in, or all out. I for one, being 18, was a big fan and all in.
Love him or hate him, biggest movie star in the world in 1994 no question.
It’s because he was more transgressive than the average comic actor.
One thing I loved about Dumb and Dumber is they do everything the exact opposite way you expect them to do.
Everyone always talks about this being a Jim Carrey movie. To me, Jeff Daniels stole the show.
Yeah I didn't think Jeff Daniels would be that funny because he's always in serious movies
Oh aren’t you a rebel with that opinion 🤦🏻♂️
@@youtoo2233 The studio insisted Carrey be paired up with another comedian. Carrey held his ground after reading lines with Jeff Daniels.
Uh, no.
Agreed. They're both dynamic together, but Jeff Daniels is the stand-out performer because he's actually acting his heart out. Jim Carrey is just doing what comes natural to him. This is a flawless comedy that doesn't miss a beat.
It's amazing that Ace, Mask, and DnD all released within 1 year, and then the cable guy which was a big step back but then probabaly his best and funniest movie Liar Liar which also showed a more nuanced comedy style while still maintaining alot of his trademark physical humor.
"AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!!!"
Complaining about a woman wearing lipstick and laughing at something that was supposed to be funny. Real valid criticisms.
I was deeply wounded by Roger Ebert's review. He had no right to do that to me.
He gave you the bigger gift of Siskel calling him out for his negativity because Ebert laughed hard the whole movie.
@Bold One Ha ha! Understandable.
Jeff Daniels bathroom scene might be the funniest bathroom scene of any movie ever made. Maybe a tie with the outhouse scene from Slumdog Millionaire
Rip Ebert , but come on this is comedy gold ! My favorite of all time
By the way, is this an inside joke: Lloyd's last name was Christmas. If he had married the woman, her name would be Mary Christmas.
Without question, one of the funniest movies in the last 25 years.
Funniest scenes for me was the Trooper drinking the "beer," the broken toilet, diner, and the hot pepper challenge.
The moment that nearly had him hospitalized: had to be with the blind kid with the bird.
Pretty bird...pretty bird.
yes that was it...
YOU SOLD PETEY TO A BLIND KID?!
@@andysorensen1737 Harry...I took CARE of it!
I went to see this to prove it sucked then came out crying laughing. Thought I was losing my mind.
I saw it by myself the first time I watched it and I was crying so hard from laughter. I'd never laughed by myself before - it was so weird. I couldn't stop it even if I tried.
Gene owns Roger on this one!!!!!
One of the best movies of the 90’s!
I laughed harder than I have in five years or more, other than that it sucked.
Haha hes kinda right. It’s sloppy as fuck.
These sickle n Ebert videos are great. Its definitely like a time capsule. I dig it sucka
Agree with both of them. It's a sloppy movie with uneven laughs but the funny parts are legendary.
I agree, it was embarrassment.
It’s crazy how little they cared about spoilers back then. The whole drive of the plot is Lloyd getting to Mary and wanting to be with her and the review gives away that she’s not interested
??? that`s not really important to this film...
@@babybird871 No but if you watch other videos, they're very liberal with plot points and people today would lose their minds. Also, it was a joke
That clip was shown on every talk show Jim Carrey went on to promote Dumb and Dumber. I don't know anyone who wasn't aware of that spoiler before seeing the movie.
@@doughbafett I'M NOT COMPLAINING THAT IT WAS SPOILED! I'm merely commenting on how different our spoiler culture is compared to then
Ebert just couldn’t let himself give this a thumbs up out of his dislike for Carrey at this time.
Why can't Roger Ebert just admit he loves the movie? It's like what Gene said, he heard him laughing.
This is a great film this was originally a John Hughes screenplay but sold it to the Farrelly brothers
Dumb and Dumber was the Farrelly brother first movie. They were totally inexperienced and novices at making movies at the time. This is probably the reason the movie may seem sloppy.
This movie was actually somewhat entertaining, even though I admit it’s not perfect. It’s Citizen Kane compared to its sequels
They were possibly the best critics I've ever seen. Sure, they missed a few, but Ebert in particular knew film and knew art from crap. I think at this time he was just realizing he'd misjudged Cary and just could not bring himself to totally admit it publicly .
That’s because John Hughes wrote much of the script originally before he sold it to the Farrelly Brothers on the grounds that it wouldn’t be credited at all to Hughes.
2:15-2:37 If Roger Ebert reviewed the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.
Tony Aspen, Colorado? what am i missing there?
"So you're telling me there's a chance," I still laugh when I hear this.
Years later, Ebert had a reappraisal of this film. Calling it very funny and wish he enjoyed it more when he first saw it in ‘94.
Is there footage of that? Because I was just thinking if he'd only watch it one more time, he'd change his rating.
1:25 : I still use that quote to this day.
I felt the same way about the sequel. One laugh had me dying and the rest was a ghost town.
I'm more of a Planes Trains and Automobiles kind of person..plus isn't The Mask better than this
Ahh 90s comedies. Will never see films made like this again
Don't understand why Ebert thumbed-down this movie when it's a comedy that made him laugh until his sides hurt.
Because maybe it wasn’t the greatest as a movie.
One of the funniest movies ever made, easily. Siskel is correct.
Never thought it would be Ebert not liking it and Siskel recommending.
2:00 I really wish I could know which moment made him laugh so hard.
The blind kid with the parakeet.
gene is right over roger for a change this a great comedy
To me, Harry pelting a snowball point blank into Marys face would be the funniest part of the movie
Sea Bass and the fellas offered to pick up our check. They said just put in on their tab... they're very nice :)
Their reviews are opposite what I would have expected. Ebert’s tastes were always more low brow than Siskel’s.
I wouldn't word it exactly like that, but Ebert was more fair to low brow films, often giving kinder reviews to crap movies because he recognized that it is what the audience wanted (his review of Final Destination 5 is a work of art).
Siskel LOVED the Farrelly Brothers, though. He had both Kingpin and There's Something About Mary in his top 10 for the year.
The most legendary comedy film in the world.
oops...your complete lack of sophistication is showing...hated this stupid film with its stupid jokes...
I think it's the second best dumb comedy movie ever. I have to go with Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls because of the rhino scene as #1 as the best dumb comedy movie. But can those compete with more smart/funny movies such as Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, etc. as truly great comedies? I don't think so, but that's just an opinion.
Blazing Saddles, History Of the World, Liar Liar, Austin Powers, Wayne's World, Talladega Nights, Airplane!, Tommy Boy, Bridesmaids, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, School of Rock, Vacation, Caddyshack.... SOOO many better movies.
Am I alone in thinking ace Ventura is some of Carey’s best work?
“You know, on second thought, you might just wanna run a comb through ‘em.”
its the toilet scene.. still makes me cry...lol
Lauren Holly wearing more lipstick than any 2 actresses I've ever seen
LMAO
I liked how it was clear that Daniels was "Dumb" and Carrey was "Dumber". Like in the newspaper article scene where one could barely read, and the other read it with zero effort.
One of the funniest movies I’ve seen.
Gene saying "really" to Ebert was so sad and cute
I never laughed harder in the movie theatre for any movie than at Dumb and Dumber.
I thought the bathroom scene was the funniest part of the movie! Great comedy!
The funniest scene I’ve seen in 5 years. It almost sent me to the hospital. Thumbs down
I love how the review for “Dumb And Dumber” is followed by “Legends Of The Fall”...LOL...
They are talking to the late Charles Rocket in the second scene there.
This movie's free to watch on here right now.
I would love to know which scene Roger said was the funniest moment in comedy he’d ever seen. I’d like to think it’s Hairy getting his tongue stuck on the chair lift.
I wish to see the Ebert & Roeper review of When Harry Met Lloyd
Dumb and Dumber was made by two great filmmakers, who were trying to actually create a special experience. The movie had more going on than Carrey and Carrey is no slouch. I mean, he's a rare performer who can actually turn a mediocre movie above into something special. Dumb and Dumber had a sharp script, directors with vision and Jeff Daniels killing it opposite the great comedian.
These guys were dinosaurs at this point. It’s no wonder the didn’t “get it.” They’d never survive today, a time when we all can do exactly what they did.
I just noticed the most annoying sound scene is different than the theatrical! You don't see Jeff Daniels scream with it. I wonder if this is from a workprint copy for early review
one of my favourite comedy buddy pick movies
Watch this movie again if you haven't watched it in a long time (years) and you'll laugh as much as you did the first time watching it hahhaha
Usually Ebert gets it, doesn’t this time. Funny classic movie
I’ve loved Carrey since In Living Color.
These guys are such egomaniacs that they refuse to approve of a great film because they’re in love with themselves and their reputation for being serious cinephiles
This is one of the rare times I side with Gene over Roger. The crazy thing I remember in one of their arguments in another episode, Roger says a comedy is good if it makes you laugh. Here he admits laughing all the time yes can't give it a thumbs up! It's like when Harry and Lloyd told the bikini models to look for oil boys in the next town.
I would love to know which scene It was that almost hospitalized Roger. I'm inclined to believe it's the scene with the bird's head "falling off" because that scene had me falling out of my chair the first time I saw it. But since he wouldn't say which scene it was I'm guessing it was the one with Jeff Daniels taking a crap, LOL
I saw this movie in a super cheap theatre for 1 dollar and I couldn't stop laughing at Jeff Daniels taking a crap! Best dollar spent ever!
The bathroom scene was the first one that came to mind. I was dying.
For the gods sake, it is a dumb movie about two dumb guys and it is one of the funniest things I've ever watched.
the moment the Ebert was referring to: the Turbo Lax scene
No. In his print review he says it's the moment with the blind kid and the dead bird with its head duct-taped on. And then later the payoff when Mary is watching TV and she sees the news story about the kid who bought the dead bird, and says, "Who are these sick people?" just before Lloyd shows up.
In this clip of the most annoying sound in the world you actually get to see Jeff Daniels break character and laugh but it doesn’t cut out straight away like it does in the released scene, this one you see his entire reaction, wish I could see it in better quality
The scene between 0:11 and 0:25 looks like it was completely ad-libbed with genuine confusion on the part of the waitress.
The film has become a classic it was a suprise hit when it came out
A popular movie is not a “classic.” Classic implies that a movie raises the bar of its artform. This was pretty formulaic on its base.
it`s interesting to watch Jeff Daniels in Gettysburg(the year before) then this film....great range
Easily the funniest movie I've ever seen. Had to watch it twice to get all the lines because I was laughing so hard.
Very funny movie, but Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the bees knees.
@@richiec.1111 You make a good point. Python is timeless and makes social commentary that reminds us of how absurd liberalism has become.
"too much lipstick..."
Savage.
I want to know what scene almost hospitalized him
In later Farrelly movie reviews he reconsidered his review of this movie, and mentioned the "pretty bird" scene.
It was the scene with the little boy and the parakeet.
For me it was the snowball ball, I was almost ready to give up on the movie…until that happened. And then I couldn’t stop laughing.
He said that "he can't give this movie thumbs up" and didn't elaborate on how many he would actually give it... So you're telling me there's a chance it's not both thumbs down?
Now I'm picturing Ebert busting into the bathroom stall.
And Siskel wilting down to the floor sucking his thumb.
'Find a happy place. find a happy place'.