Matthew Nichenko

Fun With Dick and Jane Blog

Before watching Fun With Dick and Jane, I was told it was just another Jim Carey film. And why that’s not entirely a bad thing, but once you’ve seen one Jim Carey comedy, you’ve seen nearly all of them. Please understand: The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Liar Liar are three of my all time favorite movies. But for some reason, I was not too excited for Fun With Dick and Jane.
Fun With Dick and Jane is a modern comedy about the fall of many major companies, most famously Enron. This movie was written before the recent AIG and GM. The reason, I was prematurely hesitant to watch Fun With Dick and Jane is because with my experience with quick produce Hollywood movies. They tend to never live up to expectations. My most prominent example is the movie World Trade Center, with Nicholas Cage. The movie was rushed to quickly after the 9/11 tragedy so Hollywood could squeeze all the coin they could. I thought the same principles would transfer over to Carey’s Fun With Dick and Jane.
After watching the movie, I do believe that it was rushed a little to quickly. However, I think Jim Carey saved the film. There were several moments in the film I found myself laughing only because of the look on Jim Carey’s face. Jim Carey was absolutely hysterical and really was the only actor in the movie that lived up to his/her potential. Tea Leoni (Jane) did not live up to expectation. It felt like throughout the movie Carey was really the only one with any purpose. The villain in Fun With Dick and Jane is Alec Baldwin. Baldwin is one of my favorite comedic actors currently in the business. And along with Leoni, I feel that Baldwin severely under acted his role. He was portraying the role of a greedy millionaire from Texas. I’m not sure if you realize but Baldwin has the worst Texan accent, I have ever heard. And his lines didn’t help his cause what so ever.

All and all, Fun With Dick and Jane was an entertaining movie. However, It is just that: entertaining. It has a strong moral message about greed, and it also has a couple of great moments. Outside that, there is nothing left in the movie of any substance. Fun With Dick and Jane is a 6/10 at best.