Director Troy Miller follows up the little-seen Mr. Show movie Run Ronnie Run! with this prequel to
Dumb and Dumber, the 1994 box-office smash that starred
Jim Carrey and
Jeff Daniels and launched the careers of writer/directors
Peter Farrelly and
Bobby Farrelly. For the follow-up, we're taken back to 1986 when Lloyd Christmas (
Eric Christian Olsen) and Harry Dunne (
Derek Richardson) first met while in high school. Dissatisfied with their being stuck in remedial classes, the dense duo sets out to prove that they can attend classes with their peers of normal intelligence. Along the way, they encounter a greedy principal played by
Eugene Levy and a friendly janitor played by
Luis Guzman who takes Lloyd under his wing. Along with
Mimi Rogers as Harry's mom, Mrs. Dunne,
Dumb and Dumberer also features performances by
Rachel Nichols and
Cheri Oteri. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide