Dumb And Dumber
Letizia Aderson
Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly,[1][2] who cowrote the screenplay with Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. It is the first installment in the Dumb and Dumber franchise. Starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, it tells the story of Lloyd Christmas (Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Daniels), two dumb but well-meaning friends from Providence, Rhode Island, who set out on a cross-country trip to Aspen, Colorado, to return a briefcase full of money to its owner, thinking it was abandoned as a mistake though it was actually left as a ransom. Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Charles Rocket, and Teri Garr play supporting roles.
A high-ranking French police inspector, Clouseau's obliviousness somehow triples the gravitational pull around him, causing this clod to tumble over most stationary objects. His curiously strong accent combines with an inability to comprehend English pronunciation ("Moths?" "Yes Murths!"), giving way to "Who's-on-First?"-style dialogue circles. Though Clouseau becomes a more destructive klutz as Blake Edwards' Pink Panther films progress, the sleuth's recognizable deductive skills keep him from a high dumb-factor ranking. Still, his attempts to stop crimes land him with misdemeanor charges, whether it's for public nudity or selling balloons without a license. Clouseau is also under the false impression that his hands are lethal weapons. They are not.
Dumb Factor: 3
Ignorance is bliss; therefore, Navin Johnson must be the most ecstatic guy in the world. Unable to fathom his own Caucasian exterior, the lead idiot in Steve Martin's classic comedy tends to resort to spastic faux-karate when encountering America's deep-seeded racism. There's no one he can't hear out, including his dog (who feeds him false information about a motel fire, because Navin can definitely speak dog). Yes, he causes more property damage than Superman in Man of Steel and is so untouched by the horrors of reality that he's convinced a sniper trying to put one in his brain is really an aluminum can-related phenomenon. Without being that dumb, however, would Navin have Invented the Opti-Grab or wooed a woman named Marie (Bernadette Peters) with his rendition of "Tonight You Belong to Me"? Never mind the film's title: He's the best kind of stupid.
Dumb Factor: 6
Derek Zoolander, male model extraordinaire, has a tough time with language. And human interaction. And, okay, most things. His minimal vocabulary is a particular sticking point, from pronouncing "eulogy" as "eugoogooly" to spelling "day" as "d-a-i-y-e." Still, why talk when you can professionally pout better than any man alive? (Big up the Magnum and Blue Steel!) And who needs brains when you're "really, really, ridiculously good-looking?" Still, next to his rival, Hansel, Zoolander may seem like a genius. And judging by his runway work, the man isn't just dumb, he's numb; no man with a nervous system should be able to self-wedgie the way Derek does on the catwalk.
Dumb Factor: 7