Fresh and Exciting

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This one's pretty good. It's no comedy classic, but it holds up well, and delivers. The situation depicted as the main narrative in itself is funny enough, the acting's good, there's a bit of a social commentary on the frailty of capitalist America but carried out humorously...The only thing is of course as always with this sort of fairly forgettable bit of cinema is the plot is never original enough to stick with people, and that the developments are just too ambitious and seem half-thought out, almost rushed in parts, but overall that part still manages about well enough.It's pretty good. It's fun, pretty funny at times, and it works at what it does.

Fun with Dick and Jane will thoroughly entertain you. It's funny, easy to watch, and will turn to ridicule those callous financiers who have ruined the world economy.You get attached to Jim Carrey's character almost immediately as well as his family. The crisis comes almost right during the opening dumps them into financial trouble on the spot. Their efforts are desperate, yet presented in a comedic fashion. You root for them, but they can't seem to get the better of the situation.This very real situation is solved in a very unrealistic fashion that could have been daydreamed by an enthusiastic young mind. It makes for thigh-slapping laughs and lots of mirth. It's a great mix. Who wouldn't want to be the hero of their economic difficulties?Recommended to everyone.

Jim Carrey isn't at the top of my list of favourite actors. He's funny, but way too often he simply goes overboard and it seems as though he's trying to be too funny - with the end result being that he isn't funny, he's just irritating. When he keeps himself more in check, though (and actually acts, rather than trying too hard to be funny) he can put on a pretty good performance, and in "Fun With Dick and Jane" he manages to do that, teamed very effectively with Tea Leoni.What really makes this movie work is not so much the comedy (although it is quite funny at times) but the sympathy you feel for the characters, which - because of the economic troubles in the modern world - is probably even greater today than it was in 2005 when this movie was made. Dick is a corporate executive on the rise, who as the movie opens gets his big promotion to Vice President of a big company, only to be left stammering incoherently in a television interview when the company goes under while he's on the air. He and Jane find themselves in desperate circumstances, unable to find work, having to sell everything they own, finally faced with the foreclosure of their house. This was funny and somewhat sad all at the same time. You could laugh at what was happening on screen and at the same time really understand their plight, while at the same time hoping you never have to face what they're facing. Finally, with literally no other options, Dick and Jane take up robbing stores and banks to try to save their home. Everything worked very well up to that point in the movie.I didn't like the revenge angle, though. Eventually, this turned into Dick and Jane finding a way to make Jack McAllister (Alec Baldwin) - who had been the president of the company Dick worked for - pay for his dishonesty. Somehow the movie lost its sense of fun with that, and the end result was a little too "feel-good," as their plot against McAllister worked perfectly and to the benefit not just of Dick and Jane, but of all the company's former employees. It was nice to see McAllister pay up, but to me it didn't really fit too well with what I was feeling about the movie up to that point.This is quite a fun ride for a little over an hour, then the remainder of the movie gets a bit bogged down with this plan directed against McAllister. What really makes this work, though, is that Dick and Jane are truly likable characters whose desperate circumstances you really do care about. They were fine performances from Carrey and Leoni. (7/10)

I'd like to share an experience I'd while watching this movie yesterday. I'd just come back from office, flopped on the bed and took out my shoes while flipping channels on the TV at same time. Just then, one of the channels began to air Fun with Dick & Jane. The moment I saw the opening rolls showing Jim Carrey sprinting out of his house, I became rooted to my bed. He's one of my all-time fave actors.Throughout the 90mins(the channel didn't even give an ad break), I didn't move an inch, not even an inch! I didn't even want to change out of my office wear fearing that I might lose even a small moment of comedy from Carrey or Tea Leoni. That's how entertained I was with this movie.So many funny scenes of Carrey and Leoni that I can't pick a favorite really. Both give a great performance. Didn't realise that Tea Leoni could pack so much fun in her, after watching her very serious character in Deep Impact(1998). Every other cast here were just kinda normal supporting actors for these two guys, including "The Shadow" Alec Baldwin. Ya, he was just a shadow here too :-) Maybe the ending could have been a bit more lively. I felt the state of shock that Alec Baldwin's character goes through in the end wasn't portrayed convincingly. The whole shot that included Baldwin, Carrey, Leoni, the media & crowd of others felt a bit weak to me.Verdict: Still, a great comedy, great direction, great performances. That's it, review over!