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THE JIM CARREY SHOW
Carrey's desperately over-the-top performance as nice guy Charlie and dirty
boy Hank gives "Irene" its vital charge
MAKE
IT A DOUBLE
Jim Carrey lets loose in "Me, Myself & Irene"
THREE
TO TANGLE
The Farrellys get more laughs than groans with "Me, Myself
& Irene"--but just barely
REPEAT OFFENDERS
The Farrellys' split-personality comedy has little personality
GROSS, POINT BLANK
"Me, Myself & Irene" can't even succeed with excess
BROTHERS
GRIN
With their fourth film, the Farrellys are laboring to conjure
up insulting scenarios
SPLIT DECISION
In "Mary" they tweaked our nipples; in "Irene" they rip them off with pliers
COWABUNGA,
DUDES
"Me, Myself & Irene" continues the Farrelly Brothers' love
affair with bodily functions and mismatched lovers
SUPER
FREAK
In "Irene," the gross-out kings show some heart
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DEEP
DOO-DOO
There's something intelligent and human beneath the vulgarity
of "Irene"
JIM
CARREY'S FUNNY AGAIN
After chasing Oscar for a while, Jim Carrey returns to his
roots
CRUDE
INTENTIONS
Was this film inspired by childhood repression, or just plain
immaturity?
HEAD
GAMES
The Farrellys' split-personality comedy has little personality
IT
DOESN'T GEL
"Me, Myself & Irene" doesn't come close to matching the gonzo
humor of "Something About Mary"
DUAL
IN THE SUN
"Irene" celebrates its parodic object, the straight-white-middle-class
masculine ideal, impossible, ridiculous and endlessly amusing
GOOD
COP, BAD COP
After his forays into more "serious" work, Jim Carrey looks
perfectly at home in "Irene"
FACE
OFF
Jim Carrey mugs his way through "Me, Myself & Irene"
GOOD
NIGHT, IRENE
"Me, Myself & Irene" is a ragged affair with a tedious semblance
of a plot that serves as an excuse for its comic set pieces
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