Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

Director:

Dean Parisot

Writers (WGA):

Judd Apatow (screenplay) &
Nicholas Stoller (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

See Dick Run

Plot:

An update of the 1977 comedy, Dick and Jane are living the good life. That is until Dick (Jim Carrey) loses his job shortly after getting a promotion that convinced his wife Jane (Téa Leoni) to quit her job. The money is gone, and the house ends up in foreclosure. Dick decides to turn to a hilarious life of crime to pay the bills with his lovely wife by his side. Then together they decide it's time to steal back what Former CEO Jack McCallister (Alec Baldwin) had stolen from them.

Plot Keywords:

Father Son Relationship | Animal Abuse | Liquor Store | Bearer Bonds | Physical Comedy

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 11	9:00 PM	TBS
Sat. July 12	8:00 PM	TBS

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Dick Harper
Téa Leoni	...	Jane Harper
Alec Baldwin	...	Jack McCallister
Richard Jenkins	...	Frank Bascombe
Angie Harmon	...	Veronica Cleeman
John Michael Higgins	...	Garth
Richard Burgi	...	Joe Cleeman
Carlos Jacott	...	Oz Peterson
Aaron Michael Drozin	...	Billy Harper
Gloria Garayua	...	Blanca
Michelle Arthur	...	Dick's Secretary
Stacey Travis	...	Jack's Receptionist Anne
Timm Sharp	...	Jack's Assistant
David Herman	...	Angry Caller (voice)
Dempsey Pappion	...	Production Assistant

Also Known As:

Alternative Career (Philippines: English title)
Fun with Dick & Jane (USA) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief language, some sexual humor and occasional humorous drug references.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40126) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Hong Kong:IIA | France:U | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Ireland:12A | Brazil:12 | Iceland:L | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Norway:11 | Hungary:14 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

City of Industry, California, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

Barry Sonnenfeld was set to direct the film, but bowed out citing personal reasons.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dick is at the breakfast meeting with Jack, a shot of Jack from Dick's perspective shows the grapes on the table moving, before Dick leans over to take some.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dick Harper: Globodyne is a consolidator of media properties. Globodyne is a consolidator of media properties. Consolidator. Consolidator.
[traffic light turns]
Dick Harper: Oh, no!
Title card: Run, Dick, Run
Dick Harper: Globodyne's a consolidator of media properties and data retrieval with a focus in fiber-optic content provision. It's basically a synergy of Web-based and platform-based UNIX-driven delivery systems. OK, I made that last part up.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Wide Window

A Fun Movie with Great Physical Acting

Have we lost our humor in America? This is a very funny movie. In many ways it's a dark comedy with a happy ending. But it moves quickly, is a parody on timely issues and has some of the best physical acting you'll ever see.

Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni work very well together. And while the 1977 original had two of my favorite people (whacko politics aside for Jane Fonda because she was a hoot in Barbarella), I think this version was more light hearted and more up to date.

I have a strange feeling that younger people didn't understand the concept, 20-30's thought it implausible for them and people above were frightened by its premise.

7 out of 10 for an entertaining time.