Moderate Amount of Fun with Dick and Jane

Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, and Alec Baldwin star in this comedy. This movie is a humorous commentary on corporate scandals and American society. It starts with Dick (Jim Carrey) getting a huge promotion just before his company tanks. His company, like Enron, went bankrupt because of the decietful bookkeeping and corrupt actions of the company’s big men (CEO and CFO). As in the Enron story, the big men escape with all the money and the rest of the employees are left with nothing. The rest of the movie follows Dick and Jane while they unsuccessfully search for jobs and finally resort to a life of crime out of desperation.

The movie was hillarious in many parts, but, overall, it is not quite as funny as Jim’s old movies (Liar Liar, Dumb and Dumber). I loved the fact that it reminded all of us about corporate dishonesty; we need contunual refreshers, lest we don’t forget. The acting was very good by Carrey as well as Ms. Leoni. I don’t think that Baldwin was the right person to cast in his role: his accent was not very convincing, and he didn’t seem as sinister or as snobby as he should have. Overall, I think it was a very entertaining movie.