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Fun With Dick And Jane
on DVD (2005)
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| Starring: |
Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins |
| Director: |
Dean Parisot |
| Studio: |
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
87 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| User collections: |
Films I Enjoyed, Fantastic Films by Bailey, Films I own and Love |
| Genres: |
Comedy |
| Languages: |
English |
| Dubbed: |
Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Dutch, English, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released: |
22/05/2006
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| Also Available on: |
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Brief synopsis of Fun With Dick And Jane
Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development, she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income, and their son's first language is Spanish thanks to spending so much time with nanny Blanca (Gloria Garayua). Things change in the blink of an eye when Dick is promoted to vice president of communications at Globodyne, where he has worked for years. His first order of business: to appear on a popular news show about business and money and lend his magic touch to news of Globodyne's earnings. But Dick doesn't know that Globodyne is about to tank, and in the midst of his interview the situation goes from bad to horrendous and he becomes the scapegoat. In the blink of an eye he is unemployed, his pension is bust, and he can't find a job to save his life. Their front lawn is even repossessed. To make matters worse, Jane quit her job as soon as Dick was promoted, their house has lost value, and their savings was in Globodyne stock. Months later the Harpers find themselves in increasingly dire straits. They resort to paying their nanny with appliances, selling all of their possessions and are facing foreclosure on their house when Dick has a brainstorm: he'll start to steal. Jane joins him, and soon the duo is dressing in elaborate costumes and robbing local businesses and homes. When their final job goes bust, they decide to go for the big heist: scamming Globodyne president Jack McAllister (Alec Baldwin) out of his stolen fortune. Dean Parisot ('Home Fries') directs this remake of the 1977 film of the same name, which has been cheekily updated to incorporate the phenomenon of white-collar crime. Richard Jenkins and Carlos Jacott round out the cast.
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Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) has a high powered job at Globodyne, a beautiful wife (Tea Leoni) and a kid who speaks Spanish (because he spends all his days with the Mexican babysitter).... read more »
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Sight and Sound
To be applauded for its topical twist.... A good-natured piece.
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