Me, Myself, and Irene

Starring Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger

Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly

Written by Peter Farrelly, Mike Cerrone, and Bobby Farrelly

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Sound: AC-3

Fox, 114 minutes

Jim Carrey plays Charlie, an exceptionally agreeable Rhode Island state trooper. Of course, no one can be that nice, at least not continuously, so suddenly Charlie develops a second, opposite character, named Hank. Hank's character surfaces at various inopportune moments and takes over Charlie's body.

In The Mask, Carrey had similarly leapt from one extreme character to the other. The movie is, however, relatively earthbound compared to the earlier film, and it does not help matters that Hank's sinister semi-whisper is rather monotonous.

Irene (Zellweger), wrongly accused of a crime, is escorted by Charlie from Rhode Island to a town in upstate New York. Naturally, her presence kindles rivalry and conflict between Charlie and his alter ego.

The film is not one of the better productions of either Carrey or the Farrelly brothers. Still, a Carrey performance is always worth seeing, even in a lesser vehicle, and if you like his other films, you'll enjoy this one. I certainly did.

DVD picture

Very good picture quality, but both of our DVD players locked the picture at the same point, about 20 minutes into the movie. We have not played the replacement copy yet, so I cannot report whether or not this was an isolated manufacturing flaw.

DVD sound

Uniformly excellent.

Internet Movie Database link

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0183505