Fun with Dick and Jane

Sorry for being so unoriginal but yes, I had Fun with Dick and Jane, a lot of it. Written by Peter Tolan, Nicholas Stoller and the genius that is Judd Apatow (The Ben Stiller Show, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, The 40 Year Old Virgin), and directed by Dean Parisot of the amazing Galaxy Quest fame, this remake of the Jane Fonda/George Seagal 1977 comedy follows once again the monetary fall of Dick and Jane Harper and their subsequent run to get their lives back by stealing. Any way they can.

Right from the start the movie is one laugh after another, and not chuckles but real laughs. The entire first 45 minutes or so are some of the most funny sequences of the year as Dick is betrayed by the company he works at, Globodyne, which goes bankrupt in a matter of minutes on national television, loses everything he has, and even gets involved with Mexican immigrants. After deciding to join the life of crime, his wife Jane joins him and the laughs continue nonstop.
Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni play the titular characters and both of them are great. We all know Carrey is one of the most talented comedians there is, as well as a gifted actor overall (even though the Academy keeps to overlooking him time and time again), but Leoni joins in on the fun and she gives a very good performance too.
The rest of the cast is formed by Jacob Davich and Gloria Garayua, who play the young son of the Harpers and their Mexican maid. They are part of a very funny subplot as the kid, who has been mostly raised by the maid, speaks in Spanish almost all the time even though his parents have no idea what he's saying. And finally there are Richard Jenkins who plays Dick's boss Frank Bascom, and the always reliable and scene-stealer Alec Baldwin as the president of Globodyne. Great job by both of them.

I had mixed feelings towards the movie from the trailers, but once it started and I read Apatow's name there I knew the movie would be good, and it is. Favored by a running time of only 90 minutes, the movie made me laugh a lot, even towards the end when it got to the inevitable silly finale that clean our heroes of everything they've done and gives them a happy ending. Short and right to the point, which is to entertain us and make us laugh, Fun with Dick and Jane is fun, for real.