I reckon four out of every five jokes played to silence at the preview screening. If Dumb and Dumber To were a live comedian, he'd have said, "Is this an audience or an oil painting?" He'd have left the stage in tears.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
14 Nov 2014
rotten:
The directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly cram the movie with puns and those kinds of sight gags. Almost none of them work.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
14 Nov 2014
rotten:
Time can be cruel, especially to sequels.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov 2014
rotten:
I wish I could put as little thought into writing about Dumb and Dumber To as the Farrelly brothers did in making it.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
20 Nov 2014
fresh:
"As admirably cohesive as the story is, it's far surpassed by the wonderfully committed lead performances. Harking back to the rubber-face zaniness of his breakthrough years, Carrey elicits childlike wonder at his hyperactive expressions and movements."