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Written and starring Ezio Greggio, Mel Brooks as his sidekick in off-target comedy. If you've seen "Silence of the Hams", this Greggio movie is only a step higher on the laugh meter. Like the aforementioned picture, most of Greggio's jokes are recycled (some even from the Brooks arsenal) and the gags therefore get to be very predictable. The highlight of this film is Brooks himself, and (although his trademark, hilarious brand of humor is missing from this picture) it is an interesting vehicle in that he fills shoes under someone else's pen. It's refreshing to see Brooks in a newer picture, being that his most recent film was 1995's "Dracula: Dead & Loving It". But if you are looking for another hilarious Brooks satire, this is not the film to see. However, it is worth a look, and possibly a near-laugh or two.

The Farrelly Brothers struck laughter in the hearts of comedy-lovers everywhere with their hilarious debut "Dumb & Dumber" a few years back. "Kingpin" followed soon after, which in this writer's opinion was the funniest movie they have made to date. "There's Something About Mary" guaranteed more laughs, yet was able to change plotlines to include romance without suffering from any loss of humor in context. All three films were hilarious, at times crude, yet from beginning to end offered non-stop hilarity sure to send anyone into fits of laughter.

"Me, Myself & Irene" is the Farrelly's next attempt, but unfortunately, does not offer the non-stop laughs of the first three films. The jokes are at times very predictable and the script suffers from a shortage of _new_ routines. (We've all seen those same Jim Carrey faces before, and the racial overtones get overtly run into the ground -- fast.) Also, the Carrey multiple personality-disorder routine is only seen by the audience a few times -- with such great possibilities for this funny idea, why is it so limited to scenes which produce dialog that isn't so funny?

I was a bit disappointed in this movie. Having had such high hopes after seeing the other work by the Farrelly's, I was very excited, but after watching it, felt as though this movie was _missing_ something. It has a decent enough plotline. The believability of the situations in stretched in great Farrelly style. And, the casting is up to par. So what isn't? The humor. The Brothers tried. Unfortunately, the jokes just didn't seem to be there. Hopefully they'll be back in their next flick.

I thought this movie was a lot better the first time I saw it, when it was called "Strange Brew" and was made back in the early '80s. But no matter. Carrey & Daniels are the Doug & Bob McKenzie of the 90's, chasing after a woman who has nabbed Carrey's heart. Non-stop gross-out gags and plain stupidity is in sight, and you are guaranteed to bust a gut! From the Farrelly Brothers, the same crazy guys responsible for "Kingpin" & "There's Something About Mary", all three are worth a few million laughs.