Films like Dumb and Dumber To.

Dumb and Dumber To (2014) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Klown (2010) poster
1. Klown2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Me, Myself & Irene (2000) (2000) poster
2. Me, Myself & Irene2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mystery Team (2009) poster
3. Mystery Team2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Casa de Mi Padre (2012) poster
4. Casa de Mi Padre2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Talladega Nights (2006) poster
5. Talladega Nights2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Vulgaria (2012) poster
6. Vulgaria2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Dikkenek (2006) poster
7. Dikkenek2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Step Brothers (2008) (2008) poster
8. Step Brothers2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a warm emotional register.

The Little Death (2014) poster
9. The Little Death2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Smiley Face (2007) poster
10. Smiley Face2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kingpin (1996) (1996) poster
11. Kingpin1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021) poster
12. Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon2021

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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