Fun with Dick and Jane (**1/2)

Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni star in this hit-or-miss remake, a mild satire of recent corporate scandals.

Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni reprise roles played by then-major stars Jane Fonda and George Segal in a little-remembered 1977 hit. In this version, Carrey’s Dick loses his job when his company’s Enron-like stock manipulations become public. As in the original, he and his wife eventually resort to robbery to pay the bills. Aside from Carrey doing his overacting shtick, there’s some mild satire of recent corporate scandals. As in Elizabethtown, Alec Baldwin is amusing as a smug CEO. Overall, though, Dick and Jane feels more like a string of bits, about half of which work, than a feature film. Certainly watchable, but not likely to be remembered.

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circulated via email 12/29/05 and posted online 9/19/13