evidence: 30 Dumb and Dumber [...] Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play two idiots. On paper, I should hate this film, a story of a quest undertaken by two nuclear-level morons, but it is brilliant. The Farrellys say that the script sat on their shelf for years, when they would occasionally bring it out and read it to friends. They knew bits weren’t funny enough when they would rush through them to get to good bits, so they went back to those bits and reworked them. This development process was obviously effective, as the gag rate on the film is astonishing. When Harry had to deal with a failing toilet at the beginning of a date I had to pause the film because I was laughing so much. It is lowbrow for sure, but excellent. Shame the sequel was so breathtakingly dire. [...] This film holds up a really good mirror to the highly individualised world we now live in, with our relationship to social media and how we interact with the world. It’s central theme is "This world isn’t what you think it is" and I love that the lead is a great comic actor, Jim Carrey, in a kind of serious role but with comic moments. One of my favourite scenes is when Truman goes into a building and they haven’t yet put the facade up so he sees the backstage area and they quickly cover it up. The comedy comes out of the truth of the situation that he’s in.