Film

Me, Myself & Irene

Name: Me, Myself & Irene
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2000
Cast: Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Mongo Brownlee, Zen Gesner, Chris Cooper

Comedy
Light-hearted

Jim Carrey plays a Rhode Island state trooper with dissociative identity disorder, split between meek Charlie and aggressive Hank, both vying for the same woman. It's a broad comedy that leans into Carrey's physical extremes—rubber-faced, profane, utterly unrestrained. Made for people who love Carrey at his wildest and aren't bothered by the movie taking real psychiatric conditions as punchline fodder.

TMDb rating

3.3

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