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Actors: Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fun with Dick and Jane |
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In "Fun with Dick and Jane," Jim Carrey stars as Nick Harper, a hardworking employee at Globodyne Corporation. Harper gets a big promotion to become the vice president of communications but soon finds out he got the job to become the scapegoat for the company and not for his years of dedicated work.
As Globodyne is entangled in an Enron-type scandal, everyone at the company loses their jobs, the pension plans become nonexistent and all of the stock in the company plummets to the ground. Before the scandal unfolds, Jack McCallister (Alec Baldwin), the CEO and founder of the company, manages to sell all of his stock and make away with $400 million.
After Dick loses his job, he and his wife, Jane (Tea Leoni), are unable to keep up with their bills and most of their property is lost. After spending months looking for jobs, Dick and Jane turn to a life of crime to keep their middle class dream alive, exactly like in the 1977 film starring George Segal and Jane Fonda on which this is based.
After thefts at smaller restaurants and banks, the couple decides to go for the big payday and attempt to get the money McCallister stole from his employees.
--Adam Tobias, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fun With Dick and Jane |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals (shown sympathetically) on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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