Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

5 star funny movie, 1 star treatment on the Blu-ray release :-(
What the heck is going on with the studios that pull out favorites from their libraries and then proceed to put less content on the Blu-ray discs than they did for the DVD releases of the same films? Seriously, if you are going to put out a library title, make darned sure that you offer up a reason to actually spend the money to upgrade and move to Blu instead of just keeping the DVD release and living with it.

I love this movie. It is wicked, deranged, twisted, warped, and all of the other similar words you could pull from a Roget's thesaurus that mean the same basic thing. It is also insanely funny. Jim Carrey plays Charlie Baileygates, a member of the finest police force known to man. A man who is just too darned nice, and who has let the world treat him as a doormat for far too long. Eventually all of the abuse that Charlie has taken overwhelms him and an split personality arises within Charlie that releases 'Hank' upon the world. Hank is Charlie's mean and wicked alter ego, and thanks to an on screen battle between the two personalities and appearances by Hank at the absolute worst time for Charlie we get to see a riotously funny movie.

Renée Zellweger also stars and adds to the fun in this movie as an individual that Charlie must safely transport on a road trip. While transporting her, Charlie and Hank fight the internal struggle within Charlie to bring his personalities together so he doesn't wind up causing himself or others harm, as well as perhaps losing his dream job working as a Rhode Island state trooper.

The DVD version of the movie is a classic for me. It offers several nice extras, some of which were inexplicably left out of this Blu-ray release. I really wish the studio hadn't gone that route as I'd love to recommend this title for purchase, but rewarding such tactics just seems completely wrong to me. The bare minimum would be to keep everything that was on the DVD, and really customers should expect to get *more* for their money when being asked to 'double dip' on buying these library titles. Getting less is not to be rewarded, so I'd have to say rent this title or get the much less expensive DVD release instead of the Blu-ray here. While the picture quality is better on the Blu-ray, it's not enough of a bump to really make paying for this disc worth it. At least not for me. :-(

Derangedly Good
We all need some off-the-wall once in awhile. This movie is that for sure. Jim Carrey is at his best as a duel personality state policeman. The fact his three black sons are characters themselves adds to the fun. Mix in a mostly down to Earth woman trying to escape an insensitive man and you have a overall enjoyable comedy. At first I thought this movie was okay and didn't think past renting it. Since then I have had a chance to see parts of it on TV again and reflect on it a little more. This is one that will stand the test of time and I think be one of those comedy gems like Danny Kaye did in his chalice from the palace routine in "The Court Jester". So if you are a fan of Jim Carrey I suggest you add this one to your collection. Good quality DVD with great replayability.

Derangedly Good
We all need some off-the-wall once in awhile. This movie is that for sure. Jim Carrey is at his best as a duel personality state policeman. The fact his three black sons are characters themselves adds to the fun. Mix in a mostly down to Earth woman trying to escape an insensitive man and you have a overall enjoyable comedy. At first I thought this movie was okay and didn't think past renting it. Since then I have had a chance to see parts of it on TV again and reflect on it a little more. This is one that will stand the test of time and I think be one of those comedy gems like Danny Kaye did in his chalice from the palace routine in "The Court Jester". So if you are a fan of Jim Carrey I suggest you add this one to your collection. Good quality DVD with great replayability.