Fun With Dick and Jane from an article I read somewhere, was one of those horror story productions (I'm drunk so no link, but it was on slate.com, I think). It took forever to get made, and the lead actresses kept bailing. Of course, I mean the remake with Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni, not the original with Jane Fonda and George Segal. The problem is with the idea first, it needs chemistry and wit to work. You need to like Dick and Jane. Dick and Jane need to be smart and nuanced characters. Second is with the casting. There isn't much more than mild cuteness to Leoni (she has no ass and no talent), and Carrey is capable of playing only one character (with very slight variations). Third is that it can't be political, the plot is too weak. They should have cast the screenplay differently and left the social commentary out.
My alternative cast:
Sam Rockwell and Cameron DiazI would keep Alec Baldwin, who did a better job than this movie deserved.
This was an idea to comment on Enron, and there is nothing funny about that. There is also nothing funny about millionaire actors pretending to be poor. You never lose sight of the fact that Jim Carrey makes $20 Million per film.
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