Me, Myself and Irene
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Me, Myself and Irene is a 2000 Farrelly Brothers comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon, and Richard Jenkins co-star.
Traylor Howard, Tony Cox, and Cam Neely have cameos, with the latter possessing the character name "Sea Bass," as a reference to Dumb & Dumber, the first movie the Farrelly brothers collaborated on with Carrey (and Neely).
Plot Summary
The film follows Charlie Baileygates (Carrey), a Rhode Island State Police trooper who has been taken advantage of by people throughout his life; even after marriage, his wife deserts him for a dwarf limo driver, who is a college professor doing an experiment. The little professor beats him up, eventually steals his wife and leaves Charlie to raise the three mulatto sons of his white wife and the black limo driver.
One day on patrol, a series of gradually building frustrations unleash "Hank Evans," which Boston doctors determine is an alternate personality and is diagnosed as advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage. Unlike Charlie, "Hank Evans" is a tough-as-nails, no-holds-barred straight shooter who will not let a single person cross him, even so much as a dirty look will cause such a person to a be victim of cruel Hank.
In an effort to quarantine potential effects his schizophrenia may have on the department or its surrounding community, the police chief orders Charlie to transport Irene (Zellweger), a woman who has a warrant for her arrest, home to Massena, New York for prosecution, all of it perpetrated by her shady ex-boyfriend in business with a dirty cop Chris Cooper.
However, unexpected problems arise as both of Charlie's personalities begin to fall for Irene, setting off a series of events with Irene's enemies going after them, and Charlie's now teenage sons off to rescue their father.
The soundtrack to the movie contains several covers of Steely Dan songs performed by other bands, as well as the song that plays in the movie when Charlie changes into Hank ("Fire Like This" by Hardknox).
Due to their work together on the film, Carrey and Zellweger briefly dated.
Box office
US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 90,570,999- + Other International Takings: $58,700,000
Gross Worldwide Takings: $149,270,999
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