Overwiew :Meet Charlie Baileygates, a 17-year veteran of the Rhode Island police force. Charlie is mild-mannered, hard-working, always helpful, and a devoted and loving father to three sons. Unfortunately, Charlie has Split Personality Disorder, and when he runs out of his medication; meet Hank Baileygates, Charlie's hyper-sensitive alter-ego. Hank's got a filthy mouth, drinks like a fish, breaks skulls and loves dirty, dirty sex. Charlie and Hank have nothing in common with the exception of Irene Waters, a beautiful woman on the lam with whom they have both fallen in love. Now, Hank/Charlie must wage war -with himself-for the confused Irene's affections.
www.culturevulture.net - : Yet for all their vulgarity, the Farrelly Brothers' films aren't particularly offensive. At heart, they're rather sweet romantic comedies. Unlike the young John Waters - still reigning king of the repugnant gross-out, if only for the chicken scene in Pink Flamingos - there's nothing remotely subversive about them. They're not out to terrorize, just amuse, a couple of giggling twelve year old boys with a Super 8 camera and a bag of fake snot. more...
www.cinemasense.com - : In its cruder, more physical manifestation, the comedy genre gives us the gasping build up that ends in a powerful release as we laugh at our pretensions, our childish fascinations, and our personal and cultural inhibitions. In Me, Myself & Irene, the Farrelly brothers unite Jim Carrey and other fine comedians to bring us one belly laughing sequence after another. more...
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