| Beyond the Lights
| Dumb and Dumber To | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | This title could mean anything | This title could only mean one thing | The sequel to Dumb and Dumber! One of the strongest Clearest Title Points of the year! |
Best Genre
and Rating | Drama
Rated PG-13 for sexual content including suggestive gestures, partial nudity, language and thematic elements | Comedy
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language and some drug references | 1/2 point each for different genres and ratings. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | Famous girl singer
Bad mom. Wants out. Meets a cop
More and more drama | Harry, Lloyd are back!
Have to find Harry’s daughter
They aren’t the brightest
| Both plots sound less interesting on paper, both 1/2 point each. |
| Best Trailer | PROS: It was watchable. Attractive cast.
CONS: Melodramatic. Reminds me of Nicholas Sparks movies. | PROS: Funny trailer. Familiar characters. Long-awaited sequel
CONS: None, except the sheer terror I had hoping the sequel does the first movie justice. | Dumb and Dumber also wins a point for this round. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Minnie Driver from Good Will Hunting and The Phantom of the Opera. | Jim Carrey from The Truman Show, Ace Ventura, and Dumb & Dumber. | Even though Minnie has a supporting role in this film, I still like her a lot...so 1/2 point each. |
| Best Cast | Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) | Jeff Daniels (Dumb & Dumber) | And 1/2 point each again. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer and Director Gina Prince-Bythewood also wrote and directed Love & Basketball and The Secret Life of Bees. | Directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly also directed Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary. | The Farrelly Brothers will take this point home. |
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