"Fun with Dick and Jane" ** (out of four): Amusing trifle of a remake with enough gags to keep you occupied, if not entirely entertained.
Meet Dick Harper (Jim Carrey). Dick works for Globodyne, one of those big conglomerates that seems made of money - until one day when Globodyne folds almost instantaneously, leaving Dick, his wife Jane (Téa Leoni) and their son sinking into bankruptcy during the failing economy of year 2000 (in which the film is set). After selling their possessions and trying unsuccessfully, with sometimes hilarious results, to find new work, Dick and Jane are forced into a life of crime.
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The original had George Segal as the can't-act-worth-crap "star" of the movie. Tea Leoni was a natural for the crown in the re-make.